Cherami Leigh

Cherami Leigh
Leigh at the New York Comic Con, October 16, 2011
Born	Cherami Leigh Kuehn July 19, 1988 Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Residence	Texas and California
Occupation	Voice actress, actress, disc jockey
Years active	1997–present
Agent	Horne Agency
Notable credit(s)	Sword Art Online as Asuna Yuuki Fairy Tail as Lucy Heartfilia Soul Eater as Patty Thompson Shakugan no Shana as Shana
Home town	Carrollton, Texas[1]
Spouse(s)	Jon Christie (m. 2014)[2][3]

Cherami Leigh Kuehn (born July 19, 1988, in Dallas, Texas) is an American actress who has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series and video games with Funimation, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, and Studiopolis. Some of her major roles include: Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon.^[4]

On screen, she played a young LeAnn Rimes in the television special Holiday in Your Heart, Kim in Fast Food Nation, Robyn Goode in Throwing Stones. In 2014, she had a lead role in Shane Dawson's movie Not Cool, which he developed for the reality competition television series The Chair.^[5]

Biography

Leigh began acting at the age of six and studied theater at Collin College in Plano, Texas. She studied Meisner based Film Acting Technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine til she moved out to LA as a young adult. As a child she played Gretchen in Finding North, Marcia in Temple Grandin, Young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart, Stacy Anderson in The President's Man and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger multiple times.

She also has worked for Radio Disney as a DJ and also voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years.^[6]

Personal life

Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had been dating since 2010.^[2][3]

Filmography

Voice roles

Anime

• A Certain Magical Index II – Kazari Uiharu
• A Certain Scientific Railgun series – Kazari Uiharu
• Baccano! – Mary Beriam
• Bamboo Blade – Tamaki Kawazoe
• B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time – Miharu Takeshita^[7]
• Big Windup! – Chiyo Shino'oka
• Birdy the Mighty: Decode – Natsumi Hayamiya^[8]
• Black Blood Brothers – Chan
• Black Butler series – Elizabeth "Lizzie" Midford
• Blue Exorcist – Yuri Egin, Female Academy Student (Eps. 19, 24)
• Burst Angel: Infinity – Shirley
• C – Control – The Money and Soul of Possibility – Hanabi Ikuta
• Casshern Sins – Wrench (Ep. 2)
• Cat Planet Cuties – Chayka
• Claymore - Pamela, Uma, Juliana^[9]
• Code:Breaker – Nenene Fujiwara
• Coppelion – Kanon Ozu^[10]
• Corpse Princess – Itsuki Yamagami
• D.Gray-man – Road Kamelot
• Daimidaler the Sound Robot – Kiriko^[11]
• Dance in the Vampire Bund – Mei Ren^[12]
• Darker Than Black – July, Mai Kashiwagi (Eps. 3–4)
• Digimon Fusion - Lopmon (Eps. 33-34), Luka (Ep. 38)
• Dragonaut: The Resonance – Sieglinde Baumgold
• Fairy Tail – Lucy Heartfilia,^[13] Layla (Ep. 149)^[14]
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood – Elicia Hughes
• Ga-Rei: Zero – Mami Izumi (Ep. 1)
• Ghost Hunt – Mai Taniyama^[15]
• Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino – Beatrice
• Heaven's Lost Property – Tsukino Hououin (Ep. 10)
• Hell Girl – Saki Kirino (Ep. 14)
• Heroic Age – Yuty La
• Hetalia: Axis Powers series – Liechtenstein
• Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation - Plutia^[16]

• Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutor – Bachou Mouki
• Initial D series – Kazumi Akiyama (Funimation dub)
• Is This a Zombie? series – Eucliwood Hellscythe^[17]
• Kaze no Stigma – Ayano Kannagi
• Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple – Honoka Shirahama, Makoto
• The Legend of the Legendary Heroes – Ku Orla
• Linebarrels of Iron – Shizuna Endo
• Magi: The Kingdom of Magic – Toto
• Maken-ki! – Uruchi Minaya
• Master of Martial Hearts – Natsume Honma
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans - Kudelia Aina Bernstein^[18]
• Mushishi – Renzu (Ep. 1), Nao (Ep. 24)
• My Bride is a Mermaid – Lunar Edomae
• Nabari no Ou – Shijima Kurookano
• Negima!? – Setsuna Sakurazaki, Akira Okochi
• Oh! Edo Rocket – Shunpei
• Ōkami-san and her Seven Companions – Machiko Himura (Ep. 12)
• One Piece – Aisa, Miss Goldenweek, Carol Masterson, Pepper (Funimation dub)
• Ouran High School Host Club – Kirimi Nekozawa
• Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt – Kneesocks
• Peach Girl – Sae Kashiwagi
• Psycho-Pass series – Mika Shimotsuki
• Rin ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ – Yuki Maeno
• Rosario + Vampire: Capu2 – Kyoko Aono
• Sasami: Magical Girls Club – Makoto Hozumi
• Save Me! Lollipop – Riru (Ep. 11)
• School Rumble: 2nd Semester – Satsuki Tawaraya, Ghost Girl
• Sekirei – Hibiki^[19]
• Sgt. Frog – Natsumi Hinata
• Shakugan no Shana – Shana (Seasons 2–3, OVA)
• Shiki – Sunako Kirishiki
• Shuffle! – Primula
• The Sacred Blacksmith – Cecily Campbell
• Sailor Moon – Minako Aino / Sailor Venus (Viz dub)^[20]
• Sailor Moon Crystal - Minako Aino / Sailor Venus^[21]
• Soul Eater – Patty Thompson^[22][23]
• Steins;Gate – Suzuha Amane, Yuki Amane (Suzuha's Mother, Ep. 25)
• Strain: Strategic Armored Infantry – Lottie Gelh
• Strike Witches series – Yoshika Miyafuji
• Summer Wars – Mao Jinnouchi
• Sword Art Online – Asuna^[24]
• Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar – Wahanly Shume
• The Tower of Druaga series – Uoo Roo
• Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle – Suzuran, Satsuki
• Witchblade – Naomi
• xxxHolic – Himawari Kunogi
• Zetman – Maya Hashimoto, Woman (Ep. 1), News Anchor (Eps. 2, 11), Little Girl (Ep. 3)

Animation

• Doc McStuffins – Curly Q, Nia^[25]

Films

• Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies – Penny (Funimation Dub)
• Fairy Tail the Movie: Phoenix Priestess – Lucy Heartfilia
• Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork – Tsukino Hououin
• Hetalia Axis: Powers - Paint it, White! – Liechtenstein
• Ribbit (2014) – Sandy^[26]
• Shakugan no Shana: The Movie – Shana
• Summer Wars – Mao Jinnouchi
• Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike – Estellise "Estelle" Sidos Heurassein
• Trigun: Badlands Rumble – Amelia Ann McFly (Young)
• xxxHolic: A Midsummer Night's Dream – Himawari Kunogi

Live-action dubbing

• The Legend Is Born - Ip Man – Lee Mei-wai (young)
• Violetta – Lara

Video games

• Borderlands 2 – Veanna Granlund, Kellis Morrison, Norico Sullivan,^[27] Gaige^[28]
• Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls – Komaru Naegi^[29]
• Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance - Majorita
• Godzilla: The Game - G-Force Operator
• Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory – Plutia/Iris Heart
• Kansei & Yousei – Li Mei
• Lux-Pain – Nami Kamishiro
• Mugen Souls Z – Syrma
• Xenoblade Chronicles X - Alexa
• King's Quest - Chapter III - Princess Neese

Live-action roles

Television

• Walker, Texas Ranger (1996, 1999) – Sally, Amelia Allen - Ep. "A Ranger Christmas" and "Safe House"
• Friday Night Lights (2008) – Ginnie Warwick - Ep. "Tami Knows Best"
• The Deep End (2010) – Sarah
• Chase (2010) – Kate Calvin
• Throwing Stones (2011) – Robyn Goode^[30]
• Bones (2013) – Rachel Howes - Ep. "The Spark in the Park"^[31]
• Longmire (2013) – Trixie Dalton - Ep. "A Good Death is Hard to Find"^[32]
• Shameless (2014) - Robyn Hasseck - Ep. "My Oldest Daughter"^[33]

Film

• Holiday in Your Heart (1997) – LeAnn Rimes (Young)
• The President's Man (2000) – Stacy Anderson
• Fast Food Nation (2001) – Kim
• The Hottest State (2006) – Danielle
• The Mist (2007) – Teenage Girl
• Temple Grandin (2010) – Marica
• Beyond the Farthest Star (2013) – Anne Wells^[1]
• Cry (2013) – Grace
• Not Cool (2014) – Tori^[5]
• I Hate Myselfie (2015) - Kelly^[34]

References

1. Chambers, Kelley (October 17, 2013). "Faith-based movie will premiere in Plano based on social media demand". GuideLive. Dallas Morning News. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
2. "Cherami Leigh and Jon Christie". Famous Fix. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
3. Beyond the Farthest Star (April 15, 2014). "★[CONGRATULATIONS!]★ Cherami Leigh (Anne Wells) and Jon Christie just tied the knot!". Facebook.
4. "Con-Nichiwa - Cherami Leigh". Con-Nichiwa. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
5. "Meet Cherami Leigh, Avcon 2014's Second Guest!". AVCon. April 27, 2014.
6. "Cherami Leigh (SAGe)". The Horne Agency. Archived from the original on 2010-11-18. Retrieved November 30, 2011.
7. Rojas, Justin (October 12, 2011). "Cast Announcement for B Gata H Kei - Yamada's First Time". Funimation.
8. "Another World". Birdy the Mighty Decode. Episode 5 – via Hulu.
9. "Invasion of Pieta (Part 1)". Claymore. Episode 21.
10. "Viz Media's Coppelion Dub Casts Erica Lindbeck, Cassandra Lee Morris, Shelby Lindley". Anime News Network. 2014-11-24.
11. "Funimation Unveils Daimidaler's Dub Cast, Trailer, December 15 Date". Anime News Network. October 7, 2015. Archived from the original on October 7, 2015. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
12. "The Lost Boys". Dance in the Vampire Bund. Episode 9. 2010.
13. Rojas, Justin (August 11, 2011). "Funimation Entertainment Announces Entire English Language Cast of Fairy Tail". Funimation Entertainment. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
14. "I Hear The Voice of My Friend". Fairy Tail. Episode 149. October 15, 2014. Funimation Channel.
15. Martin, Theron (December 3, 2008). "Ghost Hunt Season One Part One - Review". Anime News Network. Retrieved July 26, 2014.
16. Lee, Michelle (March 6, 2015). "Hyperdimension Neptunia Cast and Release Date". Funimation Blog. Retrieved March 7, 2015.
17. Mills, Kyle (October 26, 2013). "Is This a Zombie: Season Two". DVD Talk. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
18. "Message from Cherami L.". Facebook. December 10, 2015.
19. "Behind The Voice Actors - Cherami Leigh". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
20. "New Sailor Moon Dub Cast Revealed at Anime Expo". Anime News Network. July 5, 2014.
21. "Viz Media Reveals More English Dub Cast for Sailor Moon R Anime". April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 4, 2015.
22. "Soul Eater Cast Announcement". Anime News Network. August 19, 2009.
23. "This Is a Real Fight!". Soul Eater Not. Episode 6 – via Hulu.
24. "Bryce Papenbrook, Cherami Leigh Lead Sword Art Online Dub Cast - News". Anime News Network. March 30, 2013. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
25. "Con-Nichiwa - Cherami Leigh". Con-Nichiwa. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
26. "Ribbit 3D World Premiere Event at the Niagara Integrated Film Festival". Niagara Integrated Film Festival (Press release). June 16, 2014.
27. Borderlands 2 Manual (PDF). Steam (Valve Corporation). p. 30. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
28. To everyone who is asking, Gaige is voiced by Cherami Leigh. Anthony Burch on Twitter. October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
29. "So excited to announce that I will be playing Komaru Naegi in the new Danganronpa: Another Episode! So much fun to work on this!!" Cherami Leigh on Twitter. March 26, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
30. "Throwing Stones Web Series Comes to Dread Central! Watch the Entire First Season NOW!". Dread Central.
31. "Fox Primetime - (December 1 - December 7)". Fox Flash (Press release). Retrieved December 7, 2013. Lay summary – ScreenSpy (December 6, 2013).
32. "A Good Death is Hard to Find". Longmire. Season 2. 43 minutes in. Co-starring - Cherami Leigh as trixie dalton
33. iceesque (March 15, 2014). "@CheramiLeigh what episode of shameless are you in?" (Tweet).
    Cherami Leigh [cheramileigh] (March 15, 2014). "@iloveyouushane it is episode 2 of season 4. "My Oldest Daughter"" (Tweet).
34. ""I HATE MYSELFIE" - SHORT FILM". YouTube. 2015-03-02. Retrieved 2015-03-09.

External links

• Cherami Leigh on Twitter
• Cherami Leigh at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Cherami Leigh at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
• Cherami Leigh at the Internet Movie Database
• Cherami Leigh at The Visual Novel Database