Karen Strassman | |
Birth Place: | Washington, D.C., U.S.[1] |
Citizenship: | United States and France |
Alias: | Kirsty Pape Mia Bradly |
Occupation: | Actress, voice actress |
Years Active: | 1992–present |
Karen Strassman is an American stage, television and voice actress who has provided English language voices for Japanese anime shows, animation, and video games. Some of her major roles are Kallen Stadtfeld in the Code Geass series, Miyuki Takara in Lucky Star, Nina Fortner in Monster, Rider in Studio Deen's Fate/stay night, Suigintou the first Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden, Sawako Yamanaka in K-On!, Sola-Ui Nuada-Re Sophia-Ri in Fate/Zero, Momo Hinamori and Soi Fon in Bleach,[2] as well as Sky in the Shantae series and Rouge the Bat in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
In live-action productions, she portrayed Jolene in the television show Weeds.
Strassman enjoyed acting at a young age, and was involved in school plays. When she was 20, she had moved to France to study psychology and theatre at CNSAD in Paris.
In an interview with Slink FM, she said she picked psychology as a ways to earn a living in case theatre did not pan out. While there, she saw an advertisement calling for actors who could speak English. She got an apprenticeship with Studio VO/VF where she trained as a dialect coach. After a year, she was offered a paid position where she trained older French actors on how to act in English. She also taught kids, where she was recruited by two women who produced a magazine called Hi-Kids which would produce audio cassettes. It was there where she started doing voice-over.
She would later do French and English dubs, and got into video game voice-over.[3] [4] She provided voice over work in French for Air France, Euro-star, Disneyland Paris, and for audio tours of The Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay. As a dialect coach, she worked with Lancôme advertising.[5]
Strassman is a naturalized French citizen; she is also fluent in French.[6]
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- 02 | Funny Little Bugs | [7] | |||||
Rurouni Kenshin | Itsuko Katsu | Resume | |||||
Great Teacher Onizuka | Mizuki Yokoyama, Naoko Izumi | Resume | |||||
Cosmo Warrior Zero | Resume | ||||||
I My Me! Strawberry Eggs | Miho's Mother, Teacher, Jun Ohmono, Girl in Car | Resume | |||||
Babel II – Beyond Infinity | Resume | ||||||
–03 | X | Resume | |||||
Chobits | Resume | ||||||
Gun Frontier | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | |||||
Mirage of Blaze | Maiko Asaoko | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Heat Guy J | Phia Oliveira, others | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
The Twelve Kingdoms | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | |||||
The Big O | Various characters | Resume | |||||
Haibane Renmei | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | |||||
Figure 17 | Orudina | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Witch Hunter Robin | Various characters | Resume | |||||
Last Exile | As Mia Bradly | ||||||
Maiden | Resume | ||||||
Ai Yori Aoshi | Mayu Miyuki, others | Also Enishi | Resume | ||||
Please Teacher! | Resume | ||||||
As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||||
Texhnolyze | Servant | as Kirsty Pape | Resume | ||||
Marmalade Boy | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Angel Tales | |||||||
Gad Guard | Resume | ||||||
Requiem from the Darkness | Resume | ||||||
Stellvia | Ren Renge | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Lunar Legend Tsukihime | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Paranoia Agent | Mrs. Kamohara | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | ||||
Burn-Up: Scramble | Warriors Commander | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Submarine 707R | Yuu | As Mia Bradly, OVA | Resume | ||||
Please Twins! | Kikuchi | Resume | |||||
Hanaukyo Maid Team La Verite | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Rumiko Takahashi Anthology | Matsuko Kogure | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | ||||
Overman King Gainer | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Millie | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Koi Kaze | Shoko Akimoto, others | Resume | |||||
Kyo Kara Maoh! | Cecilie von Spitzweg, Gisela von Christ, others | As Mia Bradly | Resume | ||||
Scrapped Princess | Resume | ||||||
–06 | Samurai Champloo | Osuzu | Episode: "Hellhounds for Hire", as Mia Bradly | Press,[8] Resume | |||
Tenjho Tenge | As Mia Bradly, also Ultimate Fight | Resume | |||||
Planetes | Sia's Mother | Resume | |||||
Grenadier | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Fafner in the Azure | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Mermaid Forest | Nae, others | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | ||||
DearS | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Resume | |||||||
Immortal Grand Prix | TV series | Resume | |||||
Bottle Fairy | As Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
Di Gi Charat | Also Leave It to Piyoko, Upchuck Bazooka, as Mia Bradly | Resume | |||||
–07 | Haré+Guu | As Mia Bradly | [9] | ||||
Gun X Sword | Resume | ||||||
Various characters | Resume | ||||||
Ergo Proxy | Various characters | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | ||||
Fate/stay night | Resume | ||||||
–14 | Bleach | Press, Resume | |||||
Paradise Kiss | Yukino Koizumi | Resume | |||||
As Mia Bradly, OVA | Resume | ||||||
–11 | Rozen Maiden | As Mia Bradly, also Traumend, Ouverture | |||||
Flag | Rowell Su-ming | Resume | |||||
Blue Dragon | Valkyrie | ||||||
–09 | Code Geass series | [10] [11] | |||||
Lucky Star | [12] | ||||||
Gurren Lagann | Kiyoh Bachika | [13] | |||||
Ah My Buddha | Resume | ||||||
Monster | |||||||
–12 | K-On! | 2 TV series | Press[14] | ||||
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Loni Garvey | Vol. 4: "At the Bottom of the Gravity Well" | [15] | ||||
Puella Magi Madoka Magica | Kazuko Saotome | Press, Tweet[16] | |||||
–14 | Hellsing Ultimate | Hienkel Wulf, others | [17] | ||||
Blue Exorcist | Tweet[18] | ||||||
Fate/Zero | Sola-Ui Nuada-Re, Asako | Press | |||||
Paimon, Zainab | [19] | ||||||
Toradora! | Nominated – BTVA Anime Award for Best Female Supporting Vocal Performance in an Anime Television Series/OVA | [20] | |||||
–15 | Knights of Sidonia | Eiko Yamano | [21] | ||||
Kill la Kill | Ep. 2 | [22] | |||||
Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet | Striker | [23] | |||||
Coppelion | [24] [25] | ||||||
–16 | Durarara!!×2 | Emilia, others | [26] | ||||
[27] [28] | |||||||
Sword Art Online II | Oosawa Sachie, Urd | Ep. 14–17 | [29] | ||||
Love Live! | Director Minami | [30] | |||||
2016–17 | Berserk | Casca | 2016 series | [31] | |||
Irene Honma | [32] | ||||||
–19 | Hunter × Hunter | 2011 series | [33] | ||||
2018 | Skip Beat! | Shoko Aki | Kickstarter-funded, released to sponsors in 2017 | [34] [35] | |||
Cells at Work! | Narrator | [36] | |||||
Yoshie Shimamura | |||||||
Yashahime | Mistress Three-Eyes, Old Lady | ||||||
2022 | Soifon, Momo Hinamori, Cyan Sun-Sun | ||||||
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- 95 | Insektors | Aelia | North American dub | [37] | |||
All Grown Up | Luca, German Woman | Ep. "O Bro, Where Art Thou?" | |||||
2009–present | The Adventures In THX Land | Current Seasons | |||||
–12 | Zhalia Moon | [38] [39] | |||||
Family Guy | Girl | Thanksgiving episode | |||||
–12 | Winx Club | Nickelodeon dub; seasons 3-4 | Resume | ||||
Monsuno | Jinja, Medea, Charlemagne, various characters | [40] [41] | |||||
–15 | Clay Kids | [42] [43] | |||||
Hero Factory | Natalie Breez | [44] | |||||
Ever After High | Netflix series Ep. "Spring Unsprung" | [45] [46] | |||||
Enchantimals | Fanci Flamingo | ||||||
Genovan, Ebbi | Netflix original animated film | [47] | |||||
High Guardian Spice | Elodie | ||||||
The Loud House | Astrid Bjorklundson | Episode: "Too Cool for School" |
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Appleseed | Hitomi, Gilliam Knute | Geneon dub; limited theatrical release | Resume | ||||
Limited theatrical release | [48] | ||||||
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Gundress | Resume | ||||||
Kasumi Fuji | As Kirsty Pape | Resume | |||||
–11 | Juno Baby videos | Various characters | French version | Resume | |||
The Ruins | Additional Vine Vocal | Live-action dub | |||||
Soifon | Resume | ||||||
Soifon | Resume | ||||||
Soifon | Resume | ||||||
Little Big Panda | Manchu | ||||||
–present | Lego Friends | Olivia | [49] [50] [51] | ||||
K-On: The Movie | |||||||
Elissabat (Veronica Von Vamp) | |||||||
Catty Noir | [52] |
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2016 | Marseille | Vanessa d'Abrantes | [53] | |||||
The Break | The Psychiatrist | Jasmina Douieb | [54] |
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Dune | Grouped under Voices, Also Motion Capture | [55] [56] | |||||
Lost Eden | Eve, Komalla | Grouped under Voices | [57] | ||||
Dark Earth | Kalhi | ||||||
Various characters | |||||||
Alice In Wonderland | Alice | Lexis Numérique game | [58] | ||||
The Shadow of Zorro | Agatha, Maid, Senora | ||||||
Kei Nagase | |||||||
EverQuest II games | Various characters | Resume | |||||
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon 2 | Various characters | Resume | |||||
World of Warcraft | Various characters | Resume | |||||
Suikoden V | Sialeeds | Uncredited | |||||
Rumble Roses XX | Uncredited | ||||||
Various characters | [59] | ||||||
Richelle, Sylphide | As Kirsty Pape | ||||||
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 | Helena Douglas | [60] | |||||
Armored Core 4 | Anjou, Mary Shelley | In-game credits[61] | |||||
Odin Sphere | Gwendolyn | Uncredited | |||||
Persona 3 | Aigis, Natsuki Moriyama | Also FES, Portable | [62] [63] | ||||
Warriors Orochi | Additional voices | Uncredited | Resume | ||||
Soifon, Momo Hinamori | Resume | ||||||
Additional voices | Resume | ||||||
Final Fantasy IV | |||||||
Soulcalibur IV | Shura | [64] | |||||
Warriors Orochi 2 | Additional voices | Uncredited | Resume | ||||
–12 | Persona 4 | Nanako Dojima, Izanami | Also Arena, Golden, Vol. 2 | ||||
League of Legends | Shyvana | Resume | |||||
Veronique, Franziska, Francine, Gisella | Also motion capture | ||||||
Additional voices | [65] | ||||||
Uncredited | Resume | ||||||
Dead or Alive Paradise | [66] | ||||||
Mimana Iyar Chronicle | Uncredited | Resume | |||||
Uncredited | [67] | ||||||
Valkyria Chronicles II | |||||||
[68] | |||||||
Fallout New Vegas | Ghouls | ||||||
Sonic Free Riders | Rouge the Bat | ||||||
Sonic Colors | Rouge the Bat | DS version | |||||
Mortal Kombat | Resume | ||||||
Maerwen | |||||||
Sonic Generations | Rouge the Bat | Console/PC version | |||||
NeverDead | Cypher | ||||||
Street Fighter X Tekken | |||||||
Phi | Uncredited | [69] | |||||
Fire Emblem Awakening | Olivia, Anna | ||||||
Izsha | [70] | ||||||
Killer Instinct | |||||||
Ingress | Dr. Devra Bogdanovich | [71] [72] | |||||
Earth Defense Force 2025 | Tactics Officer | [73] | |||||
Ultra Street Fighter IV | Poison | [74] | |||||
Nanako, Aigis | [75] | ||||||
Mortal Kombat X | Kitana, Mileena | [76] [77] | |||||
Nanako Dojima | Facebook[78] | ||||||
Lego Dimensions | Elliott Taylor (ET the Extra Terrestrial) | ||||||
Heroes of the Storm | Chromie | [79] | |||||
Killing Floor 2 | The Trader | ||||||
Sky | Friends to the End | ||||||
Fire Emblem Heroes | Anna, Hana, Olivia | ||||||
Akiba's Beat | Kanata Saotome | [80] | |||||
Sonic Forces | Rouge the Bat | ||||||
Detective Pikachu | Rose Milton | ||||||
Aigis | |||||||
Conan Exiles | Muriela the Artisan | ||||||
Agony (2018 video game) | The Red Goddess | [81] | |||||
Resident Evil 2 | Annette Birkin | Also motion capture | |||||
Dead or Alive 6 | [82] | ||||||
Team Sonic Racing | Rouge the Bat | ||||||
Anna | |||||||
Shantae and the Seven Sirens | Sky | ||||||
Street Fighter V | Poison | Season 4 DLC | |||||
2020 | Phantasy Star Online 2 | Xiera | Story mode Episode 4 | ||||
Annette Birkin | |||||||
The Master | [83] | ||||||
Succubus (2021 Videogame) | Vydija | Voice of the Main Character | [84] | ||||
Relayer | Chairman Xoth, additional voices | [85] | |||||
Anna | |||||||
Iruka | [86] |
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Death and the Maiden | Elena Galvin | Resume | |||||
Medical Investigation | Jenna Kirkland | Episode: "Price of Pleasure" | Resume | ||||
Gilmore Girls | Francoise | Resume | |||||
Big Love | Neighbor | Episode: "Viagra Blue" | Resume | ||||
The Young and the Restless | French Tourist | Episode #1.8583 | Resume | ||||
House | Female Guest #1 | Episode: "Don't Ever Change" | Resume | ||||
Adventures in Voice Acting | Herself | Documentary film on voice acting | [87] | ||||
Desperate Housewives | Sobbing Woman | Episode: "How About a Friendly Shrink?" | Resume | ||||
Big Time Rush | The Correction Officer | Episode: "Big Time Photo Shoot" | Resume | ||||
Criminal Minds | Martha Porter | Episode: "Exit Wounds" | Resume | ||||
Weeds | [88] | ||||||
Lie with Me | Deanna O'Shannon | Resume | |||||
Betas | Scarlet | Episode: "Strange Magic" | Resume | ||||
Days of Our Lives | Screaming Mom | Episode #1.12508 | Resume | ||||
The Red Thunder | [89] [90] [91] | ||||||
Workaholics | Paula | Episode: "Ditch Day" | Tweet[92] [93] | ||||
Silicon Valley | Hooli Lead Counsel | Episodes: "Binding Arbitration" and "Two Days of the Condor" | Tweet[94] | ||||
Lynne | [95] [96] | ||||||
Creepshow | Leslianne Dowd | Episode: "Times is Tough in Musky Holler" | Resume | ||||
Prudence Perlmutter | Episode: "In the White Room" | [97] |
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