Karen Strassman is an American 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, 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.
Early life and education 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.
Career 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. 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.
Personal life Strassman is a naturalized French citizen; she is also fluent in French.
Filmography Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source –02 Funny Little Bugs Funny Little Bugs Episode 18 closing credits Rurouni Kenshin Itsuko Katsu Resume Great Teacher Onizuka Mizuki Yokoyama, Naoko Izumi Resume Cosmo Warrior Zero Helmatier Resume I My Me! Strawberry Eggs Miho's Mother, Teacher, Jun Ohmono, Girl in Car Resume Babel II – Beyond Infinity Ryoko Kirishima Resume –03 X Satsuki Yatouji Resume Chobits Yuzuki Gun Frontier Sinunora As Kirsty Pape Mirage of Blaze Maiko Asaoko As Mia Bradly Resume Heat Guy J Phia Oliveira, others As Mia Bradly Resume The Twelve Kingdoms Yuka Sugimoto As Kirsty Pape The Big O Various characters Haibane Renmei Nemu As Kirsty Pape Figure 17 Orudina As Mia Bradly Witch Hunter Robin Various characters Resume Last Exile Delphine Eraclea As Mia Bradly Wild Arms: Twilight Venom Maiden Resume Ai Yori Aoshi Mayu Miyuki, others Also Enishi Resume Please Teacher! Konoha Edajima Space Pirate Captain Herlock: The Endless Odyssey Mimeh As Mia Bradly Resume Texhnolyze Servant as Kirsty Pape Resume Marmalade Boy Suzu Sakuma As Mia Bradly Resume Angel Tales Yuki the Snake Gad Guard Catherine Flobér Resume Requiem from the Darkness Resume Stellvia Ren Renge As Mia Bradly Resume Lunar Legend Tsukihime Aoko Aozaki 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 Mariel As Mia Bradly Rumiko Takahashi Anthology Matsuko Kogure As Kirsty Pape Overman King Gainer Jaboli Mariela As Mia Bradly Daphne in the Brilliant Blue Millie Resume Koi Kaze Shoko Akimoto, others Kyo Kara Maoh! Cecilie von Spitzweg, Gisela von Christ, others As Mia Bradly Resume Scrapped Princess Steyr, Fafal Tenjho Tenge Makiko Nagi As Mia Bradly, also Ultimate Fight Resume Planetes Sia's Mother Resume Grenadier Fuuka Shirato As Mia Bradly Resume Fafner in the Azure Chizuru Tomi As Mia Bradly Resume Mermaid Forest Nae, others As Kirsty Pape Resume DearS Ren As Mia Bradly Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo Mercédès de Morcerf Resume Immortal Grand Prix Fantine Valjean TV series Resume Bottle Fairy Chiriri As Mia Bradly Di Gi Charat Petit Charat Also Leave It to Piyoko, Upchuck Bazooka, as Mia Bradly –06 Samurai Champloo Osuzu Episode: "Hellhounds for Hire", as Mia Bradly Press, Resume Gun X Sword Fasalina Resume Ergo Proxy Various characters As Kirsty Pape Resume Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Various characters Resume Fate/stay night Rider Resume Paradise Kiss Yukino Koizumi –07 Haré+Guu Ravenna As Mia Bradly –14 Bleach Soifon, Momo Hinamori Press, Resume Flag Rowell Su-ming Resume Tales of Phantasia: The Animation Mint Adenade As Mia Bradly, OVA Resume –11 Rozen Maiden Suigintou As Mia Bradly, also Traumend, Ouverture Blue Dragon Valkyrie Lucky Star Miyuki Takara Gurren Lagann Kiyoh Bachika –09 Code Geass series Kallen Stadtfeld Ah My Buddha Sumi Ikuina Resume Monster Nina Fortner / Anna Liebert Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Loni Garvey Vol. 4: "At the Bottom of the Gravity Well" –12 K-On! Sawako Yamanaka 2 TV series Press Puella Magi Madoka Magica Kazuko Saotome Press, Tweet Persona 4: The Animation Nanako Dojima –14 Hellsing Ultimate Hienkel Wulf, others Blue Exorcist Michelle Neuhaus Tweet Fate/Zero Sola-Ui Nuada-Re , Asako Press Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Paimon, Zainab Toradora! Yasuko Takasu Nominated – BTVA Anime Award for Best Female Supporting Vocal Performance in an Anime Television Series/OVA Kill la Kill Omiko Hakodate Ep. 2 Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet Striker –15 Knights of Sidonia Eiko Yamano Coppelion Yukiko Kawabata Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin Casval Rem Deikun Sword Art Online II Oosawa Sachie, Urd Ep. 14–17 –16 Durarara!!×2 Emilia, others Love Live! Director Minami 2016–17BerserkCasca 2016 series Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Irene Honma 2018 Skip Beat! Shoko Aki Kickstarter-funded, released to sponsors in 2017 Cells at Work!NarratorCells at work (2019) | Behind the Voice Actors. Behind the Voice Actors. Retrieved on January 17, 2019. –19 Hunter × Hunter Palm Siberia 2011 series Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Yoshie Shimamura Yashahime Mistress Three-Eyes, Old Lady 2022Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood WarSoifon, Momo Hinamori, Cyan Sun-Sun2023Gamera RebirthNora Melchiorri
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source –95 Insektors Aelia North American dub Insektors Season 2 Episode 7 closing credits All Grown Up Luca, German Woman Ep. "O Bro, Where Art Thou?" –12 Huntik: Secrets & Seekers Zhalia Moon Family Guy Girl Thanksgiving episode –12 Winx Club Nebula Nickelodeon dub; seasons 3-4 Resume Monsuno Jinja, Medea, Charlemagne, various characters –15 Clay Kids Carol Hero Factory Natalie Breez Ever After High Bunny Blanc, Queen of Hearts, Ashlynn Ella Netflix seriesEp. "Spring Unsprung" Enchantimals Fanci Flamingo –24 Droners Flora, Gavinda Teach Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild Genovan, Ebbi Netflix original animated film High Guardian Spice Elodie The Loud House Astrid Bjorklundson Episode: "Too Cool for School"
Feature films + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source Appleseed Hitomi, Gilliam Knute Geneon dub; limited theatrical release Resume Resident Evil: Vendetta Limited theatrical release
Direct-to-video and television films + List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films Year Title Role Notes Source Gundress Resume Sakura Wars: The Movie Kasumi Fuji As Kirsty Pape –11 Juno Baby videos Various characters French version Resume The Ruins Additional Vine Vocal Live-action dub Bleach: Memories of Nobody Soifon Resume Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion Bleach: Fade to Black Little Big Panda Manchu –present Lego Friends Olivia K-On: The Movie Sawako Yamanaka Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action! Elissabat (Veronica Von Vamp) Monster High: Boo York, Boo York Catty Noir The Rose of Versailles Narrator
Foreign shows dubbing in English + List of English-language dubbings of foreign language shows Year Title Country Dubbed from Role Live Actor Source 2016 Marseille France French Vanessa d'Abrantes Nadia Fares The Break Belgium The Psychiatrist Jasmina Douieb
Video games