Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress. Her roles include Misato Katsuragi in the Netflix dub of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Satsuki Kiryuin in Kill la Kill, Casca in Berserk, Mami Tomoe in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and Alya Césaire in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. In her live-action work, she has played Piper Tate in Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.
Early life and career Keranen grew up in Oak Park, Michigan. She is of Finnish and Swedish descent through her father, who is half Finnish and half Swedish. She had always been involved in acting, including high school plays, but in an interview with Everything Geek Podcast, she said she was more active in sports. She attended University of Michigan, and originally intended to major in international business with a specialization in Japanese but would be drawn back into doing plays and subbing in for major roles there. She graduated with a BA in theatre and linguistics, and after visiting Europe, moved to New York City to pursue acting. She worked on various acting jobs and did stand-up comedy. In 2003, she was a waitress at Rocco's which was featured in The Restaurant, a reality television series about the launch of celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito's eatery. The series was broadcast on NBC for two seasons.
Keranen's first voice-over audition for 4Kids was April O'Neil in the 2003 TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She landed supporting roles, and also landed some guest and supporting voices on the Pokémon TV series. When fellow voice actress Tara Sands moved from New York to Los Angeles, she auditioned to voice match Sands' character Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!. On her way out of the audition, Keranen started pitching another voice actress for the part, but director Eric Stuart later told her that she was the right person for the role and that he even vouched for her to play the part. That was her first major role as a lead male character. Later in the same season, she also got to voice Kisara, which she said was more typical of the characters and used her natural voice. She also voiced Mina Simington, which she described as "type A but not in a forceful way" and would totally get into something if she had the chance.
In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to continue working on other projects. She had a recurring role as Kate Harper in the Fringe TV series, and is a member of the Sacred Fools Theater Company. On July 23, 2011, she and fellow voice actress Cristina Vee were panelists at San Diego Comic-Con for Namco Bandai's preview of the Tekken: Blood Vengeance film.
In 2014, Keranen voiced Satsuki Kiryuin, the student council president and antagonist in the anime series Kill la Kill, which ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. Since 2016, she has provided the voice of Alya Césaire, Marinette Dupain-Cheng's best friend, in the French cartoon Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which ran on Nickelodeon. She attended San Diego Comic-Con in 2016 with the cast and the original creator, Thomas Astruc.
Filmography
Anime + List of voice performances in anime Year Title Role Notes Source Magic User's Club Miki Mizusawa Berserk series Casca –15 Pokémon Various characters Debut roles with 4Kids Gokusen Kumiko Yamaguchi As Caroline Lawson Shrine of the Morning Mist Seiko Rikishi CA Mew Mew Power Mimi Midori Days Beniko Iwasaki Piano Ms. Saito As Evelyn Lanto –07 Ah! My Goddess series Lind, Hikari the Flash Production manager (season 1)Voice production manager (season 2)As Caroline Lawson or Evelyn Lanto –06 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Mokuba Kaiba, Kisara Season 5As Caroline Lawson Cutie Honey Honey Kisaragi Live-action dub CA Phoenix Hinaku Press 2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Mina Simington, Misty Tredwell Tweet Kurokami: The Animation Shizuka CA Slayers series Ozzel Revolution and Evolution-R –15 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Mami Tomoe Also movie Fate/Zero Maiya Hisau Press Queen's Blade Rebellion Luna Luna As Evelyn Lanto Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Yamraiha Press Toradora! Yuri Koigakubo Press, Tweet –15 Kill la Kill Satsuki Kiryuin Also OVA –16 Naruto Shippuden Pakura Tweet Yuki Yuna is a Hero Teacher Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Rom Sailor Moon Avocadora, Sailor Galaxia Press Aldnoah.Zero Femianne Durarara!! Mimizu (Earthworm) Episode: "Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart" The Seven Deadly Sins Guila Tweet Your Lie in April Hiroko Seto Tales of Zestiria the X Lailah Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy Mahiru Koizumi Despair Arc Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Carta Issue Erased Akemi Hinazuki Hunter x Hunter Baise, Female Operator (Ep. 38), PC Voice (Ep. 42) 2011 series 2018–19Bungo Stray DogsIchiyou Higuchi, Elise Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Remi Kakiyasu ADR Director Neon Genesis Evangelion Misato Katsuragi ADR DirectorNetflix re-dub 2020–22Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side StoryMami Tomoe2020Persona 5: The AnimationCaroline, Justine, LavenzaGreat PretenderDyshanaGundam SeedMurrue RamiusADR DirectorHD Remastered dub–22Yashahime: Princess Half-DemonZero / Otsuyu 2021 Gundam Seed Destiny Murrue RamiusADR DirectorHD Remastered dub –22Shaman KingTeruko Amano, Zorya Gagarik, Marion Phauna2021 series 2022 Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy Sean Ari, Young Kall-Su 2023 Berserk: Memorial Edition Casca Konosuba -God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!SylviaThe Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the ApocalypseGuilaEpisode: "Freezing, Burning Hearts"
Animation + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source –06 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ananda, Angel (Season 7), others PressEverything Geek podcast: profile writeup: podcast: –08 Kappa Mikey Mitsuki As Evelyn Lanto Keranen on Kappa Mikey:
Ellen's Acres Ellen's Mom As Evelyn Lanto 2009–2012 Huntik Narrator Press, TweetTwitter thread:
–present Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Alya Césaire / Rena Rouge / Scarabella 6 seasons Mr. Pickles Lisa Gabagoolie Ep. "Fish?" –18 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Yellow Technique, Giant Robot –23DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine RealmsWilma Sledkin
Film + List of voice performances in film Year Title Role Notes Source Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Sheena, Kiko As Evelyn LantoCredited under "Featuring" Press, Tweet Tekken: Blood Vengeance Ling Xiaoyu First Squad Zena As Evelyn Lanto –14 Berserk: The Golden Age series Casca As Carolyn Keranen Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison Ryūzetsu Time of Eve: The Movie Sammy As Elizabeth Boyle The Last: Naruto the Movie Tenmonkata, Kunoichi Sailor Moon R: The Movie Xenian Flower Viz Media dub K: Missing Kings Seri Awashima Replacing Tara Platt 2019Evangelion Death (True)2Misato KatsuragiADR DirectorNetflix re-dubThe End of EvangelionKonosuba -Gods' Blessing on this Wonderful World!- Legend of CrimsonSylvia2021The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by LightGuila2023Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie Alya Césaire English dub2024Sailor Moon CosmosSailor GalaxiaParts 1 and 2
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source Red Dead Revolver Annie Stoakes, Bargirls, Natalie Kelley Press – League of Legends Luxanna Crownguard (Lux), Emilia LeBlanc (LeBlanc) Press Shira Oka: Second Chances Kiku In-game credits –present Hyperdimension Neptunia series Red, Rom, Vert Replaced Tara Platt as Vert since Megadimension Neptunia VII Press Killer Is Dead Moon River, Natalia D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Peggy Young Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Mahiru Koizumi Press, Tweet Tales of Zestiria Lailah Press Star Wars Battlefront Female Rebel Press, Tweet Xenoblade Chronicles X Irina Akulov The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Sara Valestein The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Sara Valestein Fire Emblem Heroes Gunnthrá, L'Arachel Post-launch role Persona 5 Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza BlazBlue: Cross Tag BattleSystem No. XXTweetValkyria Chronicles 4Selvaria Bles Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza Tweet Judgment Amane Kill la Kill: IfSatsuki Kiryuin Daemon X Machina Guns Empress Persona 5 Royal Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza Genshin ImpactYing'erTweet The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Sara Valestein Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Myrthe 2021Persona 5 StrikersLavenzaEarth Defense Force: World BrothersVogel 7, Attack Satellite Control Team The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie Sara Valestein, Pruna Persona 5 Tactica Lavenza Granblue Fantasy: Relink Additional voices 2025Yakuza 0 Director's CutDigimon Story: Time Stranger2026Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark TiesDanganronpa 2×2Mahiru Koizumi
Live-action + List of acting performances in film and television Year Title Role Notes Source –04 The Restaurant Herself (Waitress) 2 seasons Fringe Kate Harper Episode: "Inner Child" Fringe Season 1 Episode 15 Closing Credits –present Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time Piper Tate Web series
References
Interviews Carrie Keranen interview with Michael Rienas Carrie Keranen panel at Florida Supercon Carrie Keranen interview at Nan Desu Kan 2015 by Anime Hype Carrie Keranen interview at Everything Geek
External links
Carrie Keranen at BroadwayWorld.com Carrie Keranen, Caroline Lawson, and Evelyn Lanto on Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database