Cherami Leigh Biography
Cherami Leigh (born July 19, 1988) is an American actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games.
Early life
Leigh was born on July 19, 1988. She began acting at the age of six. Leigh studied the Meisner technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine. As a child actress, 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 attended Hebron High School in Carrollton and studied theater at Collin College in Plano, Texas.
Career
She also worked for Radio Disney as a DJ with voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years. In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued voice-work and began taking on live-action roles.
Some of her roles include Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun series, Yoshika Miyafuji in Strike Witches, Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is This a Zombie, Mutsuki in KanColle: Kantai Collection, Aisa in One Piece, Mika Shimotsuki in Psycho-P*, Shijima Kurookano in Nabari no Ou, Hibiki in Sekirei, Elizabeth Midford in Black Butler, Road Kamelot in D.Gray-man, Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Plutia / Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Ulala in the Space Channel 5 series, Sarada Uchiha in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations Chloe Cerise in Pokémon Journeys: The Series, Sonia in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, and Ilia Amitola in RWBY.
On screen she has played a young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart and has appeared on Bones, Friday Night Lights, Longmire and Shameless.
In video games, she voices Rottytops in the Shantae series, Gaige the Mechromancer in the Borderlands series, Arianrhod in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, Minerva in The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Rhea in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Makoto Niijima in Persona 5 and the Female V in Cyberpunk 2077 for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role.
Personal life
Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010. On October 8, 2023, Leigh gave birth to a daughter.
Filmography
Voice acting
Anime
Animation
Film
Other dubbing
Video games
Live-action
Television
Film
Awards and nominations
References
- Momot, Marcin (August 30, 2018). "Replying to @Tovarisc_ @CyberpunkGame The voice in the demo belongs to Cherami Leigh" (Tweet). Retrieved August 30, 2018 – via Twitter.
- Cherami Leigh (March 15, 2014). "@iloveyouushane it is episode 2 of season 4. "My Oldest Daughter"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Media related to Cherami Leigh at Wikimedia Commons
- Cherami Leigh at IMDb
- Cherami Leigh on Twitter
- Cherami Leigh convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Cherami Leigh at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Cherami Leigh at Behind The Voice Actors
- Cherami Leigh at CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- Cherami Leigh at The Visual Novel Database
