Wendee Lee Biography
Wendee Lee is an American voice actress, writer, and director.
Biography
Lee studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school and got in trouble for it. Her first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross. She also worked with Streamline on several anime productions including Dragon Ball. She would continue dance and work part-time as a make-up artist, c*ography and dance instruction.
Career
Lee's major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of Akira, Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop, Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on Digimon Adventure, Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky Star. She has also worked as an ADR director on Bleach, Love Hina and Outlaw Star and a casting director on The Night B4 Christmas. In 2014–2015, she voiced Queen Serenity in the Viz Media re-dub of the cl*ic Sailor Moon series and the new Sailor Moon Crystal series.
In 2023, Lee was embroiled in controversy after a decision by Viz Media and Studiopolis to not move forward with Anairis Quiñones as Yoruichi Shihōin, with the role in Bleach being reprised by Lee.
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Feature films
Direct-to-video and television films
Live-action
Video games
Do*entaries
Notes
References
Further reading
- Jeng, Way (September 14, 2004). "Being a Brief Discussion of Anime Dubs: Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, Volume Two". Mania. Demand Media. Archived from the original on November 5, 2014.
- Martin, Theron (August 2, 2005). "Iczer-One DVD". Anime News Network.
- Wendee Lee interview on Anime Herald
- Wendee Lee interview on Gamasutra
- Wendee Lee interview Gamasutra
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wendee Lee.- Wendee Lee on Twitter
- Wendee Lee at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Wendee Lee at Crystal Acids
- Wendee Lee at IMDb
