Emilie Brown

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Emilie Brown
Born
Emilie de Azevedo
Other namesEmily Brown, Marie Downing, Mary Cobb
Occupation(s)Voice actress, producer, director
Years active1984present
Television Signing Time!
SpouseDerek Brown
Children3
Parent Lex de Azevedo (father)
Family Rachel Coleman (sister)

Emilie de Azevedo Brown [1] is an American voice actress, producer, and director. Before moving out of the Los Angeles area, she did several anime voice roles mostly under the names Emily Brown, Mary Cobb and Marie Downing. One of her earliest voice acting roles was Annie Labelle in the 1980s crossover anime hit Robotech when she was 13 years old. [2] After graduating from Brigham Young University in 1996 with a theatre degree, she continued her career in the entertainment industry. [3]

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In 1996, her sister Rachel Coleman discovered that her child was deaf. Brown teamed up with Coleman to create Signing Time! - an entertaining children's public television and video series that teaches basic American Sign Language (ASL) to children of all abilities. She serves as the director and producer. Over 26 Signing Time! episodes have been made, as well as Baby Signing Time, Practice Time and all other Two Little Hands Productions.

Personal life

She is married to Derek Brown. They have four kids. She is a member of the Republican Party in Salt Lake City County. [4] Her father Lex is a prominent Latter-day Saint musician. [5]

Filmography

Anime voice roles

List of voice performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
1985 Robotech series Annie Labelle, othersCredited as Mary Cobb [2] [7] [8]
1999 Saber Marionette J Again Lorelei [7]
1999 Outlaw Star Melfina Credited as Emily Brown [7] [9]
1999 Cowboy Bebop StellaEp. 8 [7]
1999 El Hazard: The Alternative World Qawool Towles [7] [10]
1999 Serial Experiments Lain Alice Mizuki [11]
1999 Battle Athletes Victory Jessie GurtlantAs Marie Downing [10]
200002 Fushigi Yûgi seriesHotohori (Young), others [7] [10]
2000 Trigun Rem Saverem (singing voice), Michelle, others [7] [10]
2000 The Legend of Black Heaven Kotoko [7] [10]
2000 Sol Bianca: The Legacy Flor [7]
2001 Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team Aina Sahalin Also Miller's Report [7]
2001 Ah! My Goddess The Movie Ex [7]
2001 Akira Female Newscaster 1, Female NursePioneer dub [7]
2001 Gate Keepers Yasue Okamori, others [7] [10]
2001 Saint Tail Eri [7]
2002 Adventures of Mini-Goddess Various characters [10]

Other voice roles

List of voice performances in non-anime productions
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [6]
Final Fantasy IX Village children, creatures
Little Lulu Little Lulu
The Swan Princess Fountain girl

Works with Two Little Hands Productions

List of crew and production roles
YearTitleRoleNotesSource
2006present Signing Time! Producer, director, writer
Baby Signing Time Executive producer, creator
Rachel & the TreeSchoolersExecutive producer, director, various characters

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