Mary Elizabeth McGlynn

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
McGlynn at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest
Born	(1966-10-16) October 16, 1966 (age 58) Newark, New Jersey, US [1]
Other names	Melissa Williamson [2] [3]
Occupations	Voice actress ADR director singer
Years active	1981–present
Spouses	Daran Norris ​ ​ (m. 1988;div. 2012)​ Steve Blum ​ (m. 2017)​
Musical career
Genres	Pop rock alternative rock
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar
Labels	Konami Music Entertainment
Website	www.maryemcglynn.com

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (born October 16, 1966) ^[4] is an American voice actress, ADR director, and singer, best known for her involvement in music production in multiple games from the Silent Hill series, and her extensive English-language dubbing of various anime, animated films, and video games, including the English adaptation of the television series Cowboy Bebop .

Career

McGlynn's voice roles in anime include Lieutenant Matilda in the Mobile Suit Gundam I (1981), Motoko Kusanagi ( Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex ), Kurenai Yuhi, Mei Terumi, Katsuyu, and Koharu Utatane (from the Naruto series), Cornelia li Britannia ( Code Geass ), and the most recent, Queen Metalia on Sailor Moon Crystal .

She does voice acting in video games such as Maria and Mary Shepherd-Sunderland in the HD collection version of Silent Hill 2 and Nina Williams from the Tekken series. She has worked in cartoons, with roles such as Dr. Maheswaran in Steven Universe and Steven Universe Future , Abigail Brand in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes , Dynamite Watkins and Miss Quantum on OK KO! Let's Be Heroes , Governor Arihnda Pryce in Star Wars Rebels and Coach Brunt in Carmen Sandiego . In addition to her experiences with directing English dubs of anime shows, she also served as a dialogue and voice director for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure , Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero , She-Ra and the Princesses of Power , Dogs in Space , and Dragon Age: Absolution . She contributed to the Silent Hill movie adaptation and Dance Dance Revolution EXTREME . She has had several movie roles. From 2015 to 2017, she was also a guest star for a Dungeons and Dragons web series titled Critical Role (15 Episodes). ^[5]

She was a Guest of Honor at Anime Expo 2007, Long Beach. ^[6]

McGlynn won the 2007 American Anime Award for Best Actress for her role as Major Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex . ^{[7] [8]}

She won a Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) award in 2008 for Best Director for her work on Naruto. ^[9]

Personal life

McGlynn was married to actor Daran Norris, but divorced him in 2012. ^[10] As of 2017, she is married to voice actor Steve Blum, whom she directed in various voiceover productions starting with Cowboy Bebop and remained close since then. ^[11] She has an identical twin sister named Melissa. ^[12]

Filmography

Anime

List of dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source [13]
1985	Fist of the North Star	Yuria		[14]
1992	Sailor Moon	Flau, Queen Metallia	Viz dub	[15]
1992	Bastard!!	Thunder Empress Arshes Nei		[15]
1997	Street Fighter II V	Dr. Hannah, Newscaster	As Melissa Williamson	CA
1997–99	El-Hazard series	Queen Diva	As Melissa Williamson	CA [16]
1997	Tokyo Revelation	Various characters	As Melissa Williamson	CA
1998–99	Cowboy Bebop	Julia	ADR director, as Melissa Williamson	Press [2] [3] [17] [18]
1998	Outlaw Star	Hilda	As Melissa Williamson	Press [3] [14]
1998	Battle Athletes	Lahrri	As Melissa Williamson	CA
1998	Fushigi Yūgi	Nuriko	As Melissa Williamson	Press [2] [3]
1999	Rurouni Kenshin	Shura	As Melissa Williamson	CA [14]
2000	Sol Bianca: The Legacy	Feb	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2000-01	Digimon Adventure 02	Floramon, Cody's Mother		[14] [15]
2002	Vandread	Jura Basil Elden	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2002	X	Kanoe	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2002	Samurai Girl Real Bout High School	Mian Cubie	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2002	Digimon Tamers	Various characters	ADR director, story editor	Press [2] [19]
2002	Digimon Frontier	Ophanimon, Salamon	ADR director, story editor	[20]
2002-03	Witch Hunter Robin	Jean (doll), Mamoru Kudō, additional voices		[14] [15]
2003-04	Gungrave	Milanda	As Melissa Williamson	[14] [15]
2003–06	Naruto	Kurenai Yūhi, others	ADR director SJPA Award for Best Director	Press [2] [18]
2003	Wolf's Rain	Lady Jaguara	ADR director	Press [2] [18] [21]
2003	Reign: The Conqueror	Cassandra	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2003	.hack//SIGN	Helba		Press [2]
2003	Geneshaft	Sofia Galgalim, Lily Porter		CA
2004–07	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series	Major Motoko Kusanagi	American Anime Award for Best Actress	Press [2] [21] [22] [23]
2007	Digimon Data Squad	Sarah Damon, Sayuri		CA
2008	Code Geass	Cornelia li Britannia		Press [2]
2008-09	Stitch!	Delia	Voice director	[14] [15]
2009	Kurokami	Mikami Houjou		[14] [15]
2009-10	Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood	Briggs Doctor, Doctor's Wife	As Lucy Todd	[14] [15]
2009–12	Bleach	Zabimaru (Baboon), Ikumi Unagiya		Press [2]
2009–16	Naruto: Shippuden	Kurenai Yūhi, others	ADR director	Press [2]
2010-11	Marvel Anime	Marsh, Shehla, Riko Nirasaki, Crowd Member	Voice director, assistant director	[14] [15]
2011	Digimon Fusion	Pickmons, Queen, Shakkoumon, others	Voice director, story editor	Press [2] [19] [14]
2012	Persona 4: The Animation	Naoto Shirogane		[2] [19] [14]
2013	Tenkai Knights	Mrs. Dalton (Toxsa's Mother, Ep. 19, uncredited)	ADR director	Press [2]
2013-2015	Ghost in the Shell: Arise	Lieutenant Colonel Kurutsu
2014–15	Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers		Voice Director
2015	Glitter Force	Brooha, Queen Euphoria, Ms. Mason	Voice director	[24] [25]
2015-16	Sailor Moon Crystal	Queen Metallia		[14] [15]
2016–17	God Eater	Tsubaki Amamiya		[14] [15]
2019	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	Kurenai Yūhi, Mei Terumī		[26]
2020–22	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045	Motoko Kusanagi	Voice director	[14]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source [13]
2006-09	The Replacements	Mrs. Zubeck, Mrs. Kelpman	3 episodes	[14]
2012	The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes	Abigail Brand	3 episodes	[14]
2014–18	Steven Universe	Priyanka Maheswaran, others		Press [2] [14] [27]
2014–17	Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero		Dialogue Director	Press [2]
2016–18	Star Wars Rebels	Governor Arihnda Pryce, others		Tweet [28] [29]
2017–20	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure		Dialogue Director
2017–19	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Dynamite Watkins, Miss Quantum, additional voices		Tweet [30] [31] [14]
2017–20	Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz		voice director
2018–2018	Bunnicula		Casting Director & Voice Director (season 3)
2018–2020	She-Ra and the Princesses of Power	Horned Goon	Voice director	Press [2] [14]
2018–2020	Star Wars Resistance	Freya Fenris, additional voices	Voice director	[14]
2019–2021	Carmen Sandiego	Coach Brunt		[14]
2019	Green Eggs and Ham		Voice director (8 episodes)
2019–2022	Dragons: Rescue Riders	Svetlana the Sly	Voice director	[14]
2020	Steven Universe Future	Priyanka Maheswaran	Episode: "Growing Pains"	[14]
2020	Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt		Voice director
2020–2022	Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous		Voice director (16 episodes)
2020–2022	Doug Unplugs		Voice director
2021–2023	Dogs in Space		Voice director
2021–2023	DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms		Voice director
2022-	The Legend of Vox Machina	Zahra Hydris	Voice director	[14]
2022	Bugs Bunny Builders		Voice director
2022	Big City Greens		Voice director (15 episodes)
2022	Dragon Age: Absolution		Voice director
2023-2023	Shape Island		Voice director
2023-2023	Dew Drop Diaries	Angel	Voice director	[14]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source [13]
1997	Armageddon	Queen Hera	As Melissa Williamson	CA
1999	Black Jack	Jo Carol Brane	As Melissa Williamson	CA
1999	Princess Mononoke		Singer	CA
2000	Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust	Caroline		Press [2]
2001	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Urd	As Melissa Williamson	Press [3]
2001	Metropolis	Public Announcement Voice	ADR script writer	Press [2]
2002	Cowboy Bebop the Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door	Chris Riley	ADR director	[19]
2003	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Kanna Kirishima	As Melissa Williamson	CA
2004	Appleseed		ADR director	Press [2]
2004	Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence	Major Motoko Kusanagi		[32]
2007	Stan Lee's The Condor	Valeria / Taipan		[14]
2008	Resident Evil: Degeneration	Rani's aunt
2009	Naruto Shippuden the Movie		Voice director	[33]
2010	Naruto Shippuden the Movie: The Lost Tower	Queen Seram		[15]
2011	Tekken: Blood Vengeance	Nina Williams	As Charlotte Bell	[14]
2013	Iron Man: Rise of Technovore		Voice director	[15]
2014	Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods	Policewoman		[14]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: Arise	Kurutsu		[34]
2015	The Last: Naruto the Movie	Mei Terumi, Head Maid, Kurenai Yuhi, Katsuyu	Voice director	[14]
2015	Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie	Kurusu		[14]
2017	Resident Evil: Vendetta	Zack White		[14]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source [13] [35]
2000	Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption	Ecaterina		[36]
2001	The Bouncer	Echidna	As Melissa Williamson	[14]
2001	Phase Paradox	Renee Hearn, Nash Lynyrd	As Melissa Williamson	[37]
2002	Digimon Rumble Arena	Gatomon, Takato, Magnadramon		[14]
2003–12	Silent Hill series		Singer Voice director	[2]
2003–04	.hack series	Helba, Emma Wielant	Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine	[14]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Zwei		[38]
2004	Phantom Brave	Sienna, Narrator		CA
2004	Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines	Pisha		CA
2005	Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome	Lady Salome		CA
2005	Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War		Singer (The Journey Home)	[39]
2006	Rumble Roses XX	Evil Rose, Noble Rose		CA
2006	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Rosso		[14]
2006	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	Doctus		[14]
2006–07	.hack//G.U. series	Bordeaux, Toru Uike, News Announcer		[14]
2007	Supreme Commander	General Samantha Clarke
2007	Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance	General Samantha Clarke
2008	Devil May Cry 4	Echidna		Website
2008	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Spider-Woman		[14]
2009	Afro Samurai	The Polecats		CA
2009	Magna Carta 2	Keitin		[14]
2009	Tekken 6	Nina Williams		Website
2010	Final Fantasy XIII	Nora Estheim		[14]
2010	Alpha Protocol	SIE		[2] [14]
2011–present	Naruto series	Kurenai Yuhi, Shima, Katsuyu, Tsunade, Mei Terumi		[14]
2012	Street Fighter X Tekken	Nina Williams		Website
2012	Darksiders II	Uriel, Nephilim (Whispers) 5, Human Soul 3		[14]
2012	Resident Evil 6	Enemies		[14]
2012	Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth	Maria Hill, Veranke		Website [14]
2013	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Hydaelyn		Website
2013	Marvel Heroes	Jessica Jones, Moondragon		[14]
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Female Crusader		Press [2] [14]
2014	Spider-Man Unlimited	Silver Sable		[14]
2014	Digimon All-Star Rumble	Gatomon, Angewomon		[14]
2014	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Tyrant Velhari		[14]
2015	Resident Evil: Revelations 2	Alex Wesker	Credited as "Lucy Todd"
2015	Heroes of the Storm	Johanna		Press [2]
2015	Kholat		Singer (Farewell)	[40]
2015	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	Praetor Talis		Press [2] [14]
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Avatar (Female Mature)	Grouped under Avatars	[41]
2016	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online	Major Motoko Kusanagi		[14]
2016	Hitman	Dalia Margolis		[14]
2016	Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Sausage Vendor		[14]
2016	God Eater Resurrection	Tsubaki Amamiya		Website
2016	Tekken 7: Fated Retribution	Nina Williams	Uncredited [a]	Website
2016	World of Warcraft: Legion	Aegwynn, Delas Moonfang		[14]
2017	Star Trek: Bridge Crew	Lieutenant Koharu Mori
2018	Artifact	Prellex
2019	Mortal Kombat 11	Cetrion		Tweet [42]
2019	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Valkyrie		[14]
2020	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Remornia		[14]
2020	Resident Evil: Resistance	Alex Wesker		[14]
2021	The Medium		[14]
2023	Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical	Persephone		[43]
2023	Mortal Kombat 1	Female Scorpion		[44]
2023	Mortal Kombat: Onslaught	Cetrion		[45]
2024	Tekken 8	Nina Williams		[14]
2024	Clock Tower: Rewind		Singer (Intro)	Tweet

Live action

List of acting performances in television and film

Year	Title	Role	Crew role, notes	Source
1992	Down the Shore	Brigitte	Episode: "A Tale of Two Houses"
1993	Quantum Leap	Sue Anne Winters	Episode: "Memphis Melody"
1994	Walker, Texas Ranger	Merrilee Summers	Episode: "Right Man, Wrong Time"
1995	Xena: Warrior Princess	Pandora	Episode: "Cradle of Hope"
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Karen Reisner	Episode: "Mrs. Parker's Revenge"
1997	Sister, Sister	Dr. Wilcox	Episode: "Two's Company"	[46]
1998	Star Trek: Voyager	Daelen	Episode: "Vis a Vis"
2006	Silent Hill		Singer	[2]
2008	Adventures in Voice Acting	Herself		[47]
2011	Julia X 3D		Singer	[2]

Notes

1. English voice actors were not listed in the closing credits for this title.

References

1. "Between the Sheets: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn". YouTube .
2. "Otakon Vegas Welcomes Voice Actress Mary Elizabeth McGlynn". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
3. "Anime Central Guest Announcement". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 12, 2016.
4. Birthday references:
   • Colleen O'Shaughnessey [@VOColeen] (October 16, 2017). "Happy Birthday, Mary E!! @MaryEMcGlynn Love you to the moon!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 31, 2018– via Twitter.
   • "Copyright Catalog (1978 to present)". US Copyright Office (Search by: Name: "McGlynn Mary Elizabeth" will show entry that has "Copyright Claimant: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn, 1966–"). Retrieved December 31, 2018.
5. Geek & Sundry (October 29, 2015), Trial of the Take – Critical Role RPG Show: Episode 18, archived from the original on December 12, 2021, retrieved September 17, 2018
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    • @MirvanaDDR (January 14, 2016). "Hey @MaryEMcGlynn is that you as Brooha in #GlitterForce or another actress?" (Tweet). Retrieved July 13, 2016– via Twitter.
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37. SCEI. Phase Paradox. SCEI. Scene: Ending credits, 1:02:06 in, CAST.
38. Dimps; Polygon Magic. Seven Samurai 20XX. Sammy Studios. Scene: Ending credits, 5:09:53 in, CAST.
39. http://www.maryemcglynn.com/music
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41. Xenoblade Chronicles X – All English Voice Options for Player Characters. Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved January 12, 2016– via YouTube.
42. McGlynn, Mary Elizabeth [@MaryEMcGlynn] (April 23, 2019). "Cat's out of the bag! I can finally confirm that I'm playing the Elder God, Cetrion in #MK11 Let's build and destroy some worlds together! @MortalCombat #Cetrion" (Tweet). Retrieved April 23, 2019– via Twitter.
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44. Cianciolo, Dominic [@domcianciolo] (September 30, 2023). "A couple of other VAs to identify for #MK1: Both in the story's final chapter… @courtenaytaylor as Janet Cage @MaryEMcGlynn as Scorpion #MortalKombat1 #MortalKombat" (Tweet). Retrieved October 20, 2023– via Twitter.
45. Cianciolo, Dominic [@domcianciolo] (October 17, 2023). "#MkOnslaught's cine voices so far! Raiden @WillingBlam Liu & Fuj @mattyangking Kung Lao @ThatSunil Jax @WillCMe Johnny @AndrewSBowen Sonya Sheeva @vanmarshall Scorp @RonYuan Shinnok @TroyBakerVA Kitana @KariWahlgren Cetrion @MaryEMcGlynn Baraka @blumspew Kabal J. Cahill" (Tweet). Retrieved October 20, 2023– via Twitter.
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