Mary Elizabeth McGlynn | |
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![]() McGlynn at the 2018 Phoenix Comic Fest | |
Born | |
Other names | Melissa Williamson [2] [3] |
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Years active | 1981–present |
Spouses | |
Musical career | |
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Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar |
Labels | Konami Music Entertainment |
Website | www |
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (born October 16, 1966) [4] is an American actress, singer, and voice director. She is known for her work in the Ghost in the Shell series, voicing Motoko Kusanagi and working as an ADR director on several entries. She is also 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 .
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]
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]
Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes | Source [13] |
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1985 | Fist of the North Star | Yuria | [14] | |
1992 | Sailor Moon | Flau, Queen Metallia | Viz dub | [15] |
Bastard!! | Thunder Empress Arshes Nei | |||
1997 | Street Fighter II V | Dr. Hannah, Newscaster | As Melissa Williamson | CA |
Tokyo Revelation | Various characters | |||
1997–99 | El-Hazard series | Queen Diva | CA [16] | |
1998 | Outlaw Star | Hilda | Press [3] [14] | |
Battle Athletes | Lahrri | CA | ||
Fushigi Yūgi | Nuriko | Press [2] [3] | ||
1998–99 | Cowboy Bebop | Julia | ADR director, as Melissa Williamson | Press [2] [3] [17] [18] |
1999 | Rurouni Kenshin | Shura | As Melissa Williamson | CA [14] |
2000 | Sol Bianca: The Legacy | Feb | CA | |
2000-01 | Digimon Adventure 02 | Floramon, Cody's Mother | [14] [15] | |
2002 | Vandread | Jura Basil Elden | As Melissa Williamson | CA |
X | Kanoe | |||
Samurai Girl Real Bout High School | Mian Cubie | |||
Digimon Tamers | Various characters | ADR director, story editor | Press [2] [19] | |
Digimon Frontier | Ophanimon, Salamon | [20] | ||
2002-03 | Witch Hunter Robin | Jean (doll), Mamoru Kudō, additional voices | [14] [15] | |
2003 | Wolf's Rain | Lady Jaguara | ADR director | Press [2] [18] [21] |
Reign: The Conqueror | Cassandra | As Melissa Williamson | CA | |
.hack//SIGN | Helba | Press [2] | ||
Geneshaft | Sofia Galgalim, Lily Porter | CA | ||
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] |
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 | ||
2009-10 | Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | Briggs Doctor, Doctor's Wife | As Lucy Todd | |
2009–12 | Bleach | Zabimaru (Baboon), Ikumi Unagiya | Press [2] | |
2009–16 | Naruto: Shippuden | Kurenai Yūhi, others | ADR director | |
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 | [24] [25] | |
2015-16 | Sailor Moon Crystal | Queen Metallia | [14] [15] | |
2016–17 | God Eater | Tsubaki Amamiya | ||
2019 | Boruto: Naruto Next Generations | Kurenai Yūhi, Mei Terumī | [26] | |
2020–22 | Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 | Motoko Kusanagi | Voice director | [14] |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source [13] |
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2006-09 | The Replacements | Mrs. Zubeck, Mrs. Kelpman | 3 episodes | [14] |
2012 | The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | Abigail Brand | ||
2014–17 | Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero | Dialogue Director | Press [2] | |
2014–18 | Steven Universe | Priyanka Maheswaran, others | Press [2] [14] [27] | |
2016–18 | Star Wars Rebels | Governor Arihnda Pryce, others | Tweet [28] [29] | |
2017–19 | OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes | Dynamite Watkins, Miss Quantum, additional voices | Tweet [30] [31] [14] | |
2017–20 | Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure | Dialogue Director | ||
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] |
Star Wars Resistance | Freya Fenris, additional voices | [14] | ||
2019 | Green Eggs and Ham | Voice director (8 episodes) | ||
2019–2021 | Carmen Sandiego | Coach Brunt | [14] | |
2019–2022 | Dragons: Rescue Riders | Svetlana the Sly | Voice director | |
2020 | Steven Universe Future | Priyanka Maheswaran | Episode: "Growing Pains" | |
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt | Voice director | |||
2020–2022 | Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous | Voice director (16 episodes) | ||
Doug Unplugs | Voice director | |||
2021–2023 | Dogs in Space | |||
DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms | ||||
2022 | Bugs Bunny Builders | |||
Big City Greens | Voice director (15 episodes) | |||
Dragon Age: Absolution | Voice director | |||
2022- | The Legend of Vox Machina | Zahra Hydris | [14] | |
2023-2023 | Shape Island | |||
Dew Drop Diaries | Angel | [14] |
Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes | Source [13] |
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1997 | Armageddon | Queen Hera | As Melissa Williamson | CA |
1999 | Black Jack | Jo Carol Brane | ||
Princess Mononoke | Singer | CA | ||
2000 | Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust | Caroline | Press [2] | |
2001 | Ah! My Goddess: The Movie | Urd | As Melissa Williamson | Press [3] |
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] | |
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] | |
The Last: Naruto the Movie | Mei Terumi, Head Maid, Kurenai Yuhi, Katsuyu | Voice director | [14] | |
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie | Kurusu | |||
2017 | Resident Evil: Vendetta | Zack White |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
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2020 | The World of Critical Role | Narrator | [47] |
Year | Title | Role | Crew role, notes | Source |
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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" | [48] |
1998 | Star Trek: Voyager | Daelen | Episode: "Vis a Vis" | |
2006 | Silent Hill | Singer | [2] | |
2008 | Adventures in Voice Acting | Herself | [49] | |
2011 | Julia X 3D | Singer | [2] |