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	Actress singer voice director
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 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 .

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]
	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]

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
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]

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
	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

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]
	Phase Paradox	Renee Hearn, Nash Lynyrd		[37]
2002	Digimon Rumble Arena	Gatomon, Takato, Magnadramon		[14]
2003–04	.hack series	Helba, Emma Wielant	Infection, Mutation, Outbreak, Quarantine
2003–12	Silent Hill series		Singer Voice director	[2]
2004	Seven Samurai 20XX	Zwei		[38]
2005	Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War		Singer (The Journey Home)	[39]
2006	Rumble Roses XX	Evil Rose, Noble Rose		CA
	Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII	Rosso		[14]
	Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra	Doctus
2006–07	.hack//G.U. series	Bordeaux, Toru Uike, News Announcer
2007	Supreme Commander	General Samantha Clarke
	Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
2008	Devil May Cry 4	Echidna		Website
	Spider-Man: Web of Shadows	Spider-Woman		[14]
2009	Afro Samurai	The Polecats		CA
	Magna Carta 2	Keitin		[14]
	Tekken 6	Nina Williams		Website
2010	Final Fantasy XIII	Nora Estheim		[14]
	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
	Darksiders II	Uriel, Nephilim (Whispers) 5, Human Soul 3		[14]
	Resident Evil 6	Enemies
	Dishonored		Singer (Honor For All)	[40]
	Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth	Maria Hill, Veranke		Website [14]
2013	Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn	Hydaelyn		Website
	Marvel Heroes	Jessica Jones, Moondragon		[14]
2014	Diablo III: Reaper of Souls	Female Crusader		Press [2] [14]
	Spider-Man Unlimited	Silver Sable		[14]
	Digimon All-Star Rumble	Gatomon, Angewomon
	World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor	Tyrant Velhari
2015	Resident Evil: Revelations 2	Alex Wesker		Website
	Heroes of the Storm	Johanna		Press [2]
	Kholat		Singer (Farewell)	[41]
	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void	Praetor Talis		Press [2] [14]
	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Avatar (Female Mature)	Grouped under Avatars	[42]
2016	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - First Assault Online	Major Motoko Kusanagi		[14]
	Hitman	Dalia Margolis
	Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Sausage Vendor
	God Eater Resurrection	Tsubaki Amamiya		Website
	Tekken 7: Fated Retribution	Nina Williams	Uncredited [a]
	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 [43]
	Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order	Valkyrie		[14]
2020	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Remornia
	Resident Evil: Resistance	Alex Wesker
2023	Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical	Persephone		[44]
	Mortal Kombat 1	Female Scorpion		[45]
	Mortal Kombat: Onslaught	Cetrion		[46]
2024	Tekken 8	Nina Williams		[14]
	Clock Tower: Rewind		Singer (Intro)	Tweet
2025	Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition	Avatar (Female Mature), additional voices		[14]
	Date Everything!	Airyn, Isolde

Audio books

List of voice performances in Audio books

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
2020	The World of Critical Role	Narrator		[47]

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"	[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]

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.
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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.
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43. 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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45. 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.
46. 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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