Mela Lee

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Mela Lee
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Lee at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2024
NationalityAmerican
Education Pepperdine University
OccupationVoice actress
Website melalee.com

Mela Lee is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who voices characters on a number of animated series, films, television shows and video games. She is best known as the voice of Jade in Mortal Kombat 11 . In anime, she voices lead characters Rin Tosaka, in Fate/stay night as well as Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and the film trilogy Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel ; Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight ; Shinku the fifth Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden ; and Erika Karisawa in the Durarara!! series, which was broadcast on Adult Swim. In animation, she is the voice of Tikki in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which airs on Disney Channel, Disney+ and Netflix, and Kikimora in The Owl House . In video games, she voices Lifeline in Apex Legends , Rena Ryūgū in Higurashi When They Cry , Rachel Alucard in the BlazBlue series, Tiki in the Fire Emblem series and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , and Sharon Kreuger and Scarlet in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series.

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Career

Lee first got into voice acting when she auditioned for Vampire Princess Miyu , but the director had her read for Saint Tail , and she was cast as the title character Meimi Haneoka, whom assumes the secret identity of Saint Tail. [1] She would later land the vampire role of Yuki Cross in the Vampire Knight series and Rin Tohsaka, the heroine of the Fate/stay night series. She also played the lead heroine in Rozen Maiden . Lee has also served as an ADR Voice Replacement specialist in over 100 projects, including Suicide Squad , Gotham , Detroit , Zero Dark Thirty , Atlanta , and The Good Wife . [2]

In addition to voice acting, Lee is the lead singer, composer, and lyricist for her band Magnolia Memoir. [1] She and fellow voice actress Erica Lindbeck host their own web series called Lindbeck and Lee with voice actor guests. [3]

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [4]
2001 Saint Tail Meimi / St. Tail [1] [5] [6]
2006 Immortal Grand Prix Max Erlich [7]
Kannazuki no Miko Kyoko [8]
Fate/stay night Rin Tohsaka [9] [10] [11]
2007–11 Rozen Maiden series Shinku Also Trumend, Ouverture [12]
2007 Higurashi: When They Cry Rena Ryūgū Press [1]
2008 Gurren Lagann Darry [13]
2008–09 Tweeny Witches EvaResume
2009 Blade of the Immortal Rin AsanoPress [1]
2010–11 Vampire Knight series Yuki Cross Also Guilty
2011 Durarara!! Erika Karisawa [14]
2012 Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan seriesKana Ienagaas Kayla Yesratsian [12]
2013 Fate/Zero Rin Tohsaka
2015–16 Durarara!!×2 Erika Karisawa [15]
2015 BlazBlue Alter Memory Rachel Alucard [16]
Aldnoah.Zero Orlane [17]
2015–16 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Rin Tohsaka TV series [18]
2018–20 The Seven Deadly Sins Melascula [13]
2016;
2019		 Hunter × Hunter Canary, others2011 series [19] [20] [21]
2016 The Asterisk War Sylvia RyuneheimPress [1]
Erased Misato Yanagihara [22]
2017 Mob Psycho 100 Rei KurosakiTweet [23]
Berserk Schierke2016 series [24]
2018 Sword Gai: The Animation Mina Haraya
Fate/Extra: Last Encore Rin Tohsaka
2019 Cannon Busters DexTweet [25]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Kanata UbuyashikiFacebook [26]
2019–20 Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia Ishtar, Ereshkigal [27]
2021 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Tamano [12]
2023 My Happy Marriage Hana Kanao

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [4]
2015–present Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Tikki, Aurore Beauréal/Stormy Weather, Penny Rolling/Troublemaker, Mirelle Caquet [28]
2018–19 Avengers: Black Panther's Quest Princess Zanda Website [29]
RWBY Caroline Cordovin [30]
2020–present The Loud House Principal Rivers
2020–23 The Owl House Kikimora
2021–24 The Ghost and Molly McGee Atomic Pink lead singer, Linda
2022 Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles Lady Fuwa, Kaiyo, Toshiko, Fumiko, Hana, Kana, Warbotto, and Sawaguchi
Barbie: It Takes Two Simone Roberts

Films

List of voice and English dubbing performances in feature films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [4]
2010 Alpha and Omega Candy [12]
2018 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower Rin Tohsaka English dub; Limited theatrical release [12]
2023 Suzume MikiEnglish dub [31]
Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie Tikki
List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [4]
2008 Strait Jacket MineaEnglish dub [32]
2012 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works Rin Tohsaka
2014Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf GamesAgnes [12]
2015Alpha and Omega: Family VacationAgnes [12]
Madea's Tough Love Old Lady
2016Alpha and Omega: The Big FureezeAgnes
2017Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear KingdomAgnes
2019 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly Rin Tohsaka English dub
2021 Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song
Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Rechel Cheong

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games
YearTitleRoleNotesSource [4]
2009–present BlazBlue seriesRachel AlucardEnglish dubPress [1]
2013 Fire Emblem Awakening TikiPress [12]
2014 Digimon All-Star Rumble Biyomon, Hououmon [12]
2015 Xenoblade Chronicles X Celica
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Sharon Kreuger, Scarlet [12]
2016 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Sharon Kreuger, Scarlet [12]
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Tiki [12]
2018 BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle Rachel AlucardTweet [33] [12]
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tiki [12]
2019 Apex Legends Lifeline
Mortal Kombat 11 Jade Tweet [12]
Pokémon Masters KarenEnglish dub
Daemon X Machina Sif, Ayer [12]
Phantasy Star Online 2 SukunahimeEnglish dub [34]
2020 Granblue Fantasy Versus Zeta [12]
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise Aaliyah Davis
Guardian Tales Miya
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Sharon Kreuger
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles White-Haired Guide [35]
I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and The LiarThe Fabricator [13]
2022 Rune Factory 5 Hina [12]
2023 Fire Emblem Engage Tiki
The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie Sharon Kreuger, Wendy
Mortal Kombat: Onslaught JadeTweet [36]
Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising Zeta [12]
2024 Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Awards and nominations

In 2015, Lee was nominated for the BTVA Anime Dub Award for Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Television Series/OVA for her role as Rin Tohsaka in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works . [37]

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