Maxey Whitehead

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Maxey Whitehead
Born (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 42)
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1996–2020

Maxey Whitehead (born June 15, 1981) is an American voice actress who provided voices for a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime. She is generally cast as young boys or young girls; her most notable roles are as Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood , Dende from Dragon Ball Z Kai , Czeslaw Meyer from Baccano! , and Crona from Soul Eater .

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Biography

Whitehead was working as a stage actor when her friend R. Bruce Elliott was planning to audition for Romeo × Juliet and invited her along. She auditioned and landed the voice actor part of Antonio. [1] She also voiced Ellis in the girls-with-guns anime El Cazador de la Bruja and voices the main character Tsukimi Kurashita in Princess Jellyfish .

Whitehead was roommates with fellow voice actress Emily Neves in college. [2] She has stated that her favorite character to voice so far in her career has been Crona from Soul Eater . [2]

Dubbing roles

Anime

Video games

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