Wendee Lee

Wendee Lee (born February 20, 1960) is an American voice actress and director in the anime industry and video games. Her first anime voice role was in Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds. She voiced Scorpina on the live-action Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

As of April 2009, with 223 credits to her name, she has more credits in anime dubbing than any other English voice-over actor. She's known for voicing Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, Myōjin Yahiko in Rurouni Kenshin, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in Digimon Adventure, Konata Izumi in Lucky☆Star and Haruhi Suzumiya in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. She has also worked as an ADR director on Bleach, Love Hina and Outlaw Star.

Biography
Lee grew up in the Los Angeles area, and also in San Francisco. She studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school, and got in trouble for it. Her first anime voice role was in the Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s, where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the SDF-1 Macross. She also worked with Streamline Pictures on several anime productions. She would continue dance, and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreography, and dance instruction.

Anime

 * Robotech (1985) - Vanessa Leeds
 * Dragon Ball (1986-1989) - Bulma (Harmony Gold Dub)
 * Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990-1991) - Nadia La Arwall (Streamline Dub)
 * Sailor Moon (1992-1993) - Mayumi Osaka, Queen Serenity, Morga (ep. 1), Iguana (ep. 5) , Hiromi Matsuno (ep. 21) , Phantom of the Lake (ep. 40) , DD Girl (ep. 45) , Additional Voices (Viz Media Dub)
 * Teknoman (1992-1993) - Teknoman Rapier / Shara Carter
 * Sailor Moon R (1993-1994) - Mayumi Osaka, Queen Serenity (Viz Media Dub)
 * Street Fighter II V (1995) - Linko (Animaze Dub)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Ayame, Additional Voices (Sony Dub)
 * Yahiko Myōjin, Yumi Komagata, Additional Voices (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999) - Faye Valentine
 * Cyborg 009 (2001-2002) - Princess Ixquic (ep. 35), Mary Onodera (ep. 43) , Additional Voices
 * Genma Wars (2002) - Meena
 * Bleach (2004-2012) - Yoruichi Shihouin, Ururu Tsumugiya, Young Uryu Ishida, Tatsuki Arisawa, Young Jin Kariya, Aaroniero Arruruerie (high voice), Lumina, Menoly Mallia
 * Dragon Ball Super (2015-present) - Bulma (Bang Zoom! Dub)

OVAs & Specials

 * Crying Freeman (1988-1994) - Nina Heaven (Streamline Dub; ep. 5)

Anime Films

 * Space Adventure Cobra (1982) - Dominique Royal (Streamline Dub)
 * Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies (1986) - Bulma (Harmony Gold Dub)
 * Fist of the North Star: The Movie (1986) - Additional Voices
 * Robotech: The Movie (1986) - Stacy Embry
 * Akira (1988) - Kei (Animaze Dub)
 * Dragon Ball: Mystical Adventure (1988) - Bulma (Harmony Gold Dub)
 * Kiki's Delivery Service (1989) - Senior Witch, Madame's Granddaughter, Hometown Adult 2 (Streamline Dub)
 * Yu Yu Hakusho: The Golden Seal (1993) - Kotennyo (Animaze Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001) - Faye Valentine

Voice Director

 * Bleach