Melissa Fahn

Melissa Fahn (born April 28, 1967) is an American voice actress and singer for anime dubs, such as Cowboy Bebop, Digimon, Eureka Seven, FLCL, Noein and Zatch Bell!. She starred in the Broadway performance of Wicked and various theatre projects in Los Angeles.

Biography
Fahn was born in New York City and raised in Huntington, Long Island as the youngest of four siblings. She performed dancing at the age of 3. Her family moved to Huntington Beach, California. Her father, a jazz drummer, encouraged her to learn singing and acting in addition to just dancing. She continued in community theater productions and toured with Young Americans. She majored in dance at California State University, Long Beach but left after one year to devote her time to work and theater.

While working as a receptionist, her voice caught the attention of a casting director for a new Betty Boop featurette, which led to her first voice-over role in The Betty Boop Movie Mystery. Fahn has voiced many animated characters, such as Luna in Mega Man Star Force, Edward in Cowboy Bebop, Haruka in Noein, Gaz in Invader Zim, and Rika Nonaka, Kristy Damon and Nene Amano in Digimon. She is the voice of Neptune in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series.

She performed live on stage worldwide in shows such as Hal Prince's 3hree, Gilligan's Island the Musical, Singin' in the Rain, No, No, Nanette and the rock-operas of Vox Lumiere.

Fahn has three older brothers: Michael Fahn is a musician, while Tom Fahn and Jonathan Fahn are fellow voice and stage actors. In 2000, Fahn met musician Joel Alpers on the set of Vox Lumiere in Los Angeles, and they wed at Kauai, Hawaii in 2002.

Fahn is a member of the ensemble in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked. In March 2004, Fahn played an understudy for Glinda, replacing Melissa Bell Chait who suffered a stroke. Fahn departed the show on October 31, 2004. She later became an original cast member of the Los Angeles sit-down productions, performing in the ensemble and again understudying the role of Glinda before departing on December 30, 2007.

In 2007, Fahn released her music album Avignon which was produced by her husband, Joel Alpers. The album also involved her brother Tom on trombone and sister-in-law Mary Ann McSweeney in bass. Alpers also played drums and percussion.

Anime

 * Lupin the 3rd Part II (1977-1980) - Party Guest (ep. 10)
 * Sailor Moon S (1994-1995) - Cenicienta (eps. 101-102) (Viz Dub)
 * Rurouni Kenshin (1996-1998) - Sōjiro Seta (eps. 54-61) (Media Blasters Dub)
 * Vampire Princess Miyu (1997-1998) - Lilith (ep. 13), Shizuko (ep. 15) , Mei-Fah (ep. 16)
 * Cowboy Bebop (1998-1999) - Edward Fong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV
 * Mon Colle Knights (2000) - Lailai
 * Digimon Tamers (2001-2002) - Rika Nonaka
 * s-CRY-ed (2001) - Cammy (ep. 6), Girl at Party (ep. 8) , Chuka (ep. 9)
 * Digimon Frontier (2002-2003) - Narrator (Rika Nonaka; eps. 1-42)
 * Gun Frontier (2002) - Prostitute (ep. 1), Woman A (ep. 1) , Woman in Stage Coach (ep. 2) , Maya (ep. 4)
 * Hello Kitty's Paradise (2002) - Kitty
 * Naruto (2002-2007) - Attractive Lady (ep. 101)
 * Zatch Bell! (2003-2006) - Tia, Elizabeth, Candy Store Clerk (ep. 18)
 * Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (2004-2005) - Marquise G
 * Samurai Champloo (2004-2005) - Osen/Budoukiba (ep. 8)
 * Blue Dragon (2007-2008) - Bouquet
 * Stitch! (2008-2011) - Sasha, Ani Pelekai (ep. 85), Young Lilo (ep. 85)
 * Glitter Force (2012-2013) - Student (ep. 29)
 * Glitter Force Doki Doki (2013-2014) - Clara Yotsuba/Glitter Clover, Student (ep. 7)
 * Hyperdimension Neptunia (2013) - Neptune/Purple Heart
 * Knights of Sidonia (2014-2015) - Izana Shinatose
 * The Seven Deadly Sins (2014-present) - Friesia
 * Children of the Whales (2017) - Lykos
 * Lost Song (2018) - Finis

OVAs & Specials

 * The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor (1989-1992) - Mizuki Segawa
 * FLCL (2001-2002) - Eri Ninamori
 * Karas (2005-2007) - Chizuru, Nurse

Anime Films

 * Panda! Go, Panda! (1972) - Panny
 * Sailor Moon S: Hearts in Ice (1994) - Princess Snow Kaguya (Viz Dub)
 * Cowboy Bebop (2001) - Edward Fong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV

Video Game Dubbing

 * World of Final Fantasy (2016) - Chocochick