Mela Lee (born July 31, 1976) is an American voice actress based in the Los Angeles area who works at Bang Zoom! Entertainment.
Mela Lee voices characters on a number of animated series, films, television shows and video games. In anime, she voices lead characters Rin Tōsaka, in Fate/stay night as well as its reboot Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and current film trilogy opener Heaven's Feel, Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight, Shinku in Rozen Maiden, and Erica Karisawa in the Durarara!! series. In animation, she is the voice of Tikki in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. In video games, she voices Rachel Alucard in the BlazBlue series, Tiki in the Fire Emblem series, Sharon Krueger and Scarlet in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series, and Pallegina in the Pillars of Eternity series.
Biography
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. She would later land the vampire role of Yuki Cross in the Vampire Knight series and Rin Tōsaka, 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.
In addition to voice acting, Lee is the lead singer, composer, and lyricist for her band Magnolia Memoir. She and fellow voice actress Erica Lindbeck host their own web series called Lindbeck and Lee with voice actor guests.
Filmography
Live-Action Dubbing
TV Series
- Drug Squad: Costa del Sol (2019) - Rocio (ep. 9), Thief 3 (ep. 11), Sonia (ep. 12)
Films
- Alive (2002) - Misako Hara
- Sky High (2003) - Izuko
- Death Trance (2005) - Girl, Goddess of Destruction
- No Limit (2022) - Nathalie
Animation Dubbing
Animated Series
- Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir (2015-present) - Tikki, Aurore Beauréal, Penny Rolling, Mireille Caquet, Rythm (ep. 101), Froggy (eps. 103-104)
Animated Specials
- Miraculous World (2020-present) - Tikki, Tang Tang (ep. 2)
Animated Films
- Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (2007) - Aisha (Dubbing Brothers Dub)
- Winx Club 3D: Magical Adventure (2010) - Aisha (Dubbing Brothers Dub)
- Winx Club: The Mystery of the Abyss (2014) - Aisha
Anime Dubbing
Anime
- Saint Tail (1995-1996) - Meimi Haneoka/Saint Tail
- Cosmo Warrior Zero (2001) - Silviana
- Vandread: The Second Stage (2001) - Rebecca (eps. 11-12)
- The Twelve Kingdoms (2002-2003) - Rangyoku, Suzu, Mokurin (ep. 17)
- Last Exile (2003) - Lady Madthane, Narrator
- Saiyuki Reload (2003-2004) - Yaone, Additional Voices
- Burn-Up Scramble (2004) - Additional Voices
- Saiyuki Reload Gunlock (2004) - Yaone, Additional Voices
- Tweeny Witches (2004-2005) - Eva
- Rozen Maiden (2004) - Shinku
- Doraemon (2005-present) - Girl (ep. 14), Sera Ivy (ep. 43)
- IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix (2005-2006) - Max Erlich, Fan Girl (ep. 9)
- Rozen Maiden Träumend (2005-2006) - Shinku
- Fate/stay night (2006) - Rin Tōsaka
- When They Cry (2006) - Rena Ryūgū, Toshiki Inukai, Additional Voices
- FLAG (2006-2007) - Lisa, Former Kufura Girl
- Tokko (2006) - Policewoman (ep. 1), Nurse (ep. 3), Cell Phone Voice (ep. 4)
- Ghost Slayers Ayashi (2006-2007) - Ureshino-Oiran, Additional Voices
- Gurren Lagann (2007) - Darry Adai, Girl (ep. 1), Bunny-Beast Woman (ep. 6)
- Blade of the Immortal (2008) - Rin Asano
- Vampire Knight (2008) - Yūki Cross
- Vampire Knight Guilty (2008) - Yūki Cross
- Toradora! (2008-2009) - Maya Kihar
- Durarara!! (2010) - Erika Karisawa, Witness #3 (ep. 4)
- K-ON!! (2010) - Mika Saeki
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (2010) - Kana Ienaga
- Fate/Zero (2011-2012) - Rin Tōsaka
- Hunter x Hunter (2011-2014) - Canary, Female Proprietor (ep. 22), Female Receptionist 1 (ep. 27)
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan: Demon Capital (2011) - Kana Ienaga
- BlazBlue: Alter Memory (2013) - Rachel Alucard
- Love Live! School Idol Project (2013-2014) - Hideko
- A Lull in the Sea (2013-2014) - Yu Seiki
- Aldnoah.Zero (2014-2015) - Orlane
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2014-2015) - Rin Tōsaka
- The Seven Deadly Sins (2014-2021) - Ellen, Melascula
- Sword Art Online II (2014) - Freyja, Mizue Osawa (ep. 14), Schoolgirl A (ep. 14)
- Durarara!!x2 (2015-2016) - Erika Karisawa, Rio's Friend A (ep. 9)
- The Asterisk War (2015-2016) - Sylvia Lyyneheym, Phoenix Festa Announcer (ep. 9)
- Erased (2016) - Misato Yanagihara
- Magi: Adventure of Sinbad (2016) - Parsine Pratemia
- Berserk (2016-2017) - Schierke
- Mob Psycho 100 (2016-2019) - Rei Kurosaki, Additional Voices
- Granblue Fantasy: The Animation (2017-2019) - Zeta
- Record of Grancrest War (2018) - Hrist
- SWORDGAI The Animation (2018) - Mina Hiraya/Aya Takagi
- Fate/Extra Last Encore (2018) - Rin Tōsaka
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019-present) - Kanata Ubuyashiki
- Carole & Tuesday (2019) - GGK, Olivia
- Cannon Busters (2019) - Dex, Additional Voices
- Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia (2019) - Ishtar, Ereshkigal
- Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story (2020-2022) - Nemu Hiiragi
- Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon (2020-2022) - Tamano
- Record of Ragnarok (2021) - Hrist, Additional Voices
- Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023) - Sanae ("Headless Statue"; Ep. 11b), Mitsu Uchida ("The Whispering Woman"; Ep. 12a)
- My Happy Marriage (2023-present) - Hana Kanao (eps. 2, 4), Additional Voices (eps. 1-2)
Anime Shorts
- Pokémon Generations (2016) - Elesa (ep. 13)
OVAs & Specials
- éX-Driver (2000-2001) - Nina A. Thunder, Waitress (ep. 1)
- ÉX-Driver: Nina & Rei Danger Zone (2002) - Nina Anna Thunder
- Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre (2006) - Shinku
- Strait Jacket (2007-2008) - Minea
- Fate/Grand Carnival (2021) - Ishtar, Ereshkigal
Anime Films
- ÉX-Driver The Movie (2004) - Nina
- Kite Liberator (2008) - Azuki Noguchi
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (2010) - Rin Tōsaka
- The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010) - Reiko Hayama
- K-ON! (2011) - Mika Saeki, Norimi Kawaguchi
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie (2015) - Hideko
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower (2017) - Rin Tōsaka
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly (2019) - Rin Tōsaka
- Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire (2019) - Rechel Cheong
- Demon Slayer: Mugen Train (2020) - Additional Voices
- Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song (2020) - Rin Tōsaka
- Demon Slayer: To the Swordsmith Village (2023) - Kanata Ubuyashiki
Video Game Dubbing
- Summon Night: Twin Age (2007) - Reiha
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (2008) - Rachel Alucard
- Rune Factory: Frontier (2008) - Candy
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift (2009) - Rachel Alucard
- Trinity Universe (2009) - Rizelea
- Rune Factory 4 (2012) - Nancy
- Atelier Escha and Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky (2013) - Lucille Ernella
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2013) - Additional Voices
- Drakengard 3 (2013) - Three
- Digimon All-Star Rumble (2014) - Biyomon, Hououmon
- Ar nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star (2014) - Nelo
- Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker (2015) - Otome Yanagiya
- Mobius Final Fantasy (2016-2019) - Additional Voices
- Fire Emblem Heroes (2017-present) - Tiki, Naga
- Death End Re;Quest (2018) - Alice
- Lost Ark (2019) - Inanna
- Pokémon Masters (2019-present) - Karen
- Final Fantasy VII Remake (2020) - Additional Voices
- Granblue Fantasy: Versus (2020) - Zeta
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba: The Hinokami Chronicles (2021) - Kanata Ubuyashiki
- Rune Factory 5 (2021) - Hina
- Final Fantasy VII Rebirth (2024) - Additional Voices
Notes
- Since around mid-late 2019, Mela Lee had stopped appearing regularly in anime dubs due to becoming a more mainstream voice actress. However, she continues to voice characters in anime dubs and video games as long as it's a Union Dub production or a reprisal of an old role.