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Michelle Ruff | |
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Born | Michelle Suzanne Ruff (1967-09-22) September 22, 1967 (age 57) Detroit, Michigan |
Other names | Georgette Rose Sophie Roberts |
Education | Michigan State University |
Occupation | Voice Actress |
Years active | 1998–present |
Agent | The Osbrink Agency |
Notable credit(s) | Bleach as Rukia Kuchiki Chobits as Chi The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as Yuki Nagato Lucky ☆ Star as Tsukasa Hiiragi |
Family | Georgette Rose (mother) |
Website | http://voiceofmichelleruff.com/ |
Michelle Suzanne Ruff (born September 22, 1967) is an American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voicework career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Her notable roles include Chi in Chobits, Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, and Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. In the more recent Resident Evil games, she voices Jill Valentine.
Career
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Ruff grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover business. In Chicago, she studied with Second City, Players Workshop and Improv Olympic.
After moving to Los Angeles, she worked with some directors on looping and voice work for films and TV shows. In an Anime Dream interview, Ruff credits Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer and Michael Sorich for training her to dub anime. In the Digimon series, she was referred by director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to audition for Lopmon and Antylamon in the third season, and in the fourth season she landed the lead part of Zoe. Ruff said that it was her first show that made it to TV, and a show that let her "work my acting muscle". She played tomboy-ish characters Miyao in Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran and Kiki Rosita in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.
In 2007, Ruff received two nominations for the American Anime Awards, one for Best Actress for her work in Bleach and Lupin the 3rd, and one for Best Actress in a Comedy for Lupin the 3rd.
Filmography
Anime
Leading roles in bold:
- Akira – Kaori (Animaze dub)
- Angel Tales – Ran (Goldfish)
- Ai Yori Aoshi – Aoi Sakuraba
- Arc the Lad – Meril
- Battle B-Daman – Marilyn
- Bleach series and movies – Rukia Kuchiki, Mahana Natsui, Tobiume (spirit), Zabimaru (snake spirit), Dark Rukia
- Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan – Chieri Ono
- Blue Dragon – Kluke
- Boys Be... – Aki Mizutani
- Brigadoon: Marin & Melan – Moe
- Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card – Tomoyo Daidouji
- Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran – Miyao
- Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion – Euphemia li Britannia, Lelouch vi Britannia (Young), Arthur (the cat), Mutsuki Minase
- Chobits – Chi, Freya
- Daphne in the Brilliant Blue – Shizuka Hayama
- Dark Warriors- Shira Otsuki
- DeVedasy – Naoki Matsudo
- Di Gi Charat – Rabi~en~Rose (Hikaru Usada)
- Digimon Frontier – Zoe Orimoto, Kazemon, Zephyrmon
- Digimon: Island of the Lost Digimon – Zoe Orimoto/Kazemon
- Digimon Fusion - Sparrowmon, Mrs. Kudo (Ep. 30 onwards)
- Digimon Tamers – Lopmon, Antylamon
- Digimon Data Squad – Michelle Crier
- Disgaea – Etna
- .hack//Liminality – Mai Minase
- Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure – Mitsuki Sanada
- Duel Masters 2.0 – Yumama
- Durarara!! – Anri Sonohara
- Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – Saber
- Fate/Zero – Aoi Tohsaka, Martha McKenzie
- Fighting Spirit – Mari Iimura
- Gad Guard – Aiko Mary Harmony
- Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo – Eugenie Danglars
- Gate Keepers – Kaoru Konoe
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Togusa's Wife
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society – Tachikoma, Togusa's Wife
- Great Teacher Onizuka – Urumi Kanzaki
- Girls Bravo – Miharu Sena Kanaka
- Gungrave – Maria Asagi
- Gun Sword – Carmen 99
- Gurren Lagann – Yoko Littner
- Hanaukyo Maid Team – Konoe Tsurugi
- Hand Maid May – Kasumi Tani
- Haré+Guu – Addy
- Idaten Jump – Yuki
- IGPX Microseries – Suzaku
- IGPX TV Series – Elisa Doolittle
- Jungle De Ikou – Nami
- K - Sumika Inaba
- Kamichu! – Martian
- Kannazuki no Miko – Chikane Himemiya
- Kekkaishi – Miki Hatori
- Koi Kaze – Kaname Chidori
- Kyo Kara Maoh! – Anissina von Karbelnikoff
- Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne series – Lan (credited as Sophie Roberts)
- Last Exile – Alvis E. Hamilton, Tatiana Wisla
- Le Portrait de Petit Cossette – Cossette d'Auvergne
- Leave it to Piyoko – Rabi~en~Rose (Hikaru Usada)
- A Little Snow Fairy Sugar – Saga Bergman
- Love Hina – Nyamo Namo
- Lupin III Part II – Fujiko Mine (Geneon)
- Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo - Fujiko Mine (Pioneer/Geneon dub)
- Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine - Fujiko Mine
- Lucky ☆ Star – Tsukasa Hiiragi, Minami Iwasaki
- Marmalade Boy – Miki Koishikawa
- MÄR – Princess Snow, Koyuki
- Mega Man Star Force – Hope Stelar
- The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Yuki Nagato, Miyuki Enomoto
- The Melody of Oblivion – Melody of Oblivion
- Mobile Suit Gundam F91 – Cecily Fairchild/Berah Ronah
- Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn – Mihiro Oiwakken
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team – Kiki Rosita
- Naruto – Sasame Fuma, Orochimaru (female body), various
- Naruto Shippuden – Matsuri, Shiho
- Naruto Shippuden the Movie: Bonds – Amaru
- Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Yura Keikain (credited as Sophie Roberts), Kokehime (ep. 18)
- Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety – Safety/Mrs. Adachi
- Paranoia Agent – Tsukiko Sagi
- Pilot Candidate – Kizna Towryk
- Please Teacher! – Koishi Herikawa
- Please Twins! – Koishi Herikawa
- Puppet Princess – Princess Rangiku, Miruru
- Rave Master – Elie
- Redline – Sonoshee McLaren
- Resident Evil: Degeneration – Rani Chawla
- Rumiko Takahashi Anthology – (Ep.1) Housewife 1, (Ep.2) Yukari, (Ep.8) Kobato
- Rurouni Kenshin – Sekihara Tae, Sanjo Tsubame
- Sailor Moon - Luna (Viz dub)
- Sakura Wars: The Movie – Sumire Kanzaki
- Samurai Champloo – Yatsuha
- Samurai Girls: Rise of The Elements - Aria Sayoka
- Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School – Hitomi Yuki
- Scrapped Princess – Winia Chester, Celia
- S-CRY-ed – Ayase Tarada, Keika
- Speed Racer X – Mra. Lelyveld
- Stellvia – Yayoi Fujisawa
- Street Fighter Alpha: The Movie – Sakura Kasugano
- Street Fighter Alpha Generations – Sakura Kasugano
- Trigun – Lina
- Tokko – Ryoko Ibuki
- Tsukihime, Lunar Legend – Arcueid Brunestud
- The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya – Yuki Nagato
- The Twelve Kingdoms – Risai
- Vampire Knight: Guilty – Juri Kuran, Additional Voices
- Vandread – Belvedere Coco
- Vanguard Princess (Anime)-Saki Mitonoya
- Wild Arms: Twilight Venom – Laila/Gina Angel/Goddess
- Witch Hunter Robin – Yurika Doujima
- Wolf's Rain – Leara
- X-TV – Kotori Monou
- Zatch Bell! – Naomi, Marylou, Hyde, Sugino, Princess Marie, Nana Baba, Ivy
- Zenki – Chiaki Enno
- Zetman – Konoha Amagi (credited as Sophie Roberts)
Animation
- Epic – Additional voices
- Jungle Master – Ilene, Additional Voices
- Kung Fu Panda – Baby and Young Tai Lung (uncredited)
- Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters – Money Bunny
- Over the Hedge – Talking Doll, Telephone Toy
- Tale of Despereaux – Additional voices
- The Oblongs – Yvette Ann Rebee Debbie
- Wild Animal Baby Explorers – Skip, Miss Sally
- Zentrix – Megan
Live-action
- Good Luck Chuck – ADR Cast
- Hop – ADR Voice Actors (Fluffy the Pink Beret)
- Source Code - ADR Loop Group
- What the Bleep Do We Know!? – Various Featured Cells
- Zenon: The Zequel – Announcer on PA system
Video games
- Asura's Wrath – Narrator
- Ape Escape (series) – Casi
- Atelier Totori: The Adventurer of Arland – Filly, Gisela
- Atelier Meruru: The Apprentice of Arland - Filly
- BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger / BlazBlue: Continuum Shift / BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma – Carl Clover
- Bleach: The Blade of Fate – Rukia Kuchiki
- Bleach: Dark Souls – Rukia Kuchiki
- Bleach: Shattered Blade – Rukia Kuchiki
- Bleach: The 3rd Phantom – Rukia Kuchiki
- Bleach: Soul Resurrección – Rukia Kuchiki
- Brave Story: New Traveler – Yuno
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair – Shanoa
- Catherine – Katherine McBride
- Cy Girls – Ice
- Disgaea series – Etna, Desco, Des X, Salvatore the Magnificent
- Divina – Clarisse, Claudia
- Drakengard 3 – One
- Dragon's Dogma – Aelinore
- Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen – Aelinore
- Fire Emblem: Awakening – Female Avatar (Voice 1), Female Avatar (Voice 3), Noire
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 – Additional Voices
- Galerians: Ash – Nitro
- Gods Eater Burst – Sakuya Tachibana
- Hyperdimension Neptunia – Nisa
- Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu – Mahbu
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII – Additional Voices
- Luminous Arc 2 – Fatima
- Lupin III: Treasure of the Sorcerer King – Fujiko Mine
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds/Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 – Crimson Viper
- Rave Master – Elie
- Resident Evil Revelations – Jill Valentine (uncredited)
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City – Jill Valentine (uncredited)
- Rogue Galaxy - Norma Kissleigh
- Saints Row: The Third – Pedestrians "The Official Site of Voice Artist Michelle Ruff - Resume". Retrieved 2014-03-06.
- SD Gundam Force: Showdown! – Sayla
- Shadow Hearts: Covenant – Alice Elliot, Ouka (credited as Georgette Rose)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers – Mayone
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 series – Yukari Takeba (uncredited)
- Skullgirls - Eliza (DLC)
- Sonic the Hedgehog (series) – Cream the Rabbit (2010–present)
- Spectrobes – Jeena (Webisodes, Spectrobes:Origins)
- Street Fighter IV/Super Street Fighter IV – Crimson Viper
- Tales of Vesperia - Rita Mordio
- The Last Remnant – Glenys
- The Lego Movie Videogame - Additional Voices
- Trinity Universe – Etna
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury – Naomi, Hyde, Sugino
Other
- Adventures in Voice Acting – Herself
References
- ^ McFeely, Chris (June 2004). "Interview with Michelle Ruff". Digipedia. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
- "Michelle Ruff on Myspace". Myspace. Retrieved 2012-10-19.
- ^ "REVIL | Interviews Michelle Ruff". Residentevil.com.br. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
- ^ Benjamin, Miles (2006). "Michelle Ruff Interview". Anime Omnitude. Archived from the original on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-11-06.
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- ^ "Anime Dream – Interviews – Michelle Ruff". Anime Dream. 2002-11-07. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04.
- ^ "American Anime Awards Finalists Announced". Anime News Network. February 7, 2007. Retrieved May 5,2010.
- Jeng, Way (September 14, 2004). "Being a Brief Discussion of Anime Dubs: Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi, Volume Two". Mania. Template:Query web archive
- ^ "Michelle Ruff's resume". VoiceOfMichelleRuff.com. Retrieved 2012-01-04.
- http://j-entonline.com/blu-ray-dvd-reviews/blu-ray-reviews/anime-blu-ray-reviews/chobits-the-complete-series-a-j-ent-anime-blu-ray-disc-review/
- Martin, Theron (2012-06-07). "Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works – Blu-Ray review". Anime News Network.
- "New Sailor Moon Dub Cast Revealed at Anime Expo". Anime News Network. 2014-07-05.
- Samurai Girl Real Bout High Schoolanime, closing credits
- "Michelle Ruff on her experience playing Katherine in Catherine". SiliconEra.com. 2011-03-29. Retrieved 2011-11-14.
- Rodanes, Michelle (2012-03-29). "Exclusive: Meet Divina's cast + contest – Part 3". Japanator.com. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
Notes
- At the Anime Banzai convention in Utah in 2009, Ruff mentioned how she was initially cast in the looping, but the movie used her voice part for Young Tai Lung.
- The closing credits do not list the voice actors involved.
External links
- Official website
- Template:Myspace
- Michelle Ruff at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Michelle Ruff at IMDb
- Michelle Ruff at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
- Michelle Ruff convention appearances on AnimeCons.com