Amanda Winn-Lee


Amanda Winn-Lee is an American semi-retired voice actress, ADR director and script writer who works mainly on anime dubs. She was the voice of Mimiru in .hack//SIGN, Rally Vincent in Gunsmith Cats, Yohko Mano in Devil Hunter Yohko, Momiji Kushinada in Blue Seed, Yukiko Amagi in Persona 4, and was featured most notably as Rei Ayanami of Neon Genesis Evangelion fame. Aside from voice work she quite often handles production, ADR direction and the scripting of various projects for her dubbing company Gaijin Productions, LLC.

Career

She can be heard in the commentary for the Region 1 The End of Evangelion DVD along with fellow voice actors Taliesin Jaffe and husband/Gaijin co-owner Jaxon Lee.
Expanding on her anime work, Winn-Lee also provided the voice of Konoko, the protagonist of the Bungie video game Oni.
Winn-Lee served as ADR director, script writer and producer for the English versions of The End of Evangelion and Evangelion: Death and Rebirth. She also directed and performed leading roles in the English versions of Dead Leaves and the Read or Die OVA.
She had been working with ADV Films for years before she moved out to create Gaijin Productions.
It was suggested by Spike Spencer at Nan Desu Kan 2007 that she was interested in reprising her role in the upcoming Rebuild of Evangelion films. However, in May 2009, North American anime distributor Funimation announced that the role of Rei for the first film Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone would be voiced by Brina Palencia, who is under contract to voice Rei Ayanami for the three remaining Evangelion "Rebuild" films. However, Winn-Lee returned to voice Rei for the 2021 Amazon release of the entire Rebuild series, including the new Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time.

Personal life

Amanda and Jason Lee's son, Nicholas "Noodle" Lee, was born in November 2004. Her son was soon discovered to have infant leukemia, requiring extensive treatment before he was one year old. Amanda and Jason were not involved in any new projects for several years, because they were caring for their son. However, by November 2008, Nicholas had been cancer-free for three years, which is the benchmark for doctors that his odds of cancer recurrence are virtually non-existent. She wrote a book about these experiences in a memoir called The Noodle Chronicles: Everything I Know About Cheating Death I Learned from My Kid, which was released as an e-book. In 2025, her home was destroyed by the Palisades Fire.

Dubbing roles

Anime dubbing

.hack//Intermezzo – Mimiru.hack//SIGN – Mimiru.hack//Legend of the Twilight – Magi.hack//Unison – MimiruBattle Angel – Gally / Alita Blue Seed – Momiji Fujimiya, Kaede KunikidaBurn Up! – Reimi Burn Up W, Burn Up Excess – Rio KinezonoDead Leaves – Pandy Devil Hunter Yohko – Yohko Mano, Ayako ManoDragon Half – Princess VinaEllcia – CrystelF3 – Hiroe Ogawa Fire Emblem – ElisGeneshaft – Mika SeidoGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – KurutanGolden Boy – Girl A, producerGunsmith Cats – Rally VincentMarchen Awakens Romance – GidoNeon Genesis Evangelion – Rei Ayanami, Pen Pen, Yui Ikari Persona 4: The Animation – Yukiko AmagiPersona 5: The Animation – Ichiko OhyaPlastic Little – Titaniva Mu KoshigayaRead or Die – Nancy "Miss Deep" Makuhari Spriggan – Flight AttendantSukeban Deka – Saki AsamiyaSuper Atragon – Annette

Video game credits

.hack//Quarantine – Mimiru.hack//Outbreak – MimiruBlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle – Yukiko AmagiBravely Second: End Layer – Magnolia ArchHeavy Gear II – Pinter, O'NeillOni – KonokoPersona 4 – Yukiko AmagiPersona 5 – Ichiko OhyaRevolution 60 – Crimson 09Saints Row: The Third – Additional VoicesSaints Row IV – Additional VoicesStar Trek: Elite Force II – KleeyaTail Concerto – Alicia PrisTrauma Team – Maria Torres

Production staff

ADR director/voice direction

A Silent VoiceBattle AngelBlue SeedBurn Up ExcessBurn Up WDead LeavesDevil Hunter YohkoEllicaThe End of EvangelionEvangelion: Death and RebirthFire EmblemGunsmith CatsNeon Genesis EvangelionPlastic Little

Script adaptation

A Silent VoiceBlue SeedBurn Up ExcessDead LeavesEllicaThe End of EvangelionEvangelion: Death and RebirthProject ARMS