Cherami Leigh


Cherami Leigh Kuehn is an American actress. She has provided voices for a number of English-language versions of anime series and video games.

Early life and education

Leigh began acting at the age of six. Leigh studied the Meisner technique with Nancy Chartier from the age of nine. As a child actress, she played Gretchen in Finding North, Marcia in Temple Grandin, young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart, Stacy Anderson in The President's Man and appeared on Walker, Texas Ranger multiple times.
She attended Hebron High School in Carrollton and studied theater at Collin College, a public community college in Plano, Texas.

Career

She also worked for Radio Disney as a DJ with voice-over promotions and commercials for ABC Radio for 10 years. In 2013, she moved to Los Angeles where she continued voice-work and began taking on live-action roles.
Some of her roles include Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun series, Yoshika Miyafuji in Strike Witches, Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is This a Zombie?, Mutsuki in KanColle: Kantai Collection, Aisa in One Piece, Mika Shimotsuki in Psycho-Pass, Suzuha Amane in Steins;Gate, Shijima Kurookano in Nabari no Ou, Hibiki in Sekirei, Elizabeth Midford in Black Butler, Road Kamelot in D.Gray-man, Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl, Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade, Patty Thompson in Soul Eater, Lucy Heartfilia in Fairy Tail, Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith, Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online, Kanono Ozu in Coppelion, Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Plutia / Iris Heart in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Ulala in the Space Channel 5 series, Sarada Uchiha in Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and Ilia Amitola in RWBY.
On screen she has played a young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart and has appeared on Bones, Friday Night Lights, Longmire and Shameless.
In video games, she voices Rottytops in the Shantae series, Gaige the Mechromancer in the Borderlands series, Arianrhod in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, Minerva in The Walking Dead: The Final Season, Rhea in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, Komaru Naegi in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, Makoto Niijima in Persona 5, Cotton Cookie in Cookie Run: Kingdom, and the Female V in Cyberpunk 2077 for which she was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role.

Personal life

Leigh married fellow actor Jon Christie on April 13, 2014, whom she had dated since 2010. On October 8, 2023, Leigh gave birth to a daughter.

Filmography

Voice acting

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012Tales of Vesperia: The First StrikeEstellise Sidos Heurassein
21.06.2014RibbitSandy
15.03.2016Psycho-Pass: The MovieMika Shimotsuki
04.08.2016–18Digimon Adventure tri.Maki Himekawa, Biyomon, YokomonSix movies, Limited theatrical release
13.01.2017Sailor Moon R: The MovieSailor VenusViz dub
Limited theatrical release
31.12.2018The Seven Deadly Sins the Movie: Prisoners of the SkyEllatteNetflix film
2019Evangelion Death (True)2Pen PenNetflix dub
2020Marona's Fantastic TaleMaronaGKIDS dub
2021The Addams Family 2Ophelia StrangeMain role
2021Hayop Ka!JhermelynNetflix dub
16 9 2022Drifting HomeJuri Andō, Satoko TonaiNetflix dub
Psycho-Pass ProvidenceMika ShimotsukiLimited theatrical release
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FreedomCagalli Yula Athha
All You Need Is KillRachel