Erica Lindbeck
Erica Lindbeck is an American voice actress best known as the third voice of Barbie in the eponymous media franchise, succeeding Kelly Sheridan in 2015 and being succeeded herself by America Young in 2018. She also known for her work on English-dubbed Japanese anime and video games, and is also the voice of Loona in Helluva Boss.
Career
Lindbeck graduated from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 2014. She is known for her voicework in English-language anime dubs. Her roles include Kaori Miyazono in Your Lie in April, Futaba Sakura from Persona 5, Eli Ayase in the Love Live! series, Irene Urzaiz in The Asterisk War, Ibara Naruse in Coppelion, Ritsuko Akagi in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Kanae Kotonami in Skip Beat! and Oei in Miss Hokusai. She and fellow voice actress Mela Lee hosted their own web series called Lindbeck and Lee with local voice actor guests.In 2018, Lindbeck voiced the character Felicia Hardy/Black Cat in Insomniac's Spider-Man video game. She later voiced Ashley in WarioWare Gold.
In 2019, Lindbeck voiced Cassie Cage in NetherRealm's Mortal Kombat 11 video game. She also voiced Millie and Loona in the Helluva Boss pilot in 2019. She continued to portray Loona in the full series in 2020, with Vivian Nixon replacing her as Millie. As of 2019, she is the current voices of Blaze the Cat and Omochao in the Sonic the Hedgehog. In 2023, she voiced Ines and Silence in Arknights.
Personal life
On February 3, 2020, Lindbeck came out as bisexual via Twitter. Lindbeck dated voice actor Billy Kametz until his death from colon cancer in June 2022.On July 9, 2023, she left Twitter after criticizing a video for using an AI-generated voice of Futaba Sakura, a character she voiced, to sing Bo Burnham’s "Welcome to the Internet" without her permission. She was harassed by individuals on Twitter following her comments. The original video was willingly removed from YouTube by its creator, but the AI cover was reposted by additional accounts. Various other voice actors, such as Mike Pollock, Josh Keaton, Sean Chiplock, and Yuri Lowenthal, along with cartoonist Vivienne Medrano, stated their support for Lindbeck and their opposition to "the use of AI-generated voices". The account criticized by Lindbeck was later suspended by Twitter for violating the site's terms of service. She returned to the site and resumed posting a week later.
Filmography
Anime
Animation
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
| 01.03.2016 | Barbie: Spy Squad | Barbie | ||
| 01.03.2016 | Lupin the Third: Jigen's Gravestone | Queen Malta | ||
| 01.03.2016 | Barbie: Dreamtopia | Barbie, Barbie as the Sugar Plum Fairy, The Forest Princess, The Sparkle Mountain Princess and The Rainbow Princess | ||
| 01.03.2016 | Barbie: Star Light Adventure | Barbie | ||
| 01.03.2016 | Barbie & Her Sisters in A Puppy Chase | Barbie | ||
| 07.02.2017 | Barbie: Video Game Hero | Barbie | ||
| 07.02.2017 | Barbie: Dolphin Magic | Barbie | ||
| 02.10.2018 | DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis | Mera, Siren | ||
| 28.04.2020 | Lego DC Shazam! Magic and Monsters | Greeter, Farmer | ||
| 28.04.2020 | Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna | Ayaka's Girlfriend | ||
| 12.08.2021 | Monster Hunter: Legends of the Guild | Lea | ||
| 01.09.2020 | Barbie: Princess Adventure | Princess/Queen Amelia | ||
| 2023 | The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh Part 2 | Jericho |