Line #27 Creator/JessicaCalvello


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2	->''"No fair! [[Manga/SailorMoon I wanted that part]], but it was dubbed in Canada!"'' [[note]]This was back before Manga/SailorMoon's 2014 redub in L.A..[[/note]]
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4	Jessica Lynn Calvello (born August 8th, 1973 in Webster, Texas) is an American voice actress primarily known for her anime voiceover work, particularly with ADV Films. She currently works with Creator/SeraphimDigitalStudios (for Creator/SentaiFilmworks) and Creator/FUNimation Entertainment.
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6	She has a BFA in acting from Southwest Texas State University, and was a company member of the Emerging Artists Theatre. She has also performed as a stage actress in several productions, including an Off-Off Broadway production of The Glass Mendacity.
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8	In June 2002, during the recording of the role of Excel from ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', Calvello strained her voice and [[TheOtherDarrin was replaced by]] Larissa Wolcott. Calvello was also replaced as the voice actress for Yuri in ''Literature/DirtyPair'' by Creator/AllisonSumrall. She has since recovered and returned to voice work, although she moved to New York and worked exclusively there for the next 11 years before finally moving back to Texas in 2013. Among her first roles since moving back to Texas were Eclair in ''Anime/FairyTailTheMoviePhoenixPriestess'', Saori Takebe in the English dub of ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', Hange Zoë in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'', and Kanako Miyamae in ''Manga/MariaHolic''.
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10	Calvello's personal website can be found [[http://www.jessicacalvello.com here]].
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13	!!Notable roles:
14	* Anko Uguisu in ''Manga/CallOfTheNight''
15	* Black Rabbit in ''Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey''
16	* Celsia Marie Claire in ''Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' ([[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] by Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack for Season 2)
17	* Eclair in ''Anime/FairyTailTheMoviePhoenixPriestess'' (her first Texas-based role since ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' 11 years earlier)
18	* Eimi Ohba in ''VisualNovel/ComicParty'' (credited as Zoe Fries, darrin'd once again by Larissa Wolcott in ''Revolution'')
19	* Ekitoku Chouhi in ''Manga/IkkiTousen''
20	* Eleanor Campbell in ''Manga/EmmaAVictorianRomance''
21	* Excel in ''Anime/ExcelSaga'' (first 13 episodes only, due to straining her voice while recording it. [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/LarissaWolcott)
22	* Hajime Ichinose/G-101 in ''Anime/GatchamanCrowds''
23	* Hange Zoe in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''
24	* Haqua du Lot Herminium in ''[[Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc]]'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/JessicaBoone)
25	* Honey Kisaragi/Cutie Honey in ''[[Anime/CuteyHoney New Cutie Honey]]'' (she was personally picked by Creator/GoNagai himself, since Creator/ADVFilms couldn't afford Creator/WinonaRyder)
26	** Reprised in both ''Cutie Honey Universe'' and ''Anime/ReCutieHoney''
27	* Kanako Miyamae in ''Manga/MariaHolic''
28	* Karin Aoi in ''Anime/DNA2''
29	* Kasumi Tomine in ''Manga/AlienNine''
30	* Kirihime Natsuno in ''Literature/DogAndScissors''
31	* Kotori Takatori in ''Manga/BrynhildrInTheDarkness''
32	* Minerva in ''Princess Minerva''
33	* Mink in ''Manga/DragonHalf''
34	* Nanael in ''Anime/QueensBlade''
35	* Rinne's Mother in ''[[Manga/HellsAngels Hells]]''
36	* Rip Van Winkle in ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''
37	* Saori Takebe in ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'' (first Houston based role since ''Anime/ExcelSaga'')
38	* Seika in ''Anime/LegendOfHimiko''
39	* Shiho Nagaoka in ''VisualNovel/ToHeart'' (credited as Zoe Fries)
40	* Suigintou in ''Manga/RozenMaiden: Zurückspulen'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/KarenStrassman)
41	* Tatenashi Sarashiki in ''Literature/InfiniteStratos 2''
42	* Tiramie in ''Literature/AmagiBrilliantPark''
43	* Utano Tadano in ''Manga/LifeLessonsWithUramichiOniisan''
44	* Yuri in ''Literature/DirtyPair'' (1999 {{OVA}} series dub and 2021 TV series dub, [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] by Allison Sumrall for the 2003 dub of the movies.)
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46	!!Tropes associated with Jessica Calvello:
47	* CareerResurrection: She started out as a V.A. for Creator/ADVFilms until 2002's ''Anime/ExcelSaga''. After her contract with [=ADV=] terminated, she ended up living in New York for nearly a decade, working exclusively there, but her career wasn't as big as used to be. Since late 2013, she has started getting some more Texas based roles, such as [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Saori Takebe]], [[Manga/MariaHolic Kanako Miyame]], and [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Hange Zoe]], bringing her back into the anime spotlight.
48	* CastingGag: Three of her characters she voiced ([[Manga/MariaHolic Kanako]], [[Anime/ExcelSaga Excel]], and [[Literature/DogAndScissors Kirihime]]) had committed some form of dog abuse for comedic laughs.
49	* CloudCuckoolander: If her Website/YouTube music videos are any indication.
50	* GenkiGirl: Her more notable roles tend to be very energetic characters. Some of these characters include [[Anime/ExcelSaga Excel]], [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Saori Takebe]], [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Hange Zoe]], [[Manga/MariaHolic Kanako]], and [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Tatenashi]].
51	* LargeHam: As [[Anime/ExcelSaga Excel]] and [[Manga/MariaHolic Kanako]].
52	* MotorMouth: How she voiced Excel and Kanako. In fact, when she was voicing Excel, she actually damaged her vocal chords, leading her to be replaced by the lesser known Larissa Wolcott for the second half of the series.
53	* TheOtherDarrin: Has fallen victim to this with a few of her roles, in addition to also being the replacement voice actress to some other roles played by some voice actresses before.
54	** In ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', she lost her voice playing Excel in the first 13 episodes, which ended up having Jessica replaced by Larissa Wolcott for the second half of the series.
55	** Her role as Yuri in ''Literature/DirtyPair'' was done by Allison Sumrall for the movies because of damaging her voice while recording ''Anime/ExcelSaga'', and the fact that she didn't live in Texas when the movies were dubbed. She reprised the role in 2021 for the Kickstarter-funded dub of the TV series.
56	** When the second season of ''Manga/ThoseWhoHuntElves'' was dubbed, her role as Celsia Marie Claire was played by Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack for Season 2.
57	** When Creator/SentaiFilmworks decided to dub ''Manga/RozenMaiden: Zurückspulen'' at Creator/SeraphimDigitalStudios, rather than using Creator/BangZoomEntertainment (kind of like what Creator/FUNimation did when it dubbed ''Literature/ShakuganNoShana''), She became the TheOtherDarrin for Creator/KarenStrassman, who originally voiced Suigintou.
58	** With Creator/JessicaBoone committed to Shakespeare acting in Prague, Czech Republic, Calvello took over the role of Haqua du Lot Herminium for ''[[Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows The World God Only Knows: Goddesses Arc]]''.
59	* PigeonholedVoiceActor: Tends to play characters who are either energetic, nutty, or [[LargeHam hammy]].
60	* PlayingAgainstType: As Eclair in ''Anime/FairyTailTheMoviePhoenixPriestess'', who is a stoic, mature, non-hammy, calmer character.
61	** [[Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows Haqua]] may count as well, being one of her few roles as a {{Tsundere}}.
62	* StarMakingRole: Excel in ''Anime/ExcelSaga''.
63	** Since moving back from New York in 2013, she gained more notability as the voice of Saori Takebe from ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', as well as Kanako Miyame in the 2014 re-release of ''Manga/MariaHolic'' and Hange in ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''.
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