Line #39 Creator/BridgetHoffman


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3	Bridget Hoffman (born March 5, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles, known for her work in anime and video games since at least the late-90's. She has a smooth, mature-sounding voice that [[PigeonholedVoiceActor lands her pretty squarely in the role]] of a YamatoNadeshiko and/or ProperLady. Vocally, she's an Anglophone dead-ringer for Creator/KikukoInoue – and has dubbed over Ms Inoue no fewer than four separate times – although Ms Hoffman isn't known to (jokingly) lie about her age.
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5	Despite all that, though, her most well-known role is probably none other than TheStoic ActionGirl [=KOS-MOS=] of ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' fame.
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7	A native Michigander, she's a Creator/SamRaimi regular and, notably, is the woman in the iconic poster for ''[[Film/TheEvilDead1981 The Evil Dead]]''.
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9	She often performs background voices in big Hollywood films, animated or not. Next time you watch a big-budget animated movie (like Disney's stuff), check the "ADR Group" section deep in the credits roll; chances are her name will be there. She also occasionally pops up in small television roles.
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11	As a member of the Screen Actors Guild, she is known to have used several aliases over the years for non-union work. [[labelnote:Such as -]] Ruby Marlowe (by far her most common alias), Ellen Arden, Ellen Wilkinson, Jane Arden, Karen Woods, Serena Kolb, and Tessa Ariel.[[/labelnote]]
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13	She is married to actor Creator/RifHutton.
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16	!!Notable roles by Bridget Hoffman:
17	!!!Anime
18	* Anna Respighi in ''Anime/BattleAthletes''
19	* Belldandy in the ''Manga/AhMyGoddess'' movie and ''Anime/TheAdventuresOfMiniGoddess'' (was also the ADR director for both, and handled the ADR script for the latter)
20	* Chitose Hibiya in ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''
21	* Clarisse d' Cagliostro in the [[Creator/MangaEntertainment Manga/Animaze]] dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''
22	* Ezra Vieil in ''Anime/{{Vandread}}''
23	* Fuu Hououji in ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''
24	* Irisviel von Einzbern in ''Literature/FateZero''
25	** Justeaze Lizrich von Einzbern in ''Anime/FateStayNightHeavensFeel''
26	* Jeri Kato [[spoiler: and, [[MindRape by extension]], the D-Reaper]] in ''Anime/DigimonTamers''
27	* Kanae Kocho & Rui's Mother in ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba''
28	* Lain Iwakura in ''Anime/SerialExperimentsLain''
29	* Mahoro Ando in ''Manga/{{Mahoromatic}}''
30	* Mako "Maya" Sato in ''Manga/InitialD''
31	* Miaka Yuuki in ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'' (was also the ADR director and ADR script writer)
32	* Mima Kirigoe in ''Anime/PerfectBlue''
33	* Mizuho Kazami in ''Anime/PleaseTeacher'' and ''Anime/PleaseTwins''
34	* Namie Yagiri in ''Literature/{{Durarara}}''
35	** Kururi Orihara in ''Durarara!!x2'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Candalee Whitmore)
36	* Nia Teppelin (post-TimeSkip) in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' ([[TheOtherDarrin replacing]] Creator/HyndenWalch)
37	* Princess Sheila in ''Manga/Bastard1988''
38	* Raquel Casull in ''Literature/ScrappedPrincess''
39	* Rem Saverem in ''Manga/{{Trigun}}''
40	* Rune Venus in ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld''
41	* Ryoko Asakura in ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' and ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan''
42	* Shinobu Maehara in ''Manga/LoveHina''
43	* Sonia Wakabayashi in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' & ''Anime/EurekaSevenHiEvolution''
44	* Tae in ''Anime/AyakashiAyashi''
45	* Yukari Takara and Inori Hiiragi in ''Manga/LuckyStar''
46	* Yuko in ''Anime/FromUpOnPoppyHill''
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48	!!!Film
49	* Chopper in ''Film/TotalRecall2012''
50	* The Computer in ''Film/{{Darkman}}''
51	* Crystal and the Parachutist Ghost in ''WesternAnimation/{{ParaNorman}}''
52	* Baby Lucky Prescott in ''WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed''
53	* Mui's Boss in the dub of ''Film/ShaolinSoccer''
54	* A radio host in ''Film/RedLights''
55	* The Sea Captain's Wife in ''[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Tales of the Black Freighter]]''
56	* A seance ghost in ''Film/DragMeToHell''
57	* Young Flint in ''WesternAnimation/CloudyWithAChanceOfMeatballs2'' ([[TheOtherDarrin standing in for Max Neuwirth]])
58	* ADR and additional voices in several other films, including ''Film/AliensVsPredatorRequiem'', ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', ''Film/BrideWars'', ''Film/TheChroniclesOfRiddick'', ''[[WesternAnimation/CuriousGeorge2006 Curious George]]'', ''Film/DWar'', ''Film/{{Extract}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'', the first two ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania'' movies, ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'', ''Film/{{Machete}}'', ''Film/ResurrectingTheChamp'', ''WesternAnimation/TheStar'', ''Film/RoboCop2014'', ''Film/FreeGuy'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Scoob}}'', ''WesternAnimation/OverTheHedge'', ''Film/{{Primeval}}'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Rango}}'', ''Film/ShootEmUp'', ''Film/ThisMeansWar2012'' and''WesternAnimation/TheWild''.
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60	!!!Live Action TV
61	* Echidna in ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys''
62	* Ellen Sinclair in ''Series/VeronicaMars''
63	* Little Lori in ''Series/AshVsEvilDead''
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65	!!!Video Games
66	* Atoli in ''VideoGame/DotHackGU''
67	* Dominique Cross in ''VideoGame/TheBouncer''
68	* Fen Fei-Ling in ''VideoGame/GateKeepers''
69	* [=KOS-MOS=] in ''VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}}'' (briefly replaced by Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey for Episode II)
70	* Taylor in ''VideoGame/SoldierOfFortune''
71	* Tynave and Marietta in ''VideoGame/StarOceanTillTheEndOfTime''
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73	!! Tropes common to Bridget Hoffman's roles:
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75	* FlirtyVoicePloy: Both the alien version of Ryoko Asakura in the anime adaptation of ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', "Pretty please?", and the human version in the adaptation of ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan'', "Now, now, don't thrash around. You don't want to break the eggs." Also the hallucination of Mima that is experienced by Me-Mania in ''Anime/PerfectBlue''.
76	* TheMomVoice: More than a few of Hoffman's roles are capable of pulling out a convincing "Mom" voice, [[Anime/{{Trigun}} Rem Saverem]], [[Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan RyokoAsakura]], [[Anime/ScrappedPrincess Raquel Casul]], and [[Manga/LuckyStar Inori Hiiragi]].

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