Carolyn "Carrie" Keranen (born January 16, 1987 in Oak Park, Michigan) is an American voice actress, voice director and production manager who works in anime. Her works sometimes credit her as Caroline Lawson, Carolyn Elizabeth and Evelyn Lantto. Her works dated back since Berserk (1997) as Casca. She made a major return by voicing Mami Tomoe in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and reprised Casca in the Berserk movie trilogy.
Like many, many watchers of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, she didn't know what kind of fate befell the character she played. And when she found out the hard way while recording it no less...
she had a minor Freak Out.
In 2010, she relocated to Los Angeles, California and is currently doing work there.
Her personal website is located here.
Notable roles done by Carrie Keranen:
Anime
- Akemi Hinazuki in ERASED
- Carta Issue in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (one of two roles shared with Kikuko Inoue)
- Casca in Berserk (1997) and Berserk: The Golden Age Arc
- Earthworm in Durarara!!x2 (one of two roles shared with Kikuko Inoue)
- Emma Sano in Tokyo Revengers
- Femieanne in Aldnoah.Zero
- Guila in The Seven Deadly Sins
- Mrs. Kawakami in K-On!
- Kumiko Yamaguchi in Gokusen
- Ichiyo Higuchi and Elise in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Lind in Ah! My Goddess
- Ling Xiaoyu in Tekken: Blood Vengeance
- Luna Luna in Queen's Blade Rebellion
- Maiya Hisau in Fate/Zero
- Malèna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders
- Mami Tomoe in Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Reprises the role in the anime adaption of Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story.
- Misato Katsuragi in Neon Genesis Evangelion (Netflix dub, replacing Allison Keith)
- Mokuba Kaiba (replacing Tara Jayne Sands) and Kisara in the fifth season of Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Mina Simington and Misty Tredwell in Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds
- Murrue Ramius and the narrator in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (HD Remaster)
- Ozzel in Slayers Revolution and Evolution-R
- Remi Kakiyasu in Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan
- Sammy in Time of Eve
- Satsuki Kiryuin in Kill la Kill
- Sean Ari in Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy
- Seri Awashima in K: Missing Kings (replacing Tara Platt)
- Several Minor roles in Sailor Moon (Viz Media dub)
- Kazuko Tadashita (ep 21) and Saeko Yamamoto/Blizzar (ep 38) in the first season
- Fake Sailor Moon (ep 58), Hellant (ep 50) and Utonberino (ep 55) in Sailor Moon R
- Xenian Flower (Kisenian Blossom) in Sailor Moon R: The Movie
- Maya (ep 103) and Elza Gray (ep 106) in Sailor Moon S
- Galaxia in Sailor Moon Sailor Stars
- Sylvia in KonoSuba Legend of Crimson
- Yamraiha in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Yuri Koigakubo in Toradora! (credited as Elizabeth Thomas)
- Yurikano in Lagrange: The Flower of Rin-ne
Video Games
- The Announcer/System No. XX in BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
- Arianna in Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight
- Ayumi in Omega Quintet
- Caroline/Justine/Lavenza in Persona 5 (including The Animation, Royal, Strikers and Tactica)
- Female Rebels in Star Wars Battlefront (2015)
- Gunnthrá and L'Arachel in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Irina in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Kiku Matsumoto and Rena Sakuragi in Shira Oka: Second Chances
- Kirika Towa Alma in Shining Resonance
- Lailah in Tales of Zestiria and its anime adaptation
- Luxanna "Lux" Crownguard and Emilia (Evaine) LeBlanc in League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra
- Mahiru Koizumi in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair
- Myrthe in Sakuna Of Rice And Ruin
- Rom/White Sister and Red in the Neptunia series and its anime adaptation
- Vert/Green Heart starting with Megadimension Neptunia VII (taking over for Tara Platt)
- Satsuki Kiryuin in KILL la KILL - IF
- Sara Valestein in the Trails Series (also played her in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel - Northern War)
- Trini Kwan/Mighty Morphin' Yellow Ranger (Dragon Armor) and Rita Repulsanote in Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
- Tsumugi Amane in Judgment
- Ying'er and Chizuru Hanyuuda in Genshin Impact
Western Animation
- Alya/Lady Wifi/Rena Rouge in Miraculous, Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir and Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie
- Ananda in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003)
- Mitsuki in Kappa Mikey
- Wilma Sledkin in Dragons: The Nine Realms
- Yellow Technique in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes
Carrie Keranen's works provide examples of:
- Action Girl: Many of her more well-known roles qualify, such as Casca and Satsuki Kiryuin.
- Cosplay Otaku Girl: Not really, but she did dress as Satsuki at Anime Expo 2015. And she rocked it.
- Freak Out: As stated above. We understand you, Ms. Keranen, no one expected you to anticipate that by Aniplex.
- Large Ham: As Sara, it's pretty clear she had a lot of fun voicing the character.
- She Also Did: Everyone knows of her voice-acting skills, but Keranen can also do stand-up comedy.
