Describe Cherami Leigh here and get your ass moving now, damn you.
Cherami Leighnote Kuehn (born July 19, 1988) is an American actress born in Texas. You may or may not recognize her as one of the Radio Disney voices during promotions and commercials, which she has been working as for over ten years.
For anime voice-acting, she primarily worked for Funimation, and is noted for her cutesy voices that can become rather deep and scary if necessary; her most well-known roles are probably Lucy Heartfilia of Fairy Tail and Patti of Soul Eater, yet for a long time, she appeared in basically every Funimation show, like the other voice actors there. Her first recurring anime role was Sae from Peach Girl.
She eventually moved to L.A. during the early 2010s where she has done the English voice for Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online and Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon. The move has also opened more opportunities for her live-action work too. She appeared on Friday Night Lights as Ginnie Warwick, and appeared multiple times on Walker, Texas Ranger. She also played Sarah on the short-lived The Deep End. She has also gained more prominence in video game voice acting, with the likes of Makoto Niijima from Persona 5, the female V from Cyberpunk 2077, A2 from NieR: Automata and her roles as Mae, Caeda, and Rhea in the Fire Emblem series being some of her most recognized roles.
While her vocal range is similar to Yukari Tamura's (whom she happens to share some roles with her), arguably her Japanese counterpart would be Kana Hanazawa in terms of popularity and status (and she too shares roles with her as listed below). She also happens to appear in a lot alongside Todd Haberkorn since they pretty much started working in Funimation around the same time and moved to LA around the same time as well (in addition to playing Natsu and Lucy). Even in their characters never interact, they still manage to appear in the same work many times (in fact, according to Behind the Voice Actors, Todd's her most collaborated actor).
She's married to actor Jon Christie and gave birth to a daughter, Cierli Ember, on October 8, 2023. Her personal website can be found here
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Nobody said there would be so many roles!
Anime
- Airi Katagiri in ERASED
- Aisa and Miss Golden Week in One Piece
- Alina Gray in Magia Record: Puella Magi Madoka Magica Side Story
- Alisa Illinichina Amiella in God Eater
- Amane Suzuha in Steins;Gate
- Anaak Jahad in Tower of God
- Anne Shelly in My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!
- Arika Yamamoto in Science Fell in Love, So I Tried to Prove it
- Asuna Yuuki in Sword Art Online
- Aya "Ayame" Fujisawa in Gundam Build Divers
- Ayano Kannagi in Kaze no Stigma
- Princess Ayeka in Ai Tenchi Muyo!
- Bachou Mouki in Ikki Tousen: Xtreme Xecutioners
- Biyomon (replacing Tifanie Christun) and Maki Himekawa in Digimon Adventure tri.
- Sora Takenouchi in Digimon Adventure: (2020)
- Cagalli Yula Athha in the remastered English Re-dubs of Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Cecily Campbell in The Sacred Blacksmith
- Chaika in Cat Planet Cuties
- Chiffon Fairchild in Freezing
- Chiyo Shinouka in Big Windup! (Season 1 only)
- Chloe Cerise in Pokémon Journeys: The Series (one of four roles shared with Kana Hanazawa)
- Claudia Peer in Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
- Young Clare in Claymore
- Dou Dou in Link Click
- Douhan Hirasaka in K: Missing Kings
- Elicia Hughes in Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (replacing Tierny Titus)
- Elizabeth "Lizzy" Middleford in Black Butler
- Eucliwood Hellscythe in Is This A Zombie?
- Fan Xinglou in The Asterisk War
- Hanabi Ikuta in [C] – Control
- Hatabou in Osomatsu-san
- Hibiki in Sekirei
- Himawari Kunogi in ×××HOLiC
- Honoka Shirahama in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple
- Iris in Pokémon Generations
- Iris Cannary in Violet Evergarden
- Itsuki Yamagami in Corpse Princess
- Jenna in The Seven Deadly Sins
- July and Mai Kashiwagi in Darker than Black
- Kanako Sanjou and Yuriko Minamoto in TerraforMARS
- Kanon Ozu in Coppelion
- Kazari Uiharu in A Certain Scientific Railgun
- Kazumi Akiyama in Initial D
- Kimi Toudou in Fruits Basket (2019)
- Kiriko Kiyuna in Daimadaler: Prince vs. Penguin Empire
- Kirimi Nekozawa in Ouran High School Host Club
- Kneesocks Daemon in Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
- Kotaro Satou in Kotaro Lives Alone
- Kudelia Aina Bernstein in Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans
- Kyouka Izumi and Teruko Ookura in Bungo Stray Dogs
- Leillia in Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
- Liechtenstein in Hetalia: Axis Powers
- Lolopechka in Black Clover
- Lotti Gehl in Str.A.In.: Strategic Armored Infantry
- Lucy Heartfilia, Layla Heartfilia, Anna Heartfilia, and Lucy Ashley in Fairy Tail
- Lunar Edomae in My Bride is a Mermaid
- Machiko Himura in Ōkami-san and Her Seven Companions
- Mahiru Konatsuki in Conception: Please Give Birth to My Child!
- Mai Taniyama in Ghost Hunt
- Maimai Yuzuriha in Zombie Land Saga (one of four roles shared with Kana Hanazawa)
- Maid Mask in High-Rise Invasion
- Makoto Hozumi in Sasami: Magical Girls Club
- Mao Jinnouchi in Summer Wars
- Mary Beriam in Baccano!
- Mei Ren in Dance in the Vampire Bund
- Michiru Kagemori in BNA: Brand New Animal
- Miharu Takeshita in B Gata H Kei
- Mika Shimotsuki in Psycho-Pass
- Miki "Miko" Kuroda in DEVILMAN crybaby
- Minako Aino/Sailor Venus and Murido in Sailor Moon (Viz Media dub)
- Minako Aino/Sailor Venus in Sailor Moon Crystal
- Misao Amari in Fate/Extra Last Encore
- Miyo "Muge" Sasaki in A Whisker Away
- Mizuchi in Beastars
- Moemi Gouda and Makoto Oono (season 1 only) in High Score Girl
- Mutsuki in KanColle
- Natsumi Hayamiya in Birdy the Mighty: Decode
- Natsumi Hinata in Sgt. Frog
- Noi in Dorohedoro
- Oka-chan in So I'm a Spider, So What?
- Omoharu Nakanaka, Kaede Otori and Masa Karisu in Komi Can't Communicate
- Patti Thompson in Soul Eater
- Penpen in Neon Genesis Evangelion (Netflix dub, replacing Amanda Winn-Lee)
- Primula in SHUFFLE!
- Pixie-Bob in My Hero Academia
- Purin Ezaki in Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045
- Rean in To Your Eternity
- Red Blood Cell in Cells at Work! (one of four roles shared with Kana Hanazawa)
- Regina in Glitter Force Doki Doki
- Rin in Lost Song
- Road Kamelot in D.Gray-Man
- Sae Kashiwagi in Peach Girl
- Sakura Amamiya in Sakura Wars the Animation
- Sandra Fischer in Inazuma Eleven: Ares
- Sarada Uchiha in Boruto
- Sayaka Kotani in Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater
- Setsuna Sakurazaki and Akira Okochi in Negima!? (replaced by Kira Vincent-Davis as Setsuna and Christina Kelly as Akira in its sequel, UQ Holder!)
- Shana in Shakugan no Shana (replacing Tabitha St. Germain)
- Shijima Kuroukano in Nabari no Ou
- Shizuna Endo in Linebarrels of Iron
- Shunpei in Oh! Edo Rocket
- Sieglinde Baumgarde in Dragonaut: The Resonance
- Skadi Dragenfelt in Monster Girl Doctor
- Sunako Kirishiki in Shiki
- Aidan and Grace in Sylvanian Families (2010's incarnation)
- Tamaki Kawazoe in Bamboo Blade
- Tome Kurata in Mob Psycho 100
- Toto in Magi: Labyrinth of Magic
- Uruchi Minaya in Maken-ki!
- Wassily and Florist in Pluto
- Yoshika Miyafuji in Strike Witches
- Yukina Shirahane in Kuromukuro
- Yuri Egin in Blue Exorcist (her first role in L.A.)
- Yuty La in Heroic Age
Asian Animation
- Meiying in Stitch & Ainote
Film
- Anne Wells in Beyond the Farthest Star
- Kim in Fast Food Nation
- Young LeAnn Rimes in Holiday in Your Heart
- Marcia in Temple Grandin
- Teenage Girl in The Mist (uncredited)
- Tori in Not Cool
Live-Action TV
- Alexis in 9-1-1
- Ginnie Warwick in Friday Night Lights
- Kate Calvin in Chase (NBC)
- Rachel Howes in Bones
- Robyn Goode in Throwing Stones
- Robyn Hasseck in Shameless (US)
- Sarah in The Deep End
- Trixie Dalton in Longmire
Video Games
- A2 in NieR: Automata and NieR Re[in]carnation
- Alexa in Xenoblade Chronicles X
- Arianrhod in Cold Steel III and IV
- Caeda, Mae, Rhea, Seiros, Gwendolyn, and Cecilia in Fire Emblem Heroes
- Mae in Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia
- Caeda in Fire Emblem Warriors
- Rhea/Seiros in Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
- Cermia, Lilibet, Designer Lilibet, and Cerise in Epic Seven
- Chloe in Etrian Odyssey Untold 2: the Fafnir Knight
- Cotton Cookie in Cookie Run Kingdom
- Drossel Weissberg in Atelier Firis: The Alchemist and the Mysterious Journey
- Fia Zborowska in Deathloop
- Gaige the Mechromancer in Borderlands 2 and Borderlands 3
- Ikrie in Horizon Zero Dawn
- Irelia (2018 onwards) in League of Legends and Legends of Runeterra
- Komaru Naegi in Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls (Darrin'd by Alexis Tipton in the anime)
- Kris and Mina in Pokémon Masters
- Lydie Delacroix in Tales of Luminaria
- Mafuyu Fujii in Judgment
- Majorita in Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance
- Makoto Niijima in Persona 5 (including The Animation, Royal, Dancing in Starlight, Strikers, and Tactica), Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Catherine: Full Body and AFK Arena
- Mammon in Trillion: God of Destruction
- Manon in Street Fighter 6
- Minerva in The Walking Dead (Telltale)
- Nami Kamishiro in Lux-Pain
- Neese in Kings Quest (2015)
- Penelope Quinn in Serious Sam 4
- Plutia/Iris Heart (one of four roles shared with Kana Hanazawa) and Million Arthur in the Neptunia series
- Rottytops in Shantae: Half-Genie Hero
- Saki in Onechanbara Z2: Chaos
- Princess Sarah in Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin
- Sonia in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
- Sumika Tokiwa in Death end re;Quest
- Chitsuba Idean in Death end re;Quest 2
- Syrma in Mugen Souls Z
- The Imagined in Fortnite
- Tiffany Cox in Friday the 13th: The Game
- Ulala in Space Channel 5 VR
- V (female) in Cyberpunk 2077
Web Animation
- Gabriela Icely in Rainbow High
- Ilia Amitola in RWBY
Western Animation
- Billy the Kid on Goldie & Bear
- Curly Q in Doc McStuffins
- Echo and Aurora in Wakfu note
- Jolley in YooHoo to the Rescue
- Ophelia in The Addams Family 2
- Peanut in Lalaloopsy Girls: Welcome to LALA Prep School
- Trixx in Miraculous Ladybug
In the name of Love, I will trope you!
- Casting Gag: Several characters she voiced happen to be blonde. The most notable examples are Patti Thompson, Elizabeth Middleford, Lucy Heartfilia, Syrma, and Minako Aino (aka Sailor Venus). Ditto with her first Gundam role as Kudelia.
- She also voiced a couple of Tsundere Fiery Redhead-type characters: Ayano Kannagi in Kaze no Stigma, and Shana in Shakugan no Shana (whose hair turns red occasionally).
- She's also voiced quite a few Lizard Folk characters: Anaak Jahad, Ilia Amitola, Skadi Dragenfelt and Rhea.
- Crossdressing Voices: Not often, but she has done male characters such as Shunpei, July, and Kotaro.
- Embarrassing Last Name: She rarely uses her actual last name, Kuehn, often opting instead to stop at her middle name, Leigh, which is easy enough to pronounce for most.
- Meaningful Name: Her (quite unusual) first name consists of the French words "cher" (meaning "dear") and "ami" (meaning "friend"). Her last name (which she seldom uses due to people having trouble pronouncing it) means "bold" in German.
- The Other Darrin: To Victoria Justice as Raimie on the English dub of Jungle Master 2: Candy Planet/Candy World and Ai Tenchi Muyo! as Princess Ayeka.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: For Badass Adorable characters and Plucky Girls as well, although the first half of 2017 was pretty much her tour-de-force for proving she had range beyond that, since she went from Makoto Niijima (who can be a little "cute and plucky", but is a lot more down to earth and also, when the chips are down, purely badass than previous roles) to Mae (still a bit cute, but almost more a Buffy-like Cloudcuckoolander than anything) to A2 (welp).
- Promoted Fangirl: She landed the role Sailor Venus in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon which she happens to be a fan of when she was younger.
- Playing Against Type:
- Iris Heart, the CPU Goddess form of Plutia, from Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory, is a sadistic, dominatrix-type character who likes to see people in pain.
- More so with Majorita.
- As well as the villainous Road Kamelot.
- And the foul-mouthed Anti-Hero V
- Rhea stands in contrast to a majority of her roles as Rhea is calm and motherly. She also spirals into an Ax-Crazy lunatic in one of the branches of the story further distancing her from her other roles.
- Star-Making Role: For Texas based work, Patti Thompson from Soul Eater and Lucy Heartfilia from Fairy Tail. For California based work, Asuna from Sword Art Online and Minako/Sailor Venus in the Viz Media re-dub of Sailor Moon. However, the 1-2-3 combo of A2, Makoto and Mae all within the span of two months in 2017 raised her profile tremendously and showed off her talent.
- Tsundere: While not her primary trope, she can pull these kinds of roles relatively well. Across from Ayano, Shana, and Natsumi (Type A), there is also Asuna (Type B).
