Although she has also gained plenty of recognition as Yuki Nagato, Yoko Littner, Euphemia Li Britannia, Tsukasa Hiiragi, Crimson Viper, Etna, Yukari Takeba, Rita Mordio and Nisa.
In other words, most of her famous roles are secondary main characters (that does not mean they are not awesome though). Ruff has a wide voice range, going from emotionless like Yuki to Hot-Blooded like Yoko to ditzy and happy like Tsukasa. Her characters are mostly badass babes (or just hot babes in general).
She was awarded for "Best Voice Actress in an Anime Dub" at Anime Expo 09 for her role as Rukia.
Notable roles from Michelle Ruff:
Anime
- Anri Sonohara in Durarara!!
- Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi
- Aoi Tohsaka in Fate/Zero
- Arcueid Brunestud in Tsukihime
- Ayase Tarada and Keika in S Cryed
- Belvedere Coco in Vandread
- Carmen 99 in GUN×SWORD
- Chii, Elda, and Freya in Chobits
- Chikane in Kannazuki no Miko
- Elie in Rave Master
- Elissa Doolittle in IGPX Immortal Grand Prix
- Euphemia Li Britannia, young Lelouch, and Arthur in Code Geass
- Fujiko Mine in Lupin III (the "Red Jacket" series, Geneon's dub of The Mystery of Mamo,The Woman Called Fujiko Mine and the Part 4 series; that third one marked her FUNimation debut)
- Gabby in Pokémon Generations
- Haruka Amagiri in The Asterisk War
- Kaori in AKIRA (Animaze dub)
- Kikyo Zoldyck in Hunter × Hunter (2011 version)
- Kirari Momobami in Kakegurui
- Kizna Towryk in Pilot Candidate
- Konoha Amagi in Zetman (as Sophie Roberts)
- Lan in Rinne no Lagrange (as Sophie Roberts)
- Leara in Wolf's Rain
- Digimon franchise:
- Lopmon in Digimon Tamers
- Zoe Orimoto and a different Lopmon in Digimon Frontier
- Michelle Crier in Digimon Data Squad
- Sparrowmon in Digimon Fusion
- Luna in the Viz dub of Sailor Moon
- Manaka Mukaido in Nagi-Asu: A Lull in the Sea
- Meow in Kazemakase Tsukikage Ran
- Miharu in Girls Bravo
- Miki Koishikawa in Marmalade Boy
- Miku and Nana in Metal Fighter Miku
- Miu in DearS
- Moe Kisaragi, the Momoi triplets, and A-ko Saenai in Brigadoon: Marin and Melan
- Naomi, Marylou, Hyde, Sugino, Princess Marie, Nana Baba and Ivy in Zatch Bell!
- Ran the Goldfish in Angel Tales
- Ririka Nishizono in Occultic;Nine
- Rukia Kuchiki, Snakey, Tobiume and Mahana Natsui in Bleach
- Saber in Fate/stay night's Unlimited Blade Works movie
- Reprised for Saber's cameo in Fate/Apocrypha, even though she herself had been Darrined by Kari Wahlgren in other Fate entries, as well as Toole the Homunculus.
- Saga in A Little Snow Fairy Sugar
- Sarah Coppola in Ingress
- Sasame Fuma and Matsuri (post-time skip) in Naruto
- Young Satoru Fujinuma in ERASED
- Sinon in Sword Art Online
- Sumire Kanzaki in Sakura Wars: The Movie
- Tatiana Wisla and Alvis E. Hamilton in Last Exile
- Tsukasa Hiiragi and Minami Iwasaki in Lucky Star
- Tsukiko Sagi in Paranoia Agent
- Uchiyama Hiroko in Apocalypse Zero
- Winia in Scrapped Princess
- Yoko in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
- Yuki Nagato and Miyuki Enomoto in Haruhi Suzumiya
- Yuki Nagato in The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
- Yura Kekain in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan (as Sophie Roberts)
- Yurika Dojima in Witch Hunter Robin
Film
- Baby Tai Lung in Kung Fu Panda
- Chucky's doll voice in Curse of Chucky
Video Games
- Arioch in Drakengard
- Carl Clover in BlazBlue
- Cierra in Riviera: The Promised Land
- Cream the Rabbit in Sonic the Hedgehog (2010-current)
- Crimson Viper in Street Fighter IV and in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Eliza in Skullgirls
- Etna in the Disgaea video games and anime, as well as the other games Etna appears in. Notably she did not voice Etna in the original PS2 version (that would be Amanda Winn-Lee). When the first game was rereleased on PSP and (to a lesser extent, DS), Etna's dialogue was re-recorded by Ruff, likely due to the "What If Etna killed Lahral at the start?" mode added to the game
- Filly Dee in Atelier Totori
- Húxiān in Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown
- Jenny in Saints Row: The Third's DLC chapter Gangsters in Space
- Jill Valentine in Resident Evil: Revelations (replacing Patricia Ja Lee and Kari Wahlgren)
- Kaoru Konoe in Gate Keepers
- Katherine McBride in Catherine
- Kluke in Blue Dragon
- Mahbu in Jade Cocoon
- Miranda in Grandia III
- Nisa, Chian, Tsunemi, and Lady Wac in Neptunia
- Noire and two of the female Avatar voices in Fire Emblem Awakening (Darrin'd by Lauren Landa in Super Smash Bros. as Robin)
- Quina and Aelinore in Dragon's Dogma
- Rita Mordio in Tales of Vesperia
- Rutee Katrea in Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology
- Sadayo Kawakami in Persona 5
- Saki in Luminous Arc
- Sakuya Tachibana in God Eater
- Scherazard Harvey and Ries Argent in The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
- Shanoa in Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
- Maria Renard in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles
- Sophia Esteed in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
- Velvet in Odin Sphere
- Yukari Takeba in Persona 3 & Persona 4: Arena Ultimax
- Zephie in Magna Carta 2
- Zozo in Code of Princess
Tropes associated with Michelle Ruff:
- Deuteragonist: What her best well known roles fall into.
- Everything's Better with Princesses: She happens to land these roles quite often. Examples would include Arcueid of Tsukihime, Lan of Rinne no Lagrange, Euphemia of Code Geass; amongst others.
- Pigeonholed Voice Actor: A lot of her characters are usually deep-voiced badass or hot chicks such as Crimson Viper, Rukia, Nisa, Yoko, Etna. Also, as mentioned above, most of her characters are deuteragonists or minor characters and rarely receive lead roles.
- Playing Against Type: As the sweet, aproachable, and childlike Miharu, and the timid, sad, easily frightened Noire.
- Relationship Voice Actor:
- With Tony Oliver in many, many, many works.
- Also with Johnny Yong Bosch, Kate Higgins, Stephanie Sheh, Crispin Freeman, Wendee Lee, Liam O'Brien, Yuri Lowenthal among others.
- Do not forget Steve Staley, whom she worked with in Mobile Suit Gundam F91, Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team, Tsukihime, Bleach, Kannazuki no Miko, and lately in Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn.
- In the overseas, she shares four anime roles with Miyuki Sawashiro (Carl Clover of BlazBlue, Sinon/Shino Asada of Sword Art Online, Velvet of Odin Sphere and Kirari Momobami of Kakegurui).
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: How can we not forget this. She is not only capable of a deep voice, but also softer tone for The Quiet Ones like Yuki Nagato and Anri. Or doing a higher-pitch voice for more younger characters like Cream the Rabbit and Desco; and even young boys.
