Colleen Smith Clinkenbeard (born April 13, 1980) is an American voice actress, line producer, ADR director and script writer at Funimation who provides the voices for English versions of Japanese anime series. Having starred as Rachel Moore in the long-running detective series Case Closed, she then served as the ADR director on Fullmetal Alchemist which aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim and would star in many other popular anime shows including as Monkey D. Luffy in the Funimation dub of One Piece; the young Goku and Gohan in Dragon Ball Z Kai; Yuko Ichihara in xxxHolic, Riza Hawkeye in the Fullmetal Alchemist series and Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail.
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Career
As a stage actress in Dallas, Clinkenbeard got involved in voice-over when fellow voice actress Laura Bailey brought her to Funimation for an audition. Her first voice role was in Dragon Ball GT; her first lead role was Éclair in Kiddy Grade. Midway through the Kiddy Grade series, director Justin Cook made Clinkenbeard the ADR director on the rest of the episodes. Her other major role early in her career was Rachel Moore in the detective anime show Case Closed. She would later direct along with Mike McFarland on Fullmetal Alchemist which came out in November 2004 on Cartoon Network.
Clinkenbeard went on to provide the voices of Monkey D. Luffy in One Piece, Erza Scarlet in Fairy Tail, Riza Hawkeye in Full Metal Alchemist, Moka Akashiya's inner personality in Rosario + Vampire and Yuko Ichihara in xxxHolic.
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Personal life
Clinkenbeard and voice actress Laura Bailey were roommates while working at Funimation. She married Patric Carroll in 2012 and they have a son named Rhodes (born in 2014). Her sister Bonny is an ADR script writer at Funimation.
Filmography
Anime
Films
Video games
References
External links
- Colleen Clinkenbeard on IMDb
- Colleen Clinkenbeard at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Colleen Clinkenbeard convention appearances on AnimeCons.com
- Colleen Clinkenbeard profile at the CrystalAcids Anime Voice Actor Database
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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