Kari Wahlgren (born July 13, 1977) is an American voice actress who
has provided English-language voices for animated movies, TV series,
and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko
Haruhara in FLCL, and would later land major roles in a number of
shows and films: Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Lavie Head in Last
Exile, Fuu in Samurai Champloo, Scarlett in Steamboy, Pacifica Casull
in the Scrapped Princess, Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Kagami Hiiragi in
Lucky Star, Saber in Fate/zero, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, and Celty Sturluson in the
Durarara!! series.In American animation, she has provided voices for a
number of series including Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!,
Fish Hooks, Phineas and Ferb, Ben 10, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of
Awesomeness, Winx Club, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Rick and
Morty, Bunnicula, The Fairly OddParents, Bunsen Is a Beast, and
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. In video games, she voiced lead
characters Ashe in Final Fantasy XII and Shelke in Dirge of Cerberus:
Final Fantasy VII.Wahlgren was born and raised in Hoisington, Kansas.
She was inspired as a child by the Disney Princesses and other voices
in animation. Her parents were teachers, which encouraged her to
support charities and organizations that promote reading and education
later in her career. On her eleventh birthday, when she and her family
were in California and toured the building for Focus on the Family,
she was asked to do a bit role in their radio drama Adventures in
Odyssey, as an eleven-year-old character named Gloria McCoy.[a]
has provided English-language voices for animated movies, TV series,
and video games. She got her start in anime voice-overs as Haruko
Haruhara in FLCL, and would later land major roles in a number of
shows and films: Robin Sena in Witch Hunter Robin, Lavie Head in Last
Exile, Fuu in Samurai Champloo, Scarlett in Steamboy, Pacifica Casull
in the Scrapped Princess, Saya Otonashi in Blood+, Kagami Hiiragi in
Lucky Star, Saber in Fate/zero, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works
and Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel, and Celty Sturluson in the
Durarara!! series.In American animation, she has provided voices for a
number of series including Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!,
Fish Hooks, Phineas and Ferb, Ben 10, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of
Awesomeness, Winx Club, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Rick and
Morty, Bunnicula, The Fairly OddParents, Bunsen Is a Beast, and
Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz. In video games, she voiced lead
characters Ashe in Final Fantasy XII and Shelke in Dirge of Cerberus:
Final Fantasy VII.Wahlgren was born and raised in Hoisington, Kansas.
She was inspired as a child by the Disney Princesses and other voices
in animation. Her parents were teachers, which encouraged her to
support charities and organizations that promote reading and education
later in her career. On her eleventh birthday, when she and her family
were in California and toured the building for Focus on the Family,
she was asked to do a bit role in their radio drama Adventures in
Odyssey, as an eleven-year-old character named Gloria McCoy.[a]
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