Michelle Ruff


Michelle Suzanne Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her roles include Fujiko Mine in Lupin The Third, Chi in Chobits, Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi, Elie in Rave Master, Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yoko Littner in Gurren Lagann and Sinon in Sword Art Online. In video games, she is the voice of Jill Valentine in the Resident Evil series, and Crimson Viper in the Street Fighter series.

Career

Ruff grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover business. In Chicago, she studied with Second City, Players Workshop and Improv Olympic.
After moving to Los Angeles, she worked with some directors on looping and voice work for films and TV shows. In an Anime Dream interview, Ruff credits Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer and Michael Sorich for training her to dub anime. In the Digimon series, she was referred by director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to audition for Lopmon and Antylamon in Digimon Tamers, and in Digimon Frontier, she landed the lead role of Zoe Orimoto. Ruff said that it was her first show that made it to TV, and a show that let her "work my acting muscle". She played tomboy-ish characters in ' and Kiki Rosita in '.
In 2007, Ruff received two nominations for the American Anime Awards, one for Best Actress for her work in Bleach and Lupin the 3rd, and one for Best Actress in a Comedy for Lupin the 3rd, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively. In 2009, the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation gave her an SPJA Industry Award for Best Voice Actress for her work as Rukia Kuchiki in the Bleach movie Memories of Nobody.

Personal life

Ruff is married to ADR Engineer Eddie Correa.

Filmography

Anime

Animation

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
AkiraKaoriPioneer dubResume
10.01.2003'Noa Izumi
'Sumire Kanzaki
'Tomoyo Daidouji
'Zoe Orimoto
27.12.2008'Rani Chawla
21.05.2010'Yuki Nagato
13.12.2011'Village BunnyResume
12.06.2012'Saber

Video games

Other