Stephanie Wittels


Stephanie Rose Wittels is an American voice actress, activist, and author who has worked for ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks. She is the co-founder and executive director of Rec Room Arts in Houston, Texas. Wittels was also an instructor in the theater department at the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston, Texas.
According to an interview, she made her main anime debut in Air Gear as Yayoi Nakayama.

Personal life

Wittels is married to Mike Wachs. They have a daughter born in 2014 and a son named after her younger brother, Harris Wittels, born in 2018.

Career

Wittels is the author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, an unflinchingly honest memoir about her brother's death that has been called A Year of Magical Thinking for a new generation of readers. Her writing can be found on Vox, Longform, Huffington Post, Fatherly, Babble, and Medium. She has been a guest on "Late Night with Seth Meyers,” "NPR Weekend Edition,” “Houston Matters,” and numerous podcasts including “Terrible, Thanks for Asking,” “Comedy Bang Bang,” “Who Charted?,” and “Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend.” She has been featured in People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, The Hollywood Reporter, Arts & Culture Magazine, and as one of Houstonia Magazine’s “10 Houston Women Making it Happen.” Stephanie also co-hosts a a weekly podcast on parenting

Filmography

Film

Television