Michelle Ruff
American voice actress
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 Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Luna in Sailor Moon, Zoe in Digimon Frontier, Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Yoko Littner in Gurren Lagann, Fujiko Mine in Lupin the Third, Chi in Chobits, Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi, Elie in Rave Master, Nat in The Promised Neverland, and Sinon in Sword Art Online. In video games, she is the voice of Jill Valentine in the Resident Evil series, Yukari Takeba and Sadayo Kawakami in the Persona series, Katherine McBride in Catherine and its definitive edition Catherine: Full Body, Cream the Rabbit in the Sonic the Hedgehog series and Crimson Viper in the Street Fighter series.
01Career
Ruff grew up in Detroit, 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 Miyao in Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran and Kiki Rosita in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.
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 (English) for her work as Rukia Kuchiki in the Bleach movie Memories of Nobody.
02Personal life
Ruff is married to ADR Engineer Eddie Correa.
03Filmography
Anime
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Speed Racer X | Speed's Mom, Newscaster | Press | |
| 1999 | Ninja Cadets | Yume | ||
| Jungle de Ikou! | Nami | |||
| 2000 | Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure | Mitsuki Sanada | As Georgette Rose | |
| The Legend of Black Heaven | Yoshiko Tanaka | As Georgette Rose | ||
| Trigun | Lina | |||
| 2001 | Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team | Kiki Rosita | Press | |
| Hand Maid May | Kasumi Tani | As Georgette Rose | ||
| Metal Fighter Miku | Miku, Nana | |||
| Gate Keepers | Kaoru Konoe | |||
| Saint Tail | Ryoko | |||
| Zenki | Chiaki Enno | |||
| 2001, 2002 | Digimon Tamers | Antylamon, Lopmon | ||
| 2002 | Great Teacher Onizuka | Urumi Kanzaki | ||
| Vandread | Belvedere Coco | |||
| Mahoromatic | Miyuki Sakura | |||
| Digimon Frontier | Zoe Orimoto, Kazemon, Zephyrmon, Lopmon | |||
| Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran | Miyao | Press | ||
| Samurai Girl: Real Bout High School | Hitomi Yuuki | |||
| X | Kotori Monou | TV series | ||
| X (Episode 0) | Kotori Monou | OVA | ||
| 2003 | Lupin the Third Part II | Fujiko Mine | Pioneer/Geneon dub | |
| 2003, 2004 | Ai Yori Aoshi series | Aoi Sakuraba | ||
| 2003 | Chobits | Chi | As Georgette Rose | |
| .hack//Liminality | Mai Minase | |||
| Omishi Magical Theater: Risky Safety | Safety / Mrs. Adachi | |||
| Witch Hunter Robin | Yurika Doujima | |||
| IGPX | Suzaku | Microseries | ||
| A Little Snow Fairy Sugar | Saga Bergman | |||
| Love Hina | Nyamo Namo | |||
| Please Teacher! | Koishi Herikawa | |||
| Scrapped Princess | Winia Chester, Celia | |||
| Last Exile | Alvis E. Hamilton, Tatiana Wisla | Press | ||
| 2004 | Angel Tales | Ran (Goldfish) | ||
| Gad Guard | Aiko Mary Harmony | |||
| Stellvia | Yayoi Fujisawa | |||
| Tsukihime, Lunar Legend | Arcueid Brunestud | |||
| Marmalade Boy | Miki Koishikawa | |||
| 2004, 2005 | Rave Master | Elie | ||
| 2004 | SD Gundam Force | Sayla | ||
| Gungrave | Maria Asagi | |||
| Mobile Suit Gundam F91 | Cecily Fairchild, Berah Ronah | |||
| Paranoia Agent | Tsukiko Sagi | |||
| 2005 | Hanaukyo Maid Team | Konoe Tsurugi | ||
| Rumiko Takahashi Anthology | Ms. Kobato, Yukari | |||
| Mermaid Forest | Nanao's mother | |||
| Daphne in the Brilliant Blue | Shizuka Hayama | |||
| Koi Kaze | Kaname Chidori | |||
| The Melody of Oblivion | Melody of Oblivion | |||
| DearS | Miu | |||
| 2005, 2006 | Idaten Jump | Yuki | ||
| 2005 | Thru the Moebius Strip | Young Jac | ||
| 2005, 2006 | IGPX | Elisa Doolittle | TV series | |
| 2005 | Le Portrait de Petit Cossette | Cossette d'Auvergne | ||
| Di Gi Charat | Rabi~en~Rose (Hikaru Usada) | |||
| Zatch Bell! | Naomi | Press | ||
| Girls Bravo series | Miharu Sena Kanaka | |||
| 2006, 2007 | Haré+Guu | Addy | ||
| 2006 | Kannazuki no Miko | Chikane Himemiya | ||
| Gun X Sword | Carmen 99 | |||
| Boys Be... | Aki Mizutani | |||
| MÄR | Princess Snow, Koyuki | |||
| 2006, 2014 | Bleach | Rukia Kuchiki | Also films | |
| 2007 | Disgaea | Etna | ||
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | Yuki Nagato | |||
| 2008 | Naruto | Sasame Fuma | ||
| 2008, 2010 | Blue Dragon | Kluke and
Phoenix |
||
| 2008, 2009 | Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion | Euphemia li Britannia, Lelouch vi Britannia (Young), Arthur the Cat, Mutsuki Minase | ||
| 2008 | Lucky Star | Tsukasa Hiiragi, Minami Iwasaki, Minori Chihara (cameo), Yuki Nagato (cameo) | ||
| Gurren Lagann | Yoko Littner | |||
| 2010 | Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn | Mihiro Oiwakken | ||
| 2011 | Durarara!! | Anri Sonohara | ||
| 2012 | Lupin the Third: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine | Fujiko Mine | ||
| 2013, 2015 | Digimon Fusion | Sparrowmon | ||
| 2014 | K | Sumika Inaba | ||
| 2014, 2019 | Sailor Moon | Luna | Viz Media dub | |
| 2015, 2016 | Durarara!!x2 | Anri Sonohara | ||
| 2014, present | Sword Art Online | Sinon, Akiyo Sada | 2 seasons and movie | |
| 2015 | Lupin the Third Part IV: The Italian Adventure | Fujiko Mine | TV series | |
| The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan | Yuki Nagato | |||
| BlazBlue Alter Memory | Carl Clover | |||
| A Lull in the Sea | Manaka Mukaido | |||
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure | Erina Pendleton | |||
| 2015, 2017 | Sailor Moon Crystal | Luna | ||
| 2016 | The Asterisk War | Haruka Amagiri | ||
| 2016, 2019 | Hunter × Hunter | Kikyo Zoldyck, others | 2011 series | |
| 2016, 2017 | Erased | Young Satoru Fujinuma | ||
| 2016 | Pokémon Generations | Gabby | Tweet | |
| 2016, 2017 | God Eater | Sakuya Tachibana | ||
| 2017 | Kakegurui | Kirari Momobami | ||
| Occultic;Nine | Ririka Nishizono | |||
| Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day | Atsumu "Yukiatsu" Matsuyuki (Child) | |||
| 2018 | Sword Gai | Arnys, Sayori | ||
| Lupin the Third Part V | Fujiko Mine | TV series | ||
| Naruto: Shippuden | Itachi Uchiha (young) | |||
| 2019 | Ingress: The Animation | Sarah | ||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba | Takeo Kamado | |||
| 2020 | Pokémon | Manager | Ep. "A Talent for Imitation!"; Credited under Additional Voices | |
| 2021 | Sakura Wars the Animation | Sumire Kanzaki | ||
| 2022 | Lupin the Third: Part 6 | Fujiko Mine | ||
| Kakegurui Twin | Kirari Momobami | |||
| 2022-present | Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War | Rukia Kuchiki |
Animation
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Oblongs | Yvette Ann Rebee Debbie | ||
| 2003 | Tutenstein | Amisi | ||
| 2009 | Little Nick | Nick's Mom | ||
| 2010 | Respect the Pouch | Luna Balloona | ||
| 2010, 2011 | Wild Animal Baby Explorers | Ms. Sally, Skip | ||
| 2012 | Lego Friends | Stephanie, Lacy | Credited as Sophie Roberts | |
| 2014 | Judge Dredd: Superfiend | Kid Sydney |
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo | Fujiko Mine | CA | |
| 2004 | What the Bleep Do We Know!? | Voice Over Talent | ||
| 2006 | Over the Hedge | Talking Doll, Telephone Toy | ||
| 2008 | Kung Fu Panda | Additional voices | Uncredited | |
| 2011 | Hop | Fluffy the Pink Beret, Additional Voices | Credited under "ADR Voice Actors" | Press |
| 2017 | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Luna | Viz dub | |
| 2018 | Lupin the Third: Legend of the Gold of Babylon | Fujiko Mine | ||
| Sailor Moon S: The Movie | Luna | Viz dub | ||
| Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie | Luna | |||
| 2019 | Lupin the Third: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid | Fujiko Mine | (Special) | |
| The Angry Birds Movie 2 | Additional Voices |
Closing credits | ||
| 2020 | Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner | Fujiko Mine | (Special) | |
| Lupin III: The First | Fujiko Mine | |||
| 2021 | Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, The Movie: Mugen Train | Takeo Kamado | ||
| Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night | Akiyo Sada | Theatrical release | ||
| 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Additional Voices | ||
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Mayday Parker | ||
| 2025 | Fixed | Emma, Additional Voices | ||
| TBA | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse | Mayday Parker | In production |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Akira | Kaori | Pioneer dub | |
| 2003 | WXIII: Patlabor the Movie 3 | Noa Izumi | ||
| Sakura Wars: The Movie | Sumire Kanzaki | |||
| Cardcaptor Sakura Movie 2: The Sealed Card | Tomoyo Daidouji | |||
| 2005 | Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon | Zoe Orimoto | ||
| 2008 | Resident Evil: Degeneration | Rani Chawla | ||
| 2010 | The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya | Yuki Nagato | ||
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters | Village Bunny | ||
| 2012 | Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works | Saber |
Video games
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jade Cocoon: Story of the Tamamayu | Mahbu | as Georgette Rose | |
| 2003, 2004 | .hack//Liminality series | Mai Minase | ||
| 2003, present | Disgaea series | Etna, Desco | ||
| 2004 | Seven Samurai 20XX | Jodie | ||
| 2005 | Rave Master | Elie | ||
| 2006 | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | Incidental characters | ||
| 2007 | Rogue Galaxy | Norma Kissleigh | ||
| 2007, 2010 | Bleach series | Rukia Kuchiki | ||
| 2007 | Digimon World Data Squad | Yuma Kagura, Rosemon, Digivice | ||
| 2007, 2018 | Persona series | Yukari Takeba | Uncredited | Press |
| 2008 | Tales of Vesperia | Rita Mordio | ||
| 2009, 2014 | Street Fighter IV series | Crimson Viper, Juni | ||
| 2009, present | BlazBlue series | Carl Clover | Uncredited | |
| 2009 | Magna Carta 2 | Zephie | ||
| 2010, present | Sonic the Hedgehog series | Cream the Rabbit | ||
| 2011 | Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds | Crimson Viper | Also Ultimate | |
| Catherine | Katherine McBride | NAVGTR Award for Supporting Performance in a Drama | ||
| Saints Row: The Third | Pedestrians | |||
| 2012 | Dragon's Dogma | Aelinore, Quina | ||
| Resident Evil: Revelations | Jill Valentine | |||
| Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City | Jill Valentine | |||
| Growlanser Wayfarer of Time | ||||
| Divina | Clarisse, Claudia | |||
| Skullgirls | Eliza | DLC character | ||
| 2012, present | Lego Friends | Stephanie, Lacy | Credited as Sophie Roberts | |
| 2013 | Fire Emblem Awakening | Female Avatar, Noire | ||
| 2014 | Akiba's Trip: Undead and Undressed | Toko Sagisaka | Tweet | |
| 2015 | Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls | Jataro Kemuri, Yuta Asahina | ||
| Resident Evil: Revelations 2 | Jill Valentine | Raid Mode only | ||
| Xenoblade Chronicles X | Additional voices | |||
| 2016 | Street Fighter V | C. Viper, Juni | ||
| 2017 | Nier: Automata | Additional voices | ||
| Persona 5 | Sadayo Kawakami | Tweet | ||
| Fire Emblem Heroes | Soleil, Noire | |||
| 2019 | Catherine: Full Body | Katherine McBride | ||
| Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown | Húxiān | Tweet | ||
| 2020 | Persona 5 Royal | Sadayo Kawakami | ||
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV | Scherazard Harvey | |||
| 2021 | Nier Replicant ver.1.22474487139... | Additional voices | ||
| Akiba's Trip: Hellbound & Debriefed | Mana Kitada | |||
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, The Hinokami Chronicles | Takeo Kamado | |||
| 2022 | Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes | Additional voices | ||
| 2023 | Street Fighter 6 | Juni, C. Viper | ||
| Trinity Trigger | Additional voices | |||
| The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie | Scherazard Arnor, citizens | |||
| 2024 | Granblue Fantasy: Relink | Additional voices | ||
| Persona 3 Reload | Mayoido Antiques owner | |||
| 2025 | Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter | Scherazard Harvey | ||
| 2026 | Trails in the Sky 2nd Chapter | Scherazard Harvey |
Other
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Adventures of the ASOS Brigade | Herself | Web series | |
| 2008 | Adventures in Voice Acting | Documentary |
Sources and credits
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