Mela Lee

Mela Lee is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who voices characters on a number of animated series, films, television shows and video games. She is best known as the voice of Jade in Mortal Kombat 11. In anime, she voices lead characters Rin Tosaka, in Fate/stay night as well as Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works and the film trilogy Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel; Yuki Cross in Vampire Knight; Shinku the fifth Rozen Maiden doll in Rozen Maiden; and Erika Karisawa in the Durarara!! series, which was broadcast on Adult Swim. In animation, she is the voice of Tikki in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which airs on Disney Channel, Disney+ and Netflix, and Kikimora in The Owl House. In video games, she voices Lifeline in Apex Legends, Rena Ryūgū in Higurashi When They Cry, Rachel Alucard in the BlazBlue series, Tiki in the Fire Emblem series and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and Sharon Kreuger and Scarlet in The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel series.

Mela Lee
Lee at GalaxyCon Richmond in 2024
Nationality	American
Education	Pepperdine University
Occupation	Voice actress
Website	melalee.com

Career

Lee first got into voice acting when she auditioned for Vampire Princess Miyu, but the director had her read for Saint Tail, and she was cast as the title character Meimi Haneoka, whom assumes the secret identity of Saint Tail.^[1] She would later land the vampire role of Yuki Cross in the Vampire Knight series and Rin Tohsaka, the heroine of the Fate/stay night series. She also played the lead heroine in Rozen Maiden. Lee has also served as an ADR Voice Replacement specialist in over 100 projects, including Suicide Squad, Gotham, Detroit, Zero Dark Thirty, Atlanta, and The Good Wife.^[2]

In addition to voice acting, Lee is the lead singer, composer, and lyricist for her band Magnolia Memoir.^[1] She and fellow voice actress Erica Lindbeck host their own web series called Lindbeck and Lee with voice actor guests.^[3]

Filmography

Anime

List of English dubbing performances in anime

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2001	Saint Tail	Meimi / St. Tail		[1][5][6]
2006	Immortal Grand Prix	Max Erlich		[7]
	Kannazuki no Miko	Kyoko		[8]
	Fate/stay night	Rin Tohsaka		[9][10][11]
2007–11	Rozen Maiden series	Shinku	Also Trumend, Ouverture	[12]
2007	Higurashi: When They Cry	Rena Ryūgū		Press[1]
2008	Gurren Lagann	Darry		[13]
2008–09	Tweeny Witches	Eva		Resume
2009	Blade of the Immortal	Rin Asano		Press[1]
2010–11	Vampire Knight series	Yuki Cross	Also Guilty
2011	Durarara!!	Erika Karisawa		[14]
2012	Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan series	Kana Ienaga	as Kayla Yesratsian	[12]
2013	Fate/Zero	Rin Tohsaka
2015–16	Durarara!!×2	Erika Karisawa		[15]
2015	BlazBlue Alter Memory	Rachel Alucard		[16]
	Aldnoah.Zero	Orlane		[17]
2015–16	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Rin Tohsaka	TV series	[18]
2018–20	The Seven Deadly Sins	Melascula		[13]
2016; 2019	Hunter × Hunter	Canary, others	2011 series	[19][20][21]
2016	The Asterisk War	Sylvia Ryuneheim		Press[1]
	Erased	Misato Yanagihara		[22]
2017	Mob Psycho 100	Rei Kurosaki		Tweet[23]
	Berserk	Schierke	2016 series	[24]
2018	Sword Gai: The Animation	Mina Haraya
	Fate/Extra: Last Encore	Rin Tohsaka
2019	Cannon Busters	Dex		Tweet[25]
	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba	Kanata Ubuyashiki		Facebook[26]
2019–20	Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia	Ishtar, Ereshkigal		[27]
2021	Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon	Tamano		[12]
2023	My Happy Marriage	Hana Kanao

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2015–present	Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir	Tikki, Aurore Beauréal/Stormy Weather, Penny Rolling/Troublemaker, Mirelle Caquet		[28]
2018–19	Avengers: Black Panther's Quest	Princess Zanda		Website[29]
	RWBY	Caroline Cordovin		[30]
2020–present	The Loud House	Principal Rivers
2020–23	The Owl House	Kikimora
2021–24	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Atomic Pink lead singer, Linda
2022	Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles	Lady Fuwa, Kaiyo, Toshiko, Fumiko, Hana, Kana, Warbotto, and Sawaguchi
	Barbie: It Takes Two	Simone Roberts

Films

List of voice and English dubbing performances in feature films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2010	Alpha and Omega	Candy		[12]
2018	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower	Rin Tohsaka	English dub; Limited theatrical release	[12]
2023	Suzume	Miki	English dub	[31]
	Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie	Tikki

List of voice and English dubbing performances in direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2008	Strait Jacket	Minea	English dub	[32]
2012	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Rin Tohsaka
2014	Alpha and Omega 3: The Great Wolf Games	Agnes		[12]
2015	Alpha and Omega: Family Vacation	Agnes		[12]
	Madea's Tough Love	Old Lady
2016	Alpha and Omega: The Big Fureeze	Agnes
2017	Alpha and Omega: Journey to Bear Kingdom	Agnes
2019	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly	Rin Tohsaka	English dub
2021	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel III. spring song
	Case Closed: The Fist of Blue Sapphire	Rechel Cheong

Video games

List of voice and English dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[4]
2008	Castle of Shikigami III	Nagino Ise, Emilio Stanburke, Freedom Wind		[12]
2009–present	BlazBlue series	Rachel Alucard	English dub	Press[1]
2013	Fire Emblem Awakening	Tiki		Press[12]
2014	Digimon All-Star Rumble	Biyomon, Hououmon		[12]
2015	Xenoblade Chronicles X	Celica
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel	Sharon Kreuger, Scarlet		[12]
2016	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II	Sharon Kreuger, Scarlet		[12]
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	Tiki		[12]
2018	BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle	Rachel Alucard		Tweet[33][12]
	Super Smash Bros. Ultimate	Tiki		[12]
2019	Apex Legends	Lifeline
	Mortal Kombat 11	Jade		Tweet[12]
	Pokémon Masters	Karen	English dub
	Daemon X Machina	Sif, Ayer		[12]
	Phantasy Star Online 2	Sukunahime	English dub	[34]
2020	Granblue Fantasy Versus	Zeta		[12]
	Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise	Aaliyah Davis
	Guardian Tales	Miya
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV	Sharon Kreuger
2021	Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles	White-Haired Guide		[35]
	I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and The Liar	The Fabricator		[13]
2022	Rune Factory 5	Hina		[12]
2023	Fire Emblem Engage	Tiki
	The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie	Sharon Kreuger, Wendy
	Mortal Kombat: Onslaught	Jade		Tweet[36]
	Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising	Zeta		[12]
2024	Granblue Fantasy: Relink

Awards and nominations

In 2015, Lee was nominated for the BTVA Anime Dub Award for Best Female Lead Vocal Performance in an Anime Television Series/OVA for her role as Rin Tohsaka in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works.^[37]