Carrie Keranen
Keranen at Saboten Con, 2016
Born
Oak Park, Michigan, U.S.[1]
Other names
Alma materUniversity of Michigan
Occupation(s)Voice actress, production manager, producer, voice director
Years active2001–present

Carrie Keranen is an American voice actress. She is best known for her work with 4Kids Entertainment, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, DuArt Film and Video, NYAV Post, Studiopolis and Funimation. Her roles include Satsuki Kiryuin in Kill La Kill, Casca in Berserk,[5] and Alya Césaire in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. In her live-action work, she has played Piper Tate in Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time.

Career

Keranen grew up in Oak Park, Michigan.[1][6] She had always been involved in acting, including high school plays, but in an interview with Everything Geek Podcast, she said she was more active in sports.[7] She attended University of Michigan,[8] and originally intended to major in international business with a specialization in Japanese but would be drawn back into doing plays and subbing in for major roles there.[7] She graduated with a BA in theatre and linguistics,[8][9][10] and after visiting Europe, moved to New York City to pursue acting.[7] She worked on various acting jobs and did stand-up comedy. In 2003, she was a waitress at Rocco's which was featured in The Restaurant, a reality television series about the launch of celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito's eatery.[11] The series was broadcast on NBC for two seasons.

Keranen's first voice-over audition for 4Kids was April O'Neil in the 2003 TV series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She landed supporting roles, and also landed some guest and supporting voices on the Pokémon TV series. When fellow voice actress Tara Sands moved from New York to Los Angeles, she auditioned to voice match Sands' character Mokuba Kaiba in Yu-Gi-Oh!. On her way out of the audition, Keranen started pitching another voice actress for the part, but director Eric Stuart later told her that she was the right person for the role and that he even vouched for her to play the part. That was her first major role as a lead male character. Later in the same season, she also got to voice Kisara, which she said was more typical of the characters and used her natural voice. She also voiced Mina Simington, which she described as "type A but not in a forceful way" and would totally get into something if she had the chance.[7]

In 2010, she moved to Los Angeles, California, to continue working on other projects. She had a recurring role as Kate Harper in the Fringe TV series, and is a member of the Sacred Fools Theater Company.[12] On July 23, 2011, she and fellow voice actress Cristina Vee were panelists at Comic-Con for Namco Bandai's preview of the Tekken: Blood Vengeance film.[13]

In 2014, Keranen voiced Satsuki Kiryuin, the student council president and antagonist in the anime series Kill la Kill, which ran on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.[1] In 2016, she provided the voice of Alya Césaire, Marinette Dupain-Cheng's best friend, in the French cartoon Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, which ran on Nickelodeon. She attended San Diego Comic-Con 2016 with the cast and the original creator, Thomas Astruc.[14]

Filmography

Anime

List of voice performances in anime
Year Title Role Notes Source[8][9][15][16]
2001 Magic User's Club Miki Mizusawa [17]
2002 Berserk series Casca [18]
2004–15 Pokémon Various characters Debut roles with 4Kids [4][7]
2004 Gokusen Kumiko Yamaguchi As Caroline Lawson [2][15][16][4]
Shrine of the Morning Mist Seiko Rikishi CA
2005 Mew Mew Power Mimi [4]
Midori Days Beniko Iwasaki [4]
Piano Ms. Saito As Evelyn Lanto [4]
2005–07 Ah! My Goddess series Lind, Hikari the Flash Production manager (season 1)
Voice production manager (season 2)
As Caroline Lawson or Evelyn Lanto		 [16][19][20]
2005–06 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters Mokuba Kaiba, Kisara Season 5
As Caroline Lawson		 [16][4][7][21][22]
2007 Cutie Honey Honey Kisaragi Live-action dub CA
Phoenix Hinaku Press[16]
2008 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Mina Simington, Misty Tredwell Tweet[7][23]
2009 Kurokami: The Animation Shizuka CA
2010 Slayers series Ozzel Revolution and Evolution-R [24]
2012–15 Puella Magi Madoka Magica Mami Tomoe Also movie [25][26]
2013 Fate/Zero Maiya Hisau Press[26]
Queen's Blade Rebellion Luna Luna As Evelyn Lanto [27]
2014 Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic Yamraiha Press[16]
Toradora! Yuri Koigakubo Press,[16][26] Tweet[28]
2014–15 Kill la Kill Satsuki Kiryuin Also OVA [1]
2014–16 Naruto Shippuden Pakura Tweet[29]
2015 Yuki Yuna is a Hero Teacher [30][31]
Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation Rom [32]
Sailor Moon Avocadora, Sailor Galaxia Press[16]
Aldnoah.Zero Femianne [33]
Durarara!!x2 Mimizu (Earthworm) Ep. "Mouth of Honey, a Needle in the Heart" [34]
The Seven Deadly Sins Guila Tweet[35]
2016 Your Lie in April Hiroko Seto [17][36]
Tales of Zestiria the X Lailah [17]
Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak Academy Mahiru Koizumi Despair Arc [37]
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans Carta Issue [38]
2016 Erased Akemi Hinazuki [39][17]
2017 Hunter x Hunter Baise, Female Operator (Ep. 38), PC Voice (Ep. 42) 2011 series [40][41]
2018 Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan Remi Kakiyasu ADR Director [42][43]
2019 Neon Genesis Evangelion Misato Katsuragi ADR Director
Netflix re-dub		 [44][45]
2020 Gundam Seed Murrue Ramius ADR Director
HD Remastered dub		 [46]
2021 Gundam Seed Destiny [46]
2021–2022 Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon Zero / Otsuyu [17]
2022 Bastard!! Heavy Metal, Dark Fantasy Sean Ari Netflix dub [47]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source[8][9]
2004–06 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ananda, Angel (Season 7), others Press[48][7][49]
2006–08 Kappa Mikey Mitsuki As Evelyn Lanto [3][4][50]
2007 Ellen's Acres Ellen's Mom As Evelyn Lanto [4]
2009–2012 Huntik Narrator Press,[16] Tweet[51]
2015–present Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir Alya Césaire / Rena Rouge / Scarabella 5 seasons [14]
2016 Mr. Pickles Lisa Gabagoolie Ep. "Fish?" [52]
2017–18 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Yellow Technique, Giant Robot [53]


Film

List of voice performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Source[8][9]
2009 Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Sheena, Kiko As Evelyn Lanto
Credited under "Featuring"		 Press,[16] Tweet[54]
2011 Tekken: Blood Vengeance Ling Xiaoyu [17]
2012 First Squad Zena As Evelyn Lanto [4]
2012–14 Berserk: The Golden Age series Casca As Carolyn Keranen [17]
2014 Naruto the Movie: Blood Prison Ryūzetsu [55]
Time of Eve: The Movie Sammy As Elizabeth Boyle [56][57]
2015 The Last: Naruto the Movie Tenmonkata, Kunoichi [17]
2017 Sailor Moon R: The Movie Xenian Flower Viz Media dub [58]
K: Missing Kings Seri Awashima Replacing Tara Platt [59]
2019 Evangelion Death (True)2 Misato Katsuragi ADR Director
Netflix re-dub 		[44]
The End of Evangelion [44]
2023 Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie Alya Césaire English dub

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[8][9]
2004 Red Dead Revolver Annie Stoakes, Bargirls, Natalie Kelley Press[48][17]
2009–17 League of Legends Luxanna Crownguard (Lux), Emelia LeBlanc (LeBlanc) Press[48][60]
2010 Shira Oka: Second Chances Kiku In-game credits[61]
2011–present Hyperdimension Neptunia series Red, Rom, Vert Replaced Tara Platt as Vert since Megadimension Neptunia VII Press[16]
2013 Killer Is Dead Moon River, Natalia [17]
2014 D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die Peggy Young [17]
Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Mahiru Koizumi Press,[48] Tweet[62]
2015 Tales of Zestiria Lailah Press[16][63]
Star Wars Battlefront Female Rebel Press,[16] Tweet[64]
Xenoblade Chronicles X Irina [17]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Sara Valestein [17]
2016 The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Sara Valestein [17]
2017 Fire Emblem Heroes Gunnthrá, L'Arachel Post-launch role [17]
Persona 5 Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza [17]
2018 Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Tweet[17][65]
BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle System No. XX Tweet[66]
2019 Judgment Amane [67]
Daemon X Machina Guns Empress [17]
2020 Persona 5 Royal Caroline, Justine, Lavenza Uncredited for Lavenza [17]
Genshin Impact Ying'er Tweet[68]
The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV Sara Valestein [17]
Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin Myrthe [17]
2021 Persona 5 Strikers Lavenza [17]
2023 The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie Sara Valestein [69]
Persona 5 Tactica Lavenza [70]

Live-action

List of acting performances in film and television
Year Title Role Notes Source[9][10]
2003–04 The Restaurant Herself (Waitress) 2 seasons [11][71]
2009 Fringe Kate Harper Episode: "Inner Child" [72]
2012–present Untitled Web Series About a Space Traveler Who Can Also Travel Through Time Piper Tate Web series [73]

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