Cristina Vee | |
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 Vee at GalaxyCon Oklahoma City in 2026 | |
| Born | Cristina Danielle Valenzuela July 11, 1987 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | California State University, Long Beach |
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| Years active | 2005–present |
| Website | cristinavee |
Cristina Danielle Valenzuela (born July 11, 1987), known professionally as Cristina Vee, is an American voice actress and singer. She is best known for her work in English-language dubs of anime and in video games.
Cristina Vee was born Cristina Danielle Valenzuela in Los Angeles, California, on July 11, 1987. She has Lebanese, Indigenous Mexican (Tepehuán), and Spanish ancestry.
Vee grew up in Norwalk, California, where she attended public school. She became interested in music at an early age and participated in the Norwalk All City band during middle school and high school. Her classmates called her "Sailor Moon Girl" because of her interest in acting and animation. She also helped start the anime club at John Glenn High School.
Vee studied theatre arts at California State University, Long Beach, graduating in 2007.
During college, Vee experienced depression and panic attacks that made it difficult for her to attend classes. She later explained that, although she enjoyed studying theatre and performing in productions, college was a difficult period in her life.
Vee originally wanted to become an animator. However, after watching Sailor Moon at the age of 12, she became interested in voice acting. By the age of 16, she had already spent four years doing voice work for amateur online projects. She attended Anime Expo as a fan several times and took part in its AX Idol voice-over contest.
In 2004, Vee participated in a voice-over panel at Anime Expo. She helped operate some of the equipment and received a card from voice actress Wendee Lee, who encouraged her to audition for projects at Bang Zoom! Entertainment. One of her early projects was the anime Samurai Champloo. Her first major role was Kanaria in Rozen Maiden.
In 2008, Vee voiced the main character in Aika R-16: Virgin Mission, Louise in The Familiar of Zero, and Nanoha in Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. She also portrayed Haruhi Suzumiya in promotional videos for the second The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series and appeared as the character at public events.
In 2011, Vee voiced Mio Akiyama in the music comedy series K-On! and Nagisa Saitō in Squid Girl. She also voiced Alisa Bosconovitch in the animated film Tekken: Blood Vengeance and attended anime conventions with the film's writer, Dai Satō, to promote it. In 2012, she voiced Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica.
In 2013, she voiced Princess Yo in Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan and Red Hood in the Ikki Tousen series. The following year, she voiced Morgiana in Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic and the Honoka sisters in Knights of Sidonia.
In 2014, Vee was chosen to voice Sailor Mars, also known as Rei Hino, in the new English dub of Sailor Moon and the series Sailor Moon Crystal. She explained that her portrayal in Crystal was different because Rei was more serious and formal in that series.
In 2015, Vee voiced Noel Vermillion in BlazBlue Alter Memory, Compa in Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation, and Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins. In 2016, she voiced Killua Zoldyck in the English dub of the 2011 anime adaptation of Hunter × Hunter.
In 2021, Vee voiced Vivy in the English dub of the original anime series Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song. In 2025, she voiced Stocking in a new English dub of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, replacing Monica Rial, who had voiced the character in the earlier dub.
In 2012, Vee started a Kickstarter campaign to fund an animated music video with Cybergraphix Animation and Studio APPP. The video's main character, originally called Cristina Veecaloid, was designed by Skullgirls creative director Alex Ahad. The character was later named Milky and became the basis for the mobile game Veecaloid Pop, which was released in 2015.
In 2012, Vee worked on voice casting and voice direction for the video game Skullgirls and its web series. The game was nominated for an Annie Award.
In 2015, Vee began voicing Marinette Dupain-Cheng, also known as Ladybug, in the English dub of the animated series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir. The series premiered on Nickelodeon in December 2015. Vee's performance has been praised by the show's executive producer, Jared Wolfsen, who described her as similar to Ladybug in personality.
Vee also voices Verosika Mayday in the animated web series Helluva Boss. She appeared as the character in episodes released in 2021 and 2024, including "Spring Broken", "Ozzie's", and "Apology Tour".
In June 2023, it was announced that Vee would voice Tere and Toñita in the animated series Primos. The series premiered on Disney Channel in July 2024.
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Vee has voiced characters in many video games, including English-language versions of Japanese games. Some of her roles include Noel Vermillion in BlazBlue, Velvet Crowe in Tales of Berseria, Riven in League of Legends, Four in Drakengard 3, Compa in Hyperdimension Neptunia, Ying in Paladins: Champions of the Realm, and 13-Amp and 5-Volt in the WarioWare series.
Her other roles include Marnie in Pokémon Masters EX, Tulin in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the title character in the Shantae series, Bennett and Xingqiu in Genshin Impact, the Dahlia in Honkai: Star Rail, and Hoshimi Miyabi in Zenless Zone Zero. She also voiced Risky Boots, the main character Shantae's enemy, in the Shantae series.
Vee has also worked as a voice director and producer. She directed and produced the voice work for the video game Indivisible, which raised $1.5 million through crowdfunding in 2015.
Vee has also hosted and appeared in online shows, television programs, and live events. She hosted Anime TV, where she reviewed anime and interviewed guests, and appeared on programs for Funimation and Crunchyroll. She also hosted the League of Legends tournaments IPL4 and IPL5 for IGN in Las Vegas. She has also appeared as a guest at anime conventions in the United States and other countries.
Vee is also a singer. She performed "Dance Through the Danger" for the 2016 video game Shantae: Half-Genie Hero and "Rise and Shine Shantae" for the 2019 game Shantae and the Seven Sirens. She also performed "Until I'm Broken" for the 2012 visual novel Loren the Amazon Princess.
Vee has performed several songs for the mobile game Arknights, including "Boiling Blood", "ALIVE", "Spark for Dream", and "Water Quench". In 2023, she performed the ending theme for the English dub of Digimon Adventure:, titled "KUYASHISAWA TANE".
She has also uploaded covers of anime songs to YouTube. In 2015, she released an extended play (EP) titled Menagerie with DJ Bouche through Viewster's Omakase subscription service. In August 2017, she and YouTuber Nathan Sharp, also known as NateWantsToBattle, released a cover of Charlie Puth's song "Attention". She later signed with the independent record label Give Heart Records.
Vee has also recorded a cover of "Animal" by The Living Tombstone with the 8-Bit Big Band, arranged by Charlie Rosen. In April 2024, she released a cover of "Whatever It Takes" from the animated series Hazbin Hotel, featuring Sofia Gomez and Tre Watson.
Vee moved from Norwalk to the Eagle Rock area of Los Angeles in 2012.
In January 2018, Vee became engaged to voice actor and musician Nathan Sharp. The couple separated in August 2018.
In February 2024, an anonymous user on Twitter incorrectly included Vee on a list of voice actors accused of being Zionists. Vee and her fans responded by sharing evidence of her support for Palestine and participation in boycotts opposing Zionism. She received death threats and later deactivated her account. The user who posted the list apologized and later deactivated their account following criticism.
Christina Vee (Velenzuela) is the voice of the Ladybug on Nickelodeon's Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Christina Vee (Velenzuela) ('07) – Voice of the Ladybug on Nickelodeon's Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
Of the English leads, Cristina Valenzuela is the more fortunate, as Louise has Eiji Usatsuka's blindingly cute design to fall back on. Valenzuela also has the good sense to tone down Louise's wilder swings, creating a slightly more mature variation on the character.
Only Louise, performed by Cristina Valenzuela is passable while every other character, including Saito's voice actor Jonathan Meza is terrible.
Christina Vee, the voice of intriguing transfer student Homura Akemi in the dub, says that her character is the most "complex" she has played yet and that kind of character depth is prevalent throughout the show.
Curiously, Bang Zoom! Entertainment regulars Christine Marie Cabanos (as Nepgear) and Cristina Vee (as Compa) are make appearances in the cast.
Highlight performancess include Cristina Vee as the pig Hawk, Ben Diskin (Sai in Naruto Shippūden, Death Gun in Sword Art Online 2) as Ban, and Max Mittelman (Inaho in Aldnoah.Zero) as King, but really, even down to bit performances one would be hard-pressed to find even a mediocre delivery.
I recall seeing someone say that it is Sailor Moon meets Kim Possible. Considering both series are extremely well-done that is a great thing to hear and shows the great potential this series has. Moreover it is a fair enough stamen. More so when the voice of Mariette, Christina Vee, is also that of Sailor Mars in the new Viz Media dub of the classic anime.
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Voice of Sailor Mars 2014-present |
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