Elizabeth Maxwell

Birth Date: 13/10/1983

A BFA in Theater from Chapman University gave Elizabeth Maxwell the tools; a relocation to Austin, Texas gave her the opportunity. The California-born actress built an early career in on-camera work before Funimation opened the door to anime dubbing in 2013. Best known for Ymir in Attack on Titan, Sae Niijima in Persona 5, and Albedo in Overlord, she has since extended her reach to Nintendo's Zelda franchise, Dragon Ball Super, My Hero Academia, and the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series.

Elizabeth Maxwell’s Path From California to the Voice Booth

Theater training at Chapman University, where she earned her BFA, set the foundation for a career that would eventually branch far from the stage. After relocating to Los Angeles and collecting early on-camera credits – including a guest appearance on Criminal Minds and a role in the psychological thriller A Perfect Getaway – Maxwell made a second move, this time to Austin, Texas, where she was pointed toward the world of voice acting. That recommendation changed everything.

Attack on Titan and the Role That Launched a Career

When Funimation cast Maxwell as Ymir in Attack on Titan in 2013, the performance hit harder than anyone anticipated. Ymir is a character of contradictions – guarded, sardonic, deeply loyal – and Maxwell navigated that complexity in a way that earned her a BTVA People’s Choice Award for Best Vocal Ensemble in 2015. The role became a benchmark for what she could do with morally layered characters, and the industry took notice fast.

Persona 5, Zelda, and the Video Game Ladder

Sae Niijima in Persona 5 marked a turning point in Maxwell’s gaming footprint. The character – a rigid prosecutor concealing her own fractures – demanded precision over bravado, and Maxwell delivered a performance that ran through Persona 5 Royal and Persona 5 Strikers without losing an ounce of its edge. Around the same time, Nintendo cast her as Urbosa and Riju in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and its sequel Tears of the Kingdom, adding a different kind of gravity to her game credits. Her work as Saeko Mukoda in the Yakuza/Like a Dragon series has extended that gaming profile into 2026.

Albedo, Midnight, and a Defining Anime Decade

Beyond Ymir, Maxwell’s anime catalog reads like a map of the past decade’s biggest English dubs. Albedo in Overlord, Bishamon across both seasons of Noragami, Midnight in My Hero Academia, Caulifla and Kefla in Dragon Ball Super, Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Arise, and Arisa Uotani in Fruits Basket – each role built on the last. The connective tissue across these characters is an authority in the voice, a coolness under pressure, that makes audiences believe the character before a word of backstory arrives.