Cristina Vee

Birth Date: 11/07/1987

A Los Angeles native, Cristina Vee built her career through anime dubbing before expanding into games, animation, and voice direction. Best known for Marinette Dupain-Cheng in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, and Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica. Her singing credits include official theme songs for the Shantae video game series.

Cristina Vee’s Rise from Anime Fan to Voice Acting Mainstay

The path started with Sailor Moon. Watching the show as a kid in Norwalk, California convinced Cristina Vee, born Cristina Danielle Valenzuela, that voice acting was the goal, and by her teens she was already recording for online projects. A voice-over panel at Anime Expo 2004 put her in front of Wendee Lee, which led to auditions at Bang Zoom! Entertainment and her breakout role as Kanaria in Rozen Maiden. She studied theatre arts at California State University, Long Beach, graduating in 2007 as her dubbing career took hold.

Miraculous Ladybug and a Global Audience

To millions of younger viewers, her voice belongs to Marinette Dupain-Cheng, the clumsy Parisian teen who transforms into Ladybug in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. She has anchored the English version since its 2015 Nickelodeon premiere, carrying the role through Netflix and Disney runs, multiple TV specials, and the 2023 theatrical film. Producers have credited her energy with shaping the character’s warmth across a decade of episodes.

Anime Dubbing and Video Game Range

Her anime resume runs deep. Highlights include Homura Akemi in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Mio Akiyama in K-On!, Rei Hino, better known as Sailor Mars, in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Killua Zoldyck in Hunter x Hunter, Hawk in The Seven Deadly Sins, and young Satoru Gojo in Jujutsu Kaisen. Gamers know her as Noel Vermillion in the BlazBlue series, Velvet Crowe in Tales of Berseria, Riven in League of Legends, Shantae in the Shantae franchise, Bennett and Xingqiu in Genshin Impact, and Tulin in The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.

Direction, Music, and Recent Work

Behind the microphone, she cast and directed the voices for Skullgirls, earning an Annie Award nomination for the project, and later produced voice-over for Indivisible. Her singing appears in Shantae theme songs and her own released music. Recent credits include Verosika Mayday in Helluva Boss, Stocking in the 2025 Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt dub, Kloe in Trails in the Sky: 1st Chapter, Reina Sakuya in Digimon Beatbreak, and Rudy in Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection.