| Karen Strassman (Zhalia Moon)
Birthday:
Birthplace:
AKA: Mia Bradly, Mia Bradley, Mai Bradly, Kristy Pape, Kirsty Pape, Karen Strasman
Voicing Huntik Character: Zhalia Moon
 Karen Strassman is an American voice actress who is most known for voicing many characters in many anime shows, including Fantine in IGPX. She also speaks fluent French and uses a French accent for French characters. Karen Strassman also goes by the aliases of Kirsty Pape and Mia Bradly. Karen Strassman voices Zhalia Moon in HUNTIK TV show.
She is the second English speaking voice actress to provide the English voice of Helena Douglas in the Dead or Alive video game series starting with Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 (2006) (VG). Strassman is also the first voice actress ever to provide the most accurate English voice acting of Helena Douglas using a French accent because Strassman also speaks fluent French.
Karen Strassman has been privileged to have an extraordinarily rich career as a voice-over artist. She has worked in nearly every aspect of the industry: radio and TV commercials, animation, narration, documentaries,
promos, audio books, celebrity voice-matching and voice replacement, internet media, games, talking toys, CD-ROMs, dubbing, looping, ADR...
Major clients have included: Disney, HBO, Sony, Universal Pictures, Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Sci-Fi, Showtime, The CW, CBS, Klasky-Csupo, Viacom, Bandai, Pioneer, Vivendi, Disneyland, Lancome, L'Oreal, Clarins, Vidal Sassoon, Acura, Kia, VU Games, Square Enix Co, Ltd, Ubisoft Entertainment, Technicolor, Hallmark, and Mattel.
 As one of the leading v.o. talents in Paris for many years, Karen could be heard as the voice for Air France, Euro-star, Disneyland Paris and audio tours of the Louvre and the Musée d'Orsay. She's dubbed Juliette Binoche into English and Meg Ryan into French!
Karen is known for her versatility. She has created hundreds of characters of all shapes, sizes, genders, ages, and species, from classic Disney princesses to talking jellyfish. She did over 30 different characters for the Everquest games, and last year even re-voiced a real parrot (the producers ending up keeping her version, as they thought it was more "realistic" than the original). She also specializes in little girls and boys, both
cartoony and realistic (including, recently, re-voicing a real 5-year-old girl with asthma in the feature One Missed Call).
Not only is she bilingual in French (she is the French woman’s voice on the walkie-talkie on Lost), but being a dialect coach, Karen performs a wide range of accents. A few years ago she did a European campaign for
Lancome with a British accent, actually beating out real Brits for the job. She recently re-voiced an ancient “Nordic Wraith” in a Sci-Fi Channel feature, and a male Mayan dwarf chanting in Yucatec for Apocalypto!
Karen feels very blessed to be doing what she loves. She prides herself on fulfilling clients’ needs, taking direction, and bringing her passion, humor and joie de vivre to everything she does.
Performer Skills
Spoken Languages: Danish, German, Swedish, French, Italian
Athletic Skills: Snow Skiing, Yoga, Water Skiing, Aerobics, Equestrian, Fencing, Rollerblading, Ice Skating, Swimming, Tennis, Cycling
Accents: Irish, Scottish, Middle Eastern, Midwest, Russian, Australian, Italian, New York (Brooklyn), Texan, Scandinavian, British, French, German, Cockney, Mexican, Spanish, Asian, New England, Southern
Performance Skills: Improvisation, Dancing, Singing, Dialect Coach, ADR / LOOPING Specialist, Stage Combat, Voiceover, Voice Matching / Voice Replacement, Stunts
Training
Conservatoire National Superieur d’Art Dramatique, Paris, Classical, Voice, Movement, Technique...
Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, Connecticut, Classical, Voice, Movement, Technique (Chekhov, Strasberg, Meisner)...
Bernard Hiller, L.A., Improv, Commercial, Scene Study
Bob MacAndrew, Paris, N.Y., Meisner, Scene Study
Larry Moss Studio, L.A., Scene Study, Lisa Robertson
Tim Phillips, L.A., Scene Study
Steve Eastin, L.A.
American and French Dual Nationality
French Passport - can work throughout Europe, Completely Fluent in French (lived in France for over 15 years)
Voice roles, Anime
.hack//Liminality - Kyoko's Mother
Ai Yori Aoshi - Mayu Miyuki
Angel Tales - Yuki the Snake
Avenger - Io
Babel II - Beyond Infinity - Ryoko
Bleach - Soifon, Momo Hinamori, Dalk
Blue Dragon - Valkyrie
Busou Renkin - Mahiro Muto
Chobits - Yuzuki
Code Geass - Kallen Stadtfeld
Cosmo Warrior Zero - Helmatier
Dangaizer 3 - Natsuki, Reika Fou
DearS - Ren
Fate/stay night - Rider
Gun X Sword - Fasalina
Gundress - Takako
Haibane Renmei - Nemu
Immortal Grand Prix - Fantine Valjean
Kyo Kara Maoh! - Beatrice, Giesela, Cecilie
Last Exile - Queen Delphine
Lucky Star - Miyuki Takara
Planetes - Sia's Mother
Please Teacher! - Konoha Edajima
Please Twins! - Kikuchi
Rozen Maiden - Suigintou
Rurouni Kenshin - Itsuko Katsu
Samurai Champloo - Osuzu
Scrapped Princess - Steyr, Fafal
Shingetsutan Tsukihime - Aoko Aozaki
Strawberry Eggs - Miho's Mother
Tales of Phantasia: The Animation - Mint Adenade
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Kiyoh Ritona
The Big O - Receptionist (ep 19)
When They Cry - Higurashi - Miyo Takano
Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Maiden
Witch Hunter Robin - Chie (ep 6)
X - Satsuki Yatouji
Zatch Bell! - Sherry Belmont (ep 86 and onwards)
Non-anime animated series
Huntik: Secrets & Seekers - Zhalia Moon
Games
Armored Core 4 - Anjou, Mary Shelley
Ar tonelico -Misha Arsellec Lune
Baroque - The Horned Girl (uncredited)
Bleach: Shattered Blade - Soifon, Momo Hinamori
Bleach: The Blade of Fate - Soifon, Momo Hinamori
Cy Girls - J.J.
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 - Helena Douglas
Final Fantasy IV - Rosa Farrell, Barbariccia
Luminous Arc - Cecille (uncredited)
Odin Sphere - Gwendolyn (uncredited)
Operation Darkness - Leona (uncredited)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 - Aigis, Natsuka Moriyama (uncredited)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES - Aigis, Natsuki (uncredited)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Nanako Dojima, Izanami, Saki Konishi, Kanji's mother, additional voices.
Romancing SaGa - Claudia (uncredited)
Rumble Roses XX - Miss Spencer / Mistress (uncredited)
Suikoden V - Sialeeds (uncredited)
Trauma Center: New Blood - Elena Salazar, Kanae Tsuji, Isabella Vazquez, Maria Estrada (uncredited)
Warriors Orochi: Okuni (uncredited)
Street Fighter IV - Sakura Kasugano
Live action
Cutie Honey - Cobalt Claw
| |
