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Melissa Fahn (b. April 28, 1973-) is an American voice/stage actress and singer for anime dubs, cartoon series, Broadway and Los Angeles Theatre.
Biography[]
Melissa Fahn was born in New York but grew up in Southern California. Her father worked in television production, giving her, Tom, Jonathan and jazz trombonist Mike Fahn performance experience at their young age. Fahn started singing and dancing at the age of 3, making her musical theater debut at age 12 and privately trained in acting, dancing, and singing. She majored in dance at Cal State Long Beach but left after one year to devote her time to work and theater. At her job as a receptionist, her voice caught the attention of a casting director for a new Betty Boop featurette. Fahn voiced many cartoon and anime characters, notably Luna in Mega Man Star Force, Edward in Cowboy Bebop, Haruka in Noein, and Rika in Digimon. She has performed on Broadway, in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Denver, Paris, Avignon (France), and elsewhere in shows including Hal Prince's 3hree, Gilligan's Island the Musical, "Singin' in the Rain", "No, No, Nanette", and the rock-opera Vox Lumiere. Nominated for a Denver Critics Circle Award as Best Actress in a Musical for her performance as Maria in West Side Story, She recently made her debut as a producer for the Musical Theatre Guild production of "It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's Superman!" in November, 2006. But, most recently she has performed as Daisy Mae in the Los Angeles Musical Theatre Guild’s production of the musical Comedy Li'l Abner, Hope Harcourt in Musical Theatre West's production of "Anything Goes". In 2000, Fahn met musician Joel Alpers on the set of Vox Lumiere in Los Angeles, and in 2002 they got married in Kauai, Hawaii. She works under her maiden name professionally and recorded her debut album "Avignon" with R&B music genre which was produced by her husband, Alpers. It is available on Fahn's official website.
Wicked[]
Fahn is a member of the ensemble in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's mega-hit musical. After a tryout in San Francisco, the show opened on Broadway October 30, 2003. In March 2004 when it was announced that fellow cast member, Melissa Bell Chait had a stroke and was in hospital before she returned, with Fahn replaces as the understudy for the lead role ofGlinda and departed the show on October 31, 2004. She later became an original cast member of the Los Angeles sit-down productions on February 21 and reperformed in the ensemble and understudied the role of Glinda before departing on December 30, 2007.
Discography[]
- Avignon — 2007
Filmography[]
Animation[]
- Ah! My Goddess: The Movie - Sora Hasegawa
- Arc the Lad - Shante, Various
- The Betty Boop Movie Mystery - Betty Boop
- Blade of the Immortal - Ohatsu
- Blood: The Last Vampire - Linda
- Blue Dragon - Bouquet
- Bleach - Unnamed Female Arrancar
- Cowboy Bebop - Edward
- Digimon Tamers - Rika Nonaka
- Digimon Frontier - Narrator
- Digimon Data Squad - Kristy Damon
- Durarara!! - Ganguro Girl, Additional Voices
- El-Hazard - Alielle
- Eureka Seven - Ray Beams, Nirvash, The End
- FLCL - Ninamori Eri
- Flint the Time Detective - Bindi
- Fushigi Yuugi - Nyan Nyan
- Gate Keepers - Megane/Specs
- Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Tachikoma
- Guyver - Mizuki Segawa
- Haré+Guu - Rebecca
- Hello Kitty's Paradise - Hello Kitty
- Idol Project - Corvette Hyers
- Initial D - Kazumi Akiyama AKA Karie (Tokyopop dub)
- Invader Zim - Gaz
- Jin Jin and the Panda Patrol - Additional Voices
- Jungle De Ikou - Natsumi/Mei
- Kannazuki no Miko - Sister Miyako
- Karas - Chizuru
- Kenran Butohsai - Vestemona "Vess" Lauren
- Kikaider - Etsuko
- Love Hina Again - Kanako Urashima
- Magic Knight Rayearth - Tarta & Tatra
- Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden - Chizuko
- Mahoromatic: Something more Beautiful - Chizuko (Eps. 5-11)
- Mars Daybreak - Vestamona Lauren
- Mega Man Star Force - Luna Platz
- Mezzo Forte - Mikura Suzuki
- Mobile Suit Gundam - The Movie Trilogy - Faru Bow
- Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket - Dorothy
- Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team - Karen (Child)
- Moldiver - Mao Shirase
- Naruto - Woman, ep. 101 (uncredited)
- Naruto: Shippuden - Shiho
- New Getter Robo - Ruby, Lab Staff
- Nightwalker - Asami Akiba, Monique
- Noein - Haruka Kaminogi
- Phantom Quest Corp - Nanami Rokugou
- Please Teacher! - Kaede Misumi
- The Ren & Stimpy Show - Fan (ep. Fan Club), Additional Voices
- Rurouni Kenshin - Seta Sōjirō
- Sakura Wars: The Movie - Orihime Soletta
- Samurai Champloo - Budoukiba, Various
- Stitch! - Sasha (Sae)
- Super Dimension Century Orguss - Mimsy
- Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again - Amy
- Tenjho Tenge - Mana Kuzunoha
- Vandread - Amarone Slainthiev
- Wild Arms: Twilight Venom - Michelle Fran
- The Wild Thornberries - Katrina
- Zatch Bell! - Tia
- Zentrix - Akina
Stages[]
- Wicked - Ensemble/understudy Glinda (Original Broadway/Los Angeles companies)
- Vox Lumiere - Coloratura Soloist, Christine (Phantom of the Opera), The Good Diva (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
- Anything Goes - Hope Harcourt (Musical Theatre West)
- The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd - Urchin (Musical Theatre Guild)
- Li'l Abner - Daisy Mae (Musical Theatre Guild)
- No, No Nanette - Flora (Musical Theatre Guild)
- Grease - Marty
- Redhead - Tillie (Musical Theatre Guild)
- The Sunshine Boys - The Nurse
- West Side Story - Maria (Denver Critics Circle Nominee - Best Actress in a Musical)
- Singin' in the Rain - Kathy Selden (Arvada Center) Lina Lamont (Cabrillo Theatre, Ovation Award Nominee - Best Supporting Actress in Musical)
Video games[]
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Norn (uncredited)
- Ar tonelico Qoga: Knell of Ar Ciel - Tyria (uncredited)
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana - Norn (uncredited)
- Blue Dragon - Bouqet, Sura-Sura, Kacura, Noluta, Lago, Village Child
- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair - Charlotte Aulin (uncredited)
- Castlevania: Lament of Innocence - Sara Trantoul (uncredited)
- Cross Edge - Felicia
- Digimon Rumble Arena - Rika Nonaka
- Disgaea Infinite - Ticktock (uncredited)
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - Maribelle
- God Hand - Conchita
- Hexyz Force - Ciel
- Hyperdimension Neptunia - Neptune (Purple Heart)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk2 - Neptune (Purple Heart)
- Hyperdimension Neptunia V - Neptune (Purple Heart)
- Kessen II - Himiko, Huang Yue Ying (uncredited)
- Nicktoons: Globs of Doom - Gaz
- Nicktoons MLB - Gaz
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 2: The Phantom Fortress - Princess Kasumi and Dusk
- Phantasy Star 0/Radiata Stories - Sarisa
- Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love - Rikaritta/Rosarita Aries (uncredited)
- Samurai Warriors - Okuni (uncredited)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked - Yuzu Tanikawa (uncredited)
- Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 - Yumi Ozawa, Additional Voices (uncredited)
- Star Ocean: First Departure - Welch Vineyard
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution - Welch Vineyard
- Suikoden IV - Agnes (uncredited)
- Tales of Graces - Reala, Fermat
- Unchained Blades - Tiana
- Wild Arms 4 - Asia, Fiore, Gob Princess
- Zatch Bell! - Tia