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Melissa Fahn
Fahn at Anime USA 2015
Born	Huntington, New York
Other names	Melissa Charles Tina Dixon
Alma mater	Edison (Huntington Beach, California)
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1985–present
Agent(s)	Arlene Thornton and Associates
Spouse	Joel Alpers (m. 2002)
Children	1
Family	Tom Fahn (brother) Jonathan Fahn (brother) Mike Fahn (brother)
Musical career
Instrument	Vocals
Musical artist

Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim, Dendy in the Cartoon Network animated series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Hello Kitty in Hello Kitty's Paradise, as well as voicing many anime and video game characters like Himawari Uzumaki from Boruto, Edward from Cowboy Bebop, Silver Wolf in Honkai: Star Rail, Neptune from Hyperdimension Neptunia and Rider and her various other incarnations in the Fate stay/night franchise. She starred in the Broadway performance of Wicked and various theatre projects in Los Angeles.

Early life and education

Fahn was born in Long Island, New York to Michael and Millie Fahn. She is the youngest of four siblings. She performed dancing at the age of 3. Her family moved to Huntington Beach, California. Her father, a jazz drummer, encouraged her to learn singing and acting in addition to just dancing. She continued in community theater productions and toured with Young Americans. She majored in dance at California State University, Long Beach, but left after one year to devote her time to work and theater.

Career

While working as a receptionist, her voice caught the attention of a casting director for a new Betty Boop featurette, which led to her first voice-over role in The Betty Boop Movie Mystery. Fahn has voiced many animated characters, Edward in Cowboy Bebop, Haruka in Noein, Gaz as well as others in Invader Zim, and Rika Nonaka, Kristy Damon and Nene Amano in Digimon. She is the voice of Neptune in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series.

She performed live on stage worldwide in shows such as Hal Prince's 3hree, Gilligan's Island the Musical, Singin' in the Rain, No, No, Nanette and the rock-operas of Vox Lumiere.

In 2007, Fahn released her music album Avignon which was produced by her husband, Joel Alpers. The album also involved her brother Tom on trombone and sister-in-law Mary Ann McSweeney in bass. Alpers also played drums and percussion.

Wicked

Fahn was a member of the ensemble in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked. In March 2004, Fahn became an understudy for the role of Glinda, replacing Melissa Bell Chait who had suffered a minor stroke. Fahn departed the show on October 31, 2004. She later became an original cast member of the Los Angeles sit-down productions, performing in the ensemble and again understudying the role of Glinda before departing on December 30, 2007.

Personal life

Fahn has three older brothers: Mike Fahn is a musician, while Tom Fahn and Jonathan Fahn are fellow voice and stage actors. In 2000, Fahn met musician Joel Alpers in Los Angeles, and they wed at Kauai, Hawaii, in 2002.

Filmography

Animation

Film

Video games

Theater

Live action television and film

Dubbing roles

Anime

Film

Video games

Discography

• Avignon (2007)

Notes

References

1. ^ "Black Magic M-66 – Buried Treasure – Anime News Network". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
2. ^ "Character Bio". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
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   • "Sega Addicts – Review: Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory (PS3)". Sega Addicts. April 10, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
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10. Perlmutter 2014, p. 319
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15. "Tower of Fantasy". game8.co. December 28, 2022.
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22. "Cowboy Bebop". PopMatters. January 18, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
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24. "Fox Grabs More Anime Titles!". Anime News Network. March 20, 2000. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
25. "Fooly Cooly". FLCL. Episode 1 – via Funimation.
26. "Moon Flower Design". Mahoromatic: Automatic Maiden. Episode 6. Hulu.
27. Martin, Theron. "Mahoromatic". usaanime.us. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
28. "A Big, Black, Hard, Shiny, Smelly, Noise-Making Creature". Hare+Guu. Episode 9. Event occurs at Closing credits, English Voice Cast.
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31. "'Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works' English Language Anime Dub Cast Revealed With Trailer". The Fandom Post. Retrieved January 29, 2016.
32. @Kitsune96 (November 4, 2018). "These episodes credits confirmed who voices these characters for Boruto: Naruto Next Generations" (Tweet). Retrieved November 4, 2018 – via Twitter.
33. "My Next Life as a Villainess Anime's English Dub Reveals Cast". Anime News Network. May 15, 2020. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
34. "Cowboy Bebop". The Guardian. July 21, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
35. "Facebook Post". Viz Media's Facebook Page. Archived from the original on February 26, 2022.
36. "Promare Anime Film's English-dubbed Trailer Streamed (Updated)". Anime News Network. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
37. Ciolek, Todd (April 21, 2010). "The X Button – Riding, Roping, and Robots". Anime News Network.
38. "Asia Pacific Arts: Sakura Wars: About Time, Damn it". usc.edu. Retrieved January 28, 2016.
39. Nintendo Mobile (July 19, 2018). "Fire Emblem Heroes – New Heroes (Ylissean Travelers)". Archived from the original on December 12, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2018 – via YouTube.
40. "Honkai: Star Rail official website - May this journey lead us starward". Retrieved August 28, 2022.

Bibliography

• Beck, Jerry (2005). The Animated Movie Guide. Chicago Review Press. 386pp. ISBN 9781569762226.
• Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle F. (2009). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (9th ed.). Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 9780307483201.
• Chance, Norman (2010). Who was who on TV. Vol. 1. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456821296.
• Chance, Norman (2011). Who was who on TV. Vol. 2. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456821647.
• Chance, Norman (2011). Who was who on TV. Vol. 3. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456824563.
• Terrace, Vincent (2008). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2d ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486410.
• Terrace, Vincent (2014). Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998–2013. McFarland. ISBN 9781476616452.
• Perlmutter, David (2014). America Toons In: A History of Television Animation. McFarland. ISBN 9781476614885.

External links

• Melissa Fahn at IMDb
• Melissa Fahn at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Melissa Fahn, Melissa Charles, Tina Dixon at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database

• Living people
• Actresses from Los Angeles
• American musical theatre actresses
• American sopranos
• American stage actresses
• American video game actresses
• American voice actresses
• American women singers
• California State University, Long Beach alumni
• Singers from Los Angeles
• 20th-century American actresses
• 21st-century American actresses
• 20th-century American singers
• 21st-century American singers