Michelle Marie

Originally from Oregon, Marie dreamed of pursuing acting from a young age. She studied at a local performing arts center until her teens, participating in community theater and musical productions. She began early explorations of voice acting in high school, inspired by Kira Buckland, Laura Bailey and Sandy Fox, she participated in online voice acting projects for fun. She met her eventual husband during this time, and began to teach herself Japanese by memorizing J-pop lyrics and comparing to their translations.^[1]

After high school, Marie lived in Japan for several years. Initially studying Japanese in college, she went on to teach a year at a Japanese immersion preschool before moving back to Oregon.^[1]

During a voice acting class in Los Angeles in May 2017, Marie decided to pursue voice acting and move there as soon as possible. A year later, Marie married her husband in Oregon before they moved to LA for her to pursue a voice acting career. Within weeks, she submitted her first demo reel and booked her first role.^[1]