Melissa Fahn

Melissa Fahn (born April 28, 1967) is an American voice actress and singer. She starred in the Broadway performance of Wicked and various theatre projects in Los Angeles.

Melissa Fahn
Fahn at Anime USA 2015
Born	(1967-04-28) April 28, 1967 New York City City
Other names	Melissa Charles[1] Tina Dixon[2]
Alma mater	California State University at Long Beach[3]
Occupation	Actress, singer
Years active	1985–present
Agent	Arlene Thornton and Associates
Family	Tom Fahn (brother) Jonathan Fahn (brother)
Musical career
Instruments	Vocals
Labels	Moja Sound

Personal life

Fahn was born in New York City and raised in Huntington, Long Island, as 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.[3]

Fahn has three older brothers: Michael Fahn is a musician, while Tom Fahn and Jonathan Fahn are fellow voice and stage actors. In 2000, Fahn met musician Joel Alpers on the set of Vox Lumiere in Los Angeles, and they wed at Kauai, Hawaii, in 2002.[4]

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.[3] Fahn has voiced many animated characters, such as Luna in Mega Man Star Force, 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.[5]

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.[4]

Wicked

Fahn is a member of the ensemble in the original Broadway cast of Stephen Schwartz's musical Wicked. In March 2004, Fahn played an understudy for Glinda, replacing Melissa Bell Chait who suffered a 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.

Filmography

Animation

List of voice performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
1989	The Betty Boop Movie Mystery	Betty Boop		Resume
1998	The Wild Thornberrys	Katrina, Russian teenager		[7]
2001	Invader Zim	Gaz Membrane, others		[7][8][9]
	Zentrix	Akina		Resume
	The Ren & Stimpy Show	Fan club member, others		Resume
2009	Gormiti	Jessica	Season 1	Press[10]
2017	OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes	Dendy		[7]
2019	Pucca: Love Recipe	Ching

Film

List of voice performances in feature, direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
2019	Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus	Gaz Membrane	Television film	[11]

Video games

List of voice performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
2008	SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom	Gaz Membrane		[7]
2011	Nicktoons MLB	Gaz Membrane		[7]
2019	Steven Universe: Unleash the Light	Demantoid		[12]

Theater

List of acting performances in theater

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[13]
2003	Wicked	Ensemble Soloist, Glinda (understudy)	Original Broadway production, Los Angeles production	[14]

Live action television and film

List of acting performances in film and television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[15]
	Passions	Young Esmerelda		Resume
1993	Beverly Hills 90210	Student in Black	Ep. "Emily"	[16]
	Head of the Class	Stephanie		Resume
	The Eddie Files	The Waitress		Resume
	Fast Food	Cookie	short film	Resume
	A Night at the Roxbury			Resume
	The Last Day			Resume
	Say Anything...			Resume
	Cast a Deadly Spell			Resume
1988	Salsa	Featured Dancer		Resume
	Zombie Prom	Studio singer		Resume
2011	Tick Tock Boom Clap	Sara		Press[10]

Dubbing roles

Animation English dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in animation

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
1992	Super Dimension Fortress Macross II: Lovers, Again	Amy	As Melissa Charles	CA
1992–93	Guyver OVAs	Mizuki Segawa	As Melissa Charles Also Guyver II	CA
1993	Moldiver	Mao Shirase	As Melissa Charles OVA	CA
1995	Black Magic M-66	Ferris	As Melissa Charles	[1]
1995	Phantom Quest Corp	Nanami Rokugou	As Melissa Charles OVA	CA
1995–99	El-Hazard series	Alielle, others	Voice acting as Melissa Charles under El-Hazard Talent English Vocal for theme song "Clever" in Wanderers as Melissa Fahn	CA[17]
1997	Tokyo Revelation	Kiyoko	As Melissa Charles OVA	CA
1998–2000	Fushigi Yuugi series	Nyan Nyan	As Melissa Charles	CA
1999	Cowboy Bebop	Edward	As Melissa Charles	[18][19]
1999	Jungle de Ikou!	Natsumi, Mei		CA
1999	Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket	Dorothy	As Melissa Charles	CA
1999	Hello Kitty's Paradise	Hello Kitty		Press[10]
2000	Apocalypse Zero	Megumi	As Melissa Charles OVA	CA
2000	Arc the Lad	Shante, others	As Melissa Charles	CA
2000	Black Heaven	Psychic Bell Ringer	As Melissa Charles	CA
2000	Magic Knight Rayearth 2	Tarta & Tatra	As Melissa Charles	CA
2000	Panda! Go, Panda!	Panny		CA
2000	FLCL	Eri Ninamori	As Heather Lee Joelson	Press[10][20]
2001	Samurai Girl Real Bout High School	Nanako Hishinuma	As Tina Dixon	[2]
2001	Samurai: Hunt for the Sword	Lei Lin	As Melissa Charles	CA
2001	Blood: The Last Vampire	Linda	OVA	CA
2001	Digimon Tamers	Rika Nonaka/Sakuyamon		[7]
2001	Gate Keepers	Specs	As Melissa Charles	CA
2001	Mezzo Forte	Mikura Suzuki	As Tina Dixon	CA
2001	Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team	Karen (Child)	As Melissa Charles	CA
2001	Nightwalker	Asami Akiba, Monique	As Melissa Charles	CA
2001	Vampire Princess Miyu	Lilith, Shizuko, Mei-Fah	TV series	CA
2002	Vandread series	Amarone Slainthiev	As Tina Dixon	CA
2002	Digimon Frontier	Narrator		CA
2002	Ys	Feena	As Tina Dixon	CA
2003	Gun Frontier	Various characters	As Tina Dixon	CA
2003	Idol Project	Corvette Hyers	As Tina Dixon	CA
2003	Kikaider	Etsuko Sarutobi		CA
2003	Love Hina Again	Kanako Urashima	As Tina Dixon	CA
2003	Lupin III: Part II	Party Guest		CA
2003	Mahoromatic	Chizuko Oe	As Tina Dixon	[21][22]
2003	Please Teacher!	Kaede Misumi		CA
2003	s-CRY-ed	Cammy, Girl at Party, Chuka		CA
2003	Sakura Wars: The Movie	Orihime Soletta	As Tina Dixon	CA
2003	Wild Arms: Twilight Venom	Michelle Fran	As Tina Dixon	CA
2004	Burn-Up Scramble	Various characters	As Tina Dixon	CA
2004	Kaze no Yojimbo	Miyuki Tanokura		CA
2004	Sakura Taisen: Sumire	Orihime Soletta	As Tina Dixon	CA
2004–05	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series	Tachikoma	Also 2nd Gig, Tachikomatic Complex	CA
2005	Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo	Various characters	As Tina Dixon	CA
2006–07	Haré+Guu	Rebecca	As Tina Dixon	[23]
2005	Le Portrait de Petit Cossette	Woman (Mistress)	As Tina Dixon OAV series	CA
2005	Mars Daybreak	Vestamona "Vess" Lauren		CA
2005	New Getter Robo	Ruby, Lab Staff	As Tina Dixon	CA
2005	Samurai Champloo	Various characters	As Tina Dixon	CA
2005	Skyhigh	Sayuri Toyama	As Tina Dixon	CA
2005	Tenjho Tenge	Mana Kuzunoha	As Tina Dixon	CA
2005	Zatch Bell!	Tia		[24]
2006	Karas	Chizuru		CA
2006	Noein	Haruka Kaminogi		CA
2007	Digimon Data Squad	Kristy Damon		CA
2007	Blue Dragon	Bouquet		[25]
2008	Stitch!	Sasha/Ani/Young Lilo		Press[10]
2013	Digimon Fusion	Nene Amano		[7]
2013	Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation	Neptune		Press[10]
2014	Knights of Sidonia	Izana Shinatose		Press[10]
2015	Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works	Rider		[26]
2018	Boruto: Naruto Next Generations	Himawari Uzumaki		[27]
2018	Lost Song	Finis
2019	Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia	Ana
2020	Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045	Tachikoma		[7]
2020	My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!	Maria Campbell		[28]

Film English dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in feature, direct-to-video and television films

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
1999	Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy	Fraw Bow	As Melissa Charles	CA
2001	Ah! My Goddess: The Movie	Sora Hasegawa	As Melissa Charles	CA
2002	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	Edward	As Melissa Charles	[29]
2005	Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers	Rika		[7]
2005	Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon	Rika		[7]
2017	Boruto: Naruto the Movie	Himawari Uzumaki
2018	Sailor Moon S: The Movie	Princess Snow Kaguya	Viz media version	[30]
2018	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel I. presage flower	Rider
2019	Promare	Biar Colossus		[31]
2019	Fate/stay night: Heaven's Feel II. lost butterfly	Rider

Video games English dubbing

List of English dubbing performances in video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source[6]
2002	Digimon Rumble Arena	Rika Nonaka		[7]
2006	God Hand	Conchita		[7]
2008	Star Ocean: First Departure	Welch Vineyard		[7]
2009	Star Ocean: Second Evolution	Welch Vineyard		[7]
2009	Revelations: Persona	Maki Sonomura	Only in the PSP remake, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona.	[7]
2010	Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love	Rosarita Aries		[32][33]
2011–present	Hyperdimension Neptunia series	Neptune		[5]
2013	Fire Emblem Awakening	Maribelle		Press[10]
2016	Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness	Welch Vineyard		[7]
2016	World of Final Fantasy	Chocochick		[7]
2017	Fire Emblem Heroes	Tana, Maribelle		[7][34]

Discography

• Avignon (2007)[4]

References

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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. 1. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456821296.
• Chance, Norman (2011). Who was who on TV. 2. Xlibris Corporation. ISBN 9781456821647.
• Chance, Norman (2011). Who was who on TV. 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 on Twitter
• Melissa Fahn at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Melissa Fahn, Melissa Charles, Tina Dixon at Crystal Acids Voice Actor Database
• Melissa Fahn on IMDb