Caitlynn French

Caitlynn French
Born
Caitlynn Lindsay Shae French[1]

(1989-05-08) May 8, 1989 (age 35)[2][3][1]
Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.[1]
Alma materSouthwestern College
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2006–present
Spouse
Justin Brasfield
​
(m. 2014)​
[4]
RelativesShaelynn French (sister)

Caitlynn Lindsay Shae French[1] (born May 8, 1989)[3][1] is an American voice actress known for her work on English adaptations of Japanese anime shows and films associated with Media Blasters and Sentai Filmworks. Some of her major voice roles include Shiro in No Game No Life, Tina Sprout in Black Bullet, Miyu Edelfelt in Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya, Hana Isuzu in Girls und Panzer, Naru Sekiya in Hanayamata, Ai Astin in Sunday Without God, Matsurika Shinoji in Maria Holic, Chiaki Kurihara from Bodacious Space Pirates, Mei Tachibana in Say "I love you", Kanna Makino in Tamako Market, and Leviathan in Leviathan The Last Defense.

Biography

French was born in Fort Worth on May 8, 1989[1] and raised in Derby, Kansas. Along with her younger sister Shaelynn, she was drawn into the performing arts.[4] As a high school student at Derby High School, French performed in musicals and stage plays such as West Side Story, Seussical and The People Vs. Maxine Lowe. She later attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas and earned a degree in Theater Performance there in 2011.[4]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2013 Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions the Movie: Rikka Takanashi Revision Female clerk
2014 Bodacious Space Pirates: Abyss of Hyperspace Chiaki Kurihara
2014 Tamako Love Story Kanna Makino
2015 Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Past Sakura Inami
2015 Beyond the Boundary: I'll Be Here – Future
2015 Girls und Panzer der Film Hana Isuzu
2017 No Game No Life: Zero Schwi Dola

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2006 Intrigue in the Bakumatsu – Irohanihoheto Additional Voices Episode: "A Foul Star in the Sky"
2009 Kampfer Ryouka Yamakawa Guest role (5 episodes)
2009–2010 Armed Librarians: The Book of Bantorra Qumola, Woman A, Additional Voices Recurring role (27 episodes)
2009
2011 		Maria Holic Matsurika Shinoji Main role (24 episodes)
2011 Rio: Rainbow Gate! Ille Adams Recurring role (13 episodes)
2011 Mayo Chiki! Kureha Sakamachi Main role (13 episodes)
2011–2012 Majikoi! Angel Itagaki, Additional Voices Recurring role (9 episodes)
2012 Shining Hearts: Shiawase no Pan Kagyua Guest role (4 episodes)
2012 Bodacious Space Pirates Chiaki Kurihara Main role (20 episodes)
2012–2013 AKB0048 Suzuko Kanzaki Main role (25 episodes)
(Includes Next Stage)
2012 The Ambition of Oda Nobuna Maeda Inuchiyo Recurring role (12 episodes)
2012 Say I Love You Mei Tachibana Main role (13 episodes)
2012–2013 Girls und Panzer Hana Isuzu Main role (12 episodes)
2012–2014 Little Busters! Mio Nishizono Main role (Season 1)
Recurring role (Refrain & EX)
(28 episodes)
2013 Tamako Market Kanna Makino Main role (12 episodes)
2013 Little Busters! Midori Nishizono Guest role (2 episodes)
2013 My Youth Romantic Comedy Is Wrong, As I Expected Minami Sagami Guest role (4 episodes)[5]
2013 Leviathan: The Last Defense Leviathan Main role (13 episodes)
2013 Hakkenden: Eight Dogs of the East Princess Yana, Additional Voices Guest role (6 episodes)
2013 The World God Only Knows Tsukiyo Kujo, Vulcanus Guest role (7 episodes)
2013 Golden Time Chinami Guest role (20 episodes)
2013 Beyond the Boundary Sakura Inami Recurring role (10 episodes)
2013–2014 Sunday Without God Ai Main role (13 episodes)
2013–2016 Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA Miyu Edelfelt Main role (30 episodes)
(Includes 2wei! nd 2wei Herz!)
2014 My Neighbor Seki: The Master of Killing Time Sakura Guest role (5 episodes)
2014 Black Bullet Tina Sprout Main role (10 episodes)
2014 No Game No Life Shiro Main role (12 episodes)
2014 Hanayamata Naru Sekiya Main role (12 episodes)
2014–2015 Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon Chris Recurring role (20 episodes)
2016–2017
2020 		God Complex Kebechet, Nike Guest role (5 episodes)
2017 Just Because! Additional Voices
2017 My Girlfriend is Shobitch Guest role (6 episodes)
2018 Hakumei and Mikochi Koharu Episode: “"A Ladder in the Tree/The Metropolitan Lifestyle/Photo of a Smile"
2019 7 Seeds Hotaru Guest role (3 episodes)
2020 BanG Dream! Additional voices Season 2[6]
2020 The Pet Girl of Sakurasou Mashiro Shiina Main Role[7]
2020 Fragtime Misuzu Moritani Main Role[8]

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2016 Lucid9: Inciting Incident Airi Hiraga
2016 Backstage Pass Trina
2017 Valentine Panic! Leia

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VDBB-Y2W [bare URL]
  2. ^ Burke, David (June 28, 2018). "Derby native returns to festival as anime star". The Wichita Eagle.
  3. ^ a b Caitlyn French [@CaitlynnFrenchV] (May 9, 2021). "Thank you all so much for all the birthday wishes and love.
    Over half a year of an intense program for a new day job in the midst of a socially isolating pandemic, it's easy to feel irrelevant.
    I mean technically I am, but still, y'all show love anyways.
    ♥ Thank you. ♥"     (Tweet). Retrieved September 30, 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ a b c Dinell, David (March 25, 2015). "Derby grad finds success in voice acting". Derby Informer. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "Caitlynn French (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 17 September 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  6. ^ "BanG Dream! 2nd Season Official English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. April 9, 2020. Archived from the original on April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 10, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Pet Girl of Sakurasou Official English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. July 23, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-24. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  8. ^ "Fragtime Official English Dub Cast List". Sentai Filmworks. July 28, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-07-29. Retrieved July 28, 2020.