Michelle Suzanne Ruff (September 22, 1967, Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American voice actress. She is known for her work in anime and video games. In her early career in voice work, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her notable roles are: Chi in Chobits, Rukia Kuchiki in Bleach, Aoi Sakuraba in Ai Yori Aoshi, Elie in Rave Master, Yoko Littner in Gurren Lagann, and Yuki Nagato in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. In some of the Resident Evil games, she voices Jill Valentine. She also voices Cream the Rabbit in the Sonic the Hedgehog video games.
Ruff grew up in Michigan and graduated from Michigan State University. While she was there, she worked at a talent agency and attended a radio audition, which marked her first venture into the voiceover business. In Chicago, she studied with Second City, Players Workshop and Improv Olympic.
After moving to Los Angeles, she worked with some directors on looping and voice work for films and TV shows. In an Anime Dream interview, Ruff credits Richard Epcar, Steve Kramer and Michael Sorich for training her to dub anime. In the Digimon series, she was referred by director Mary Elizabeth McGlynn to audition for Lopmon and Antylamon in the third season, and in the fourth season she landed the lead part of Zoe. Ruff said that it was her first show that made it to TV, and a show that let her "work my acting muscle". She played tomboy-ish characters Miyao in Carried by the Wind: Tsukikage Ran and Kiki Rosita in Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team.
In 2007, Ruff received two nominations for the American Anime Awards, one for Best Actress for her work in Bleach and Lupin the 3rd, and one for Best Actress in a Comedy for Lupin the 3rd, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively. In 2009, the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA; whom organized the Anime Expo) gave her an SPJA Industry Award for Best Voice Actress (English) for her work as Rukia Kukichi in the Bleach movie Memories of Nobody.
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| 2019-2021 | 
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Nat | The Promised Neverland |
| 2019-2021 | 
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Damdin | The Promised Neverland |
| 2017-2019 | 
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Chi-Chi | Dragon Ball Super |
| 2006 | 
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Maria Renard | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night |
| 2006 | 
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Maria Renard (Young) | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night |
| 2000 | 
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Hollyrock Reporter | Fruity Pebbles |