Emily Neves is an American voice actress known for her contributions to the English dubbing of Japanese anime series. Some of her major voice roles include Kotomi Ichinose in Clannad, Kanade "Angel" Tachibana in Angel Beats, Minene Uryu in Future Diary, Yuuko Kanoe in Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, Chelsea in Akame ga Kill!, Angelise Ikaruga Misurugi in Cross Ange, Toriko Nishina in Otherside Picnic, Ayase Shinomiya in Guilty Crown, Sheffield in Azur Lane, Umaru Doma in Himouto! Umaru-chan and Lammis in Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon.
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Biography
Neves was born in Houston, Texas. Her interest in acting began at age 12 when she performed for the first time in a theater production of West Side Story at a local performing arts camp. She attended James E. Taylor High School in Katy, Texas, where she performed as a soprano in the school's choir. During her junior year, she participated in the University of South Florida's Broadway Theatre Project and worked with the program's founding director Ann Reinking alongside Patti Lupone, Ben Vereen and Gwen Verdon, with Neves mentioning she was in "one of [Verdon's] last dance classes." After finishing high school in 2000, she attended Texas State University in San Marcos as a drama and acting major.
In early 2005, she competed in the fourth season of the Fox reality singing competition American Idol, advancing from the Las Vegas auditions to the Hollywood round, where she was eliminated.
Neves began her voice acting career in 2008 after attending an anime audition. Her debut anime role was a bit part in Kiba.
She was a resident stage actress at the Alley Theatre in Houston.
Personal life
Neves married fellow voice actor Andrew Love in 2011. In 2015, she stated on her Twitter that they had amicably divorced.
Since 2020, she has been in an ongoing relationship with voice actor David Matranga.