Amy Birnbaum
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Amy Birnbaum is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 voice actress, who works on the properties of 4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment
4Kids Entertainment is an American film and television production company in bankruptcy since April 2011. It is known for English-dubbing Japanese anime and specializing in the acquisition, production and licensing of children's entertainment around the United States...

.

She has done many voiceovers for cartoon
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...

s, mainly dubbing
Dubbing (filmmaking)
Dubbing is the post-production process of recording and replacing voices on a motion picture or television soundtrack subsequent to the original shooting. The term most commonly refers to the substitution of the voices of the actors shown on the screen by those of different performers, who may be...

 for English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 versions of anime. Her works can be found in anime dubs such as Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

, Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yu-Gi-Oh!
is a Japanese manga created by Kazuki Takahashi. It has produced a franchise that includes multiple anime shows, a trading card game and numerous video games...

, Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Kirby: Right Back at Ya!
Kirby: of the stars, known in Japan Kirby right back at ya!', is an anime series based on Nintendo's Kirby franchise. The series was produced by Warpstar Inc., a company formed between a joint investment between Nintendo and HAL Laboratory, Inc.The series, which takes place in a village called...

, Sonic X
Sonic X
is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

(including many of the recent video games), Magical DoReMi
Magical DoReMi
Magical DoReMi, known as in Japan, is a magical girl anime television series created by Toei Animation in 1999. It focuses on elementary school students who become witch apprentices. Led by Doremi Harukaze, the girls must maintain their double lives in secret.Magical DoReMi has been followed up by...

, and G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys produced by Hasbro, re-imagining the characters of the 1980s toyline, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.The Sigma 6 toy line served several purposes for Hasbro...

. Overall, Birnbaum is best known for voicing Tea Gardner in Yu-Gi-Oh!, Charmy Bee from the Sonic the Hedgehog games, and Max of the Pokémon
Pokémon
is a media franchise published and owned by the video game company Nintendo and created by Satoshi Tajiri in 1996. Originally released as a pair of interlinkable Game Boy role-playing video games developed by Game Freak, Pokémon has since become the second most successful and lucrative video...

anime.

Notable roles

  • Cubix: Robots for Everyone
    Cubix: Robots for Everyone
    Cubix is a South Korean animated television series created by Cinepix.-Production:...

    - Chip
  • F-Zero: GP Legend - Lucy Liberty
  • G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
    G.I. Joe: Sigma 6
    G.I. Joe: Sigma 6 is a line of military-themed action figures and toys produced by Hasbro, re-imagining the characters of the 1980s toyline, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero.The Sigma 6 toy line served several purposes for Hasbro...

    - Scarlett, Baroness (Episodes 1 - 8)
  • One Piece
    One Piece
    is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump since August 4, 1997; the individual chapters are being published in tankōbon volumes by Shueisha, with the first released on December 24, 1997, and the 64th volume released as...

    - Miss Father's Day (4Kids dub only)
  • Pokémon
    Pokémon (anime)
    , abbreviated from , is a children's TV anime series, which has since been adapted for the North and South American, Australian and European television markets...

    - Max, Dustox, Winona Seasons 6-8 only, Mary (Seasons 4, 5 and Chronicles)
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Team Go-Getters Out Of The Gate! - Charmander
    Charmander
    Charmander, known as in Japan, is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. Created by Ken Sugimori, Charmander first appeared in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue and subsequent sequels, later appearing in various merchandise, spinoff titles and animated and printed...

  • Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    Pokémon: The Movie 2000
    Pokémon: The Movie 2000, originally released in Japan as , is a 1999 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama as the second Pokémon feature-length film, complementing the Orange Islands saga of the series and featuring several new Pokémon, including Lugia and Slowking...

    - Melody
    Melody
    A melody , also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones which is perceived as a single entity...

  • Rayearth OVA
    Magic Knight Rayearth
    is a Japanese manga series created by Clamp, a manga artist team made up by Satsuki Igarashi, Ageha Ohkawa, Tsubaki Nekoi and Mokona. Rayearth combines elements from the magical girl and mecha anime genres with parallel world fantasy....

    - Umi Ryuuzaki
  • Shadow the Hedgehog
    Shadow the Hedgehog (video game)
    Shadow the Hedgehog is a 2005 video game developed by Sega Studio USA, the former United States division of Sega's Sonic Team. Featuring the titular fictional character Shadow the Hedgehog from Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, the game was revealed at the March 2005 Walk of Game inauguration of...

    - Charmy Bee
  • Shaman King
    Shaman King
    is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiroyuki Takei. Shaman King follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King in the Shaman tournament....

    - Lilly of The Lily Five
  • Sonic X
    Sonic X
    is an anime series based on the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. It was produced in Japan by TMS Entertainment with the partnership of Sega and was created by Sonic Team and Sonic Project. In the United States, 4Kids currently owns and manages copyright and branding of the series.- Series 1 ...

    - Charmy Bee, Cosmo the Seedrian, Helen, Froggy
  • Yu-Gi-Oh! - Téa Gardner (Anzu Mazaki
    Anzu Mazaki
    , known in the English anime and English video games as Téa Gardner, is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Yu-Gi-Oh!.Anzu's given name is sometimes written in hiragana next to the kanji in order to emphasize the fact that her name is read as "Anzu" instead of "Kyoko."-Character...

    ), Bonz (Ghost Kotsuzuka)
  • " Winx Club" voice of stella

Music

Birnbaum sang with The Amalgamates
Amalgamates
The Amalgamates are the premier coed collegiate a cappella group at Tufts University in Medford, MA.With members from all over the United States and the world, the "Mates" have a tradition of musical excellence represented by both the current singers and a network of over 150 alumni worldwide...

at Tufts University and won critical acclaim for her solo work on their recordings.

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