Brittney Karbowski
{{short description|American voice actress}}
{{Use American English|date=March 2024}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Brittney Karbowski
| image = Brittney Karbowski at NFCC 2024.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Karbowski posing with a fan at Niagara Falls Comic Con in 2024
| birth_name = Brittney Marie Karbowski
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|6|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Sugar Land, Texas, U.S.
| alma_mater = University of Houston
| occupation = Voice actress
| years_active = 2004–present{{cite AV media | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUuaSNp0C4 | title=Cat Planet Cuties – Available on BD/DVD Combo on 5.15.12 – Cast Interview | date=May 8, 2012 | author=Funimation | author-link=Funimation | type= Interview with Tia Ballard and Brittney Karbowski | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120822141703/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOUuaSNp0C4 | archive-date=August 22, 2012 | df=mdy-all }}
| works = Full list
| spouse = {{marriage|Matthew Hernandez
|2013}}
| website = {{url|brittneykarbowski.com}}
}}
Brittney Marie Hernandez (nee Karbowski {{IPAc-pl|k|ə|r|ˈ|b|ɔ|f|s|k|i}}; born June 26, 1986){{cite web| url=http://activeanime.com/brittneykarbowski/faq/| access-date=2008-05-03| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503000842/http://activeanime.com/brittneykarbowski/faq/| archive-date=May 3, 2008| df=mdy| title = Brittney Karbowski – FAQ| work = Brittney Karbowski official website| publisher = Active Anime}} is an American voice actress who has voiced in a number of English-language versions of Japanese anime series.
Karbowski was born in Sugar Land, a suburb of Houston and since 2004, she has voiced Mikoto Misaka in A Certain Magical Index and A Certain Scientific Railgun, Migi in Parasyte, Rimuru Tempest in That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Lute in Monster Hunter Stories: Ride On, Sanae Dekomori in Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Yuki Takeya in School-Live!, Nanachi in Made in Abyss, Zircon in Land of the Lustrous, Mikan Yuuki in To Love Ru, Wendy Marvell in Fairy Tail, Yamada in B Gata H Kei, Camie Utushimi in My Hero Academia, and Saori Arisugawa in Tribe Nine.
In addition to her voice acting career, Karbowski has starred in numerous films such as Puncture and The Starving Games.
Early life
Karbowski was born on June 26, 1986, in Sugar Land, Texas.{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020153254/https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Anime-and-manga-mania-3439163.php|archivedate=October 20, 2021|url=https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/Anime-and-manga-mania-3439163.php|title=Anime-niacs unite|author=René A. Guzman|work=My San Antonio|date=March 27, 2012|accessdate=October 20, 2021}} She graduated Kempner High School in 2004[https://www.classfinders.com/people/tx/sugar-land/brittney/karbowski/ Classfinders.com | Brittney Karbowski] and attended University of Houston briefly where she majored in theater.{{cite web | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8848 | title=Anime Supercon Adds Four New Guests | work=Comic Book Resources | date=December 13, 2006 | access-date=June 22, 2014 | author=Anime Supercon | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716152932/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=8848 | archive-date=July 16, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}
==Career==
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Karbowski started her acting career in theater productions such as Little Shop of Horrors, Seussical, and Pirates of Penzance in Houston, Texas.{{cn|date=October 2021}} While playing Janet in a local stage production of The Rocky Horror Show, she was noticed by a director from ADV Films. Her start into the anime business occurred in 2004, when she was asked to be an extra in the series Gantz.{{cite news|url=http://www.pbtalent.com/talent/Talent.aspx?TalentID=200 |title=Brittney Karbowski profile |work=Pastorini-Bosby Talent |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515063747/http://www.pbtalent.com/talent/Talent.aspx?TalentID=200 |archive-date=May 15, 2012 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.voicesfor.org/peace/players.html | title=Voices For Peace | Players | publisher=Voicesfor.org | access-date=June 22, 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035915/http://www.voicesfor.org/peace/players.html | archive-date=March 4, 2016 | df=mdy-all }} By December 2006 she stated that Fuko from Gilgamesh was her favorite dub as she thought the character was "cute and wicked, but wicked in a good way". She eventually received starring roles as Himeko Katagiri in Pani Poni Dash and as Aoba Tsuzaki in Jinki: Extend through her work at ADV Films.{{cite web|url=http://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/475844-1222427|title=Brittney Karbowski resume|work=Pastorini-Bosby Talent|publisher=Resumes.breakdownexpress.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109185537/http://resumes.breakdownexpress.com/475844-1222427|archive-date=January 9, 2016|access-date=December 10, 2011|df=mdy-all}} Karbowski started voicing for Funimation in 2007 with a starring role as Mai in Itsudatte My Santa!.{{cite web | type= Reprinted from her profile at the Ikkicon V anime convention | url=http://mistyibuki.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/brittney-karbowski/ | title=Brittney Karbowski | work=Misty Ikubi | date=November 23, 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140904070700/http://mistyibuki.wordpress.com/2010/11/23/brittney-karbowski/ | archive-date=September 4, 2014 | df=mdy-all }} She also expanded her voice acting to other venues when she voiced her first video game character in 2007 as Pinkun in Akiba's Beat.{{cite web|url=http://www.siliconera.com/2017/03/29/akibas-beat-coming-north-america-europe-may/|title=Akiba's Beat Coming To North America And Europe In May|author=Jenni|date=March 29, 2017|work=Siliconera|access-date=April 26, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427192155/http://www.siliconera.com/2017/03/29/akibas-beat-coming-north-america-europe-may/|archive-date=April 27, 2017|df=mdy-all}} ADV Films ultimately ceased operations in 2008, and several properties were transferred to Funimation.{{Cite web|title=FUNimation Entertainment Awarded Rights to Titles Previously Held by AD Vision|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2008-07-04/funimation-entertainment-awarded-rights-to-titles-previously-held-by-ad-vision|access-date=2021-11-16|website=Anime News Network|language=en}} It was also during this time that she voiced the lead heroine Ayu Tsukimiya in Kanon after the title transfer had taken place.{{cite web | url=http://activeanime.com/brittneykarbowski/2007/11/19/im-playing-ayu-tsukimiya-in-kanon/ | title=I'm Playing Ayu Tsukimiya in Kanon Karbowski | publisher=Active Anime | date=November 19, 2007 | access-date=March 21, 2009 | last=Karbowski | first=Brittney | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120193438/http://activeanime.com/brittneykarbowski/2007/11/19/im-playing-ayu-tsukimiya-in-kanon/ | archive-date=November 20, 2008}} Karbowski has since dubbed dozens of characters including both major and minor roles through Funimation.
File:Brittney Karbowski (52815221253).jpg Richmond in 2023.]]
Karbowski has also had roles in films such as Celie in Up & Down, Susie in Puncture and a backpack girl in The Starving Games. She was slated to be a lead character Zax in the science fiction Code of Evil. Karbowski starred in the 2014 horror film Atrocity.{{cite web|url=http://creepercast01.blogspot.com/2017/03/atrocity-2015-review.html|title=Creepercast: Atrocity (2015) Review|first=Creeper|last=Cast|date=March 19, 2017|website=creepercast01.blogspot.com|access-date=June 5, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519174938/http://creepercast01.blogspot.com/2017/03/atrocity-2015-review.html|archive-date=May 19, 2017|df=mdy-all}}
Personal life
Karbowski was briefly hospitalized with a broken neck in 2010 due to a car accident.{{cite news | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-27/brittney-karbowski-briefly-hospitalized-after-accident | title=Brittney Karbowski Briefly Hospitalized After Accident | work=Anime News Network | date=March 27, 2010 | access-date=June 21, 2014 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903172406/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-27/brittney-karbowski-briefly-hospitalized-after-accident | archive-date=September 3, 2014 | df=mdy-all }}
She married Matthew Hernandez on October 11, 2013. They have two children.{{cite web | url=http://www.fortbendstar.com/2013/08/14/karbowski-hernandez-engagement/ | title=Karbowski-Hernandez Engagement | work=Fortbend Southwest Star Newspaper | date=August 14, 2013 | access-date=November 10, 2013 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110060943/http://www.fortbendstar.com/2013/08/14/karbowski-hernandez-engagement/ | archive-date=November 10, 2013 | df=mdy-all }}
Filmography
{{Main|Brittney Karbowski filmography}}
References
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External links
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- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUF8tPCtgok Local voice actress Brittney Karbowski takes us behind the microphone] at KPRC-TV via YouTube
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