Kayleigh McKee
{{Short description|American voice actress}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Kayleigh McKee
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|01|14}}
| birth_place = Macomb, Illinois, U.S.
| occupation = Voice actress
| years_active = 2016–present
| website = {{url|https://www.kayleigh-mckee.com}}
}}
Kayleigh Grace Clementine McKee{{cite tweet|last=McKee|first=Kayleigh |date=September 8, 2022|title=You know what for today I'm gonna put my full name~|user=ghaspeyvo|number=1567997677648121857|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220908221304/https://twitter.com/GhaspeyVO/status/1567997677648121857|archive-date=September 8, 2022|access-date=September 8, 2022}} (born January 14, 1994) is an American voice actress, known for providing voices in English dubs of Japanese anime and video games. Some of her noteworthy roles include Matthias Hildesheimer in The Strongest Sage With the Weakest Crest and Yuta Okkotsu in Jujutsu Kaisen 0.
Biography
McKee was born in Macomb, Illinois, on January 14, 1994.{{cite tweet|user=GhaspeyVO|number=1347316159100555266|title=Birthday One week 27 time|access-date=March 31, 2022|last=McKee|first=Kayleigh}}{{cite tweet|last=McKee|first=Kayleigh|date=June 16, 2022|title=I'm just gonna say this into the void in case any Wikipedia editors see- I was born in *Macomb, Illinois*, I just grew up much of my life in and around Galesburg and consider it home. I graduated from Abingdon High school (Now Abingdon-Avon)! Its cool that I have a page though~|user=ghaspeyvo|number=1537507479583481861|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616185628/https://twitter.com/ghaspeyvo/status/1537507479583481861|archive-date=June 16, 2022|access-date=June 16, 2022}} She grew up in Galesburg, Illinois, and graduated from Abingdon High School in nearby Abingdon, Illinois. McKee's father was a fan of anime and tabletop role-playing games like Dungeons & Dragons; he introduced McKee to the medium.{{cite web|title=Meet the Trans Voice Actor Starring in the Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Movie|url=https://www.pride.com/geek/2022/3/28/meet-trans-voice-actor-starring-jujutsu-kaisen-0-movie|website=Pride.com|last=Henderson|first=Taylor|date=March 28, 2022|access-date=March 31, 2022}} She later got involved with theater. Being transgender, she was inspired by the actions of Laura Jane Grace, a transgender singer. This eventually motivated McKee to pursue a career voice acting in anime.
Filmography
= Anime series =
= TV series =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in television ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |
| 2023
|Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake |Scarab |Lead role | |
= Film =
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|+ List of voice performances in film ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |
| 2021
|Sword Art Online Progressive: Aria of a Starless Night |Mito (Beta Avatar) | | |
| 2022
|Lead role |{{cite web|title=Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Cast, English-subbed Trailer for Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Anime Film|date=February 25, 2022|access-date=April 1, 2022|website=Anime News Network|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-02-25/crunchyroll-reveals-english-dub-cast-english-subbed-trailer-for-jujutsu-kaisen-0-anime-film/.182995|archive-url=|archive-date=}} |
| rowspan="2"|2024
|Additional Voices | |
| Digimon Adventure: Our War Game!
|Female Employee 2A, Little Boy 2B, Additional Voices | |
= Video games =
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of voice performances in video games ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | Source |
| rowspan="1"|2020
|Rongshi, Chai Yi | |
| rowspan="3"|2021
|Varden Dawngrasp | |
| NEO: The World Ends with You
|Eiru, Jo Makita, Additional Voices | |
| Guilty Gear Strive
| |
| rowspan="2"|2022
|Zepydra | |
| Escape Academy
|Eel Barnes | |
| rowspan="2"|2023
|Alpione | |
| Cassette Beasts
|Dorian, Sunny, Additional Voices | |
References
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{{cite web |date=August 8, 2021 |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/08/08/kayleigh-mckee-trans-voice-artist\ |title=Trans actor explains why voicing Hearthstone's first non-binary character was so important to her |publisher=PinkNews |access-date= }}{{Dead link|date=April 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.kayleigh-mckee.com}}
- {{ANN|people|208764}}
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Category:Actresses from Illinois
Category:American transgender actresses
Category:American video game actresses
Category:American voice actresses
Category:LGBTQ people from Illinois
Category:People from Galesburg, Illinois