Victoria Harwood
{{short description|British-born voice actress}}
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Victoria Claire Harwood is a British-born voice actress based in the United States. She works for anime roles at Geneon Entertainment/New Generation Pictures.
Biography
Harwood was born in Devon, England in 1961 to an English father and Armenian mother (Takouhi Avakian). She grew up from the age of two in Nicosia, Cyprus, where her mother's family had lived since 1936.{{Cite web|url=https://cyprus-mail.com/2014/07/23/1974-teenage-diary/|title=1974 teenage diary | Cyprus Mail}} She moved to London when she was 18.{{Cite web|url=https://www.armidabooks.com/book-authors/victoria-butler-sloss/|title=Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss}}
Harwood started her career as a dancer before moving into television. She appeared in Auf Wiedersehen, Pet as Bettina in 'The Accused' released in 1983. She also appeared in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes as Sophy Kratides in 'The Greek Interpreter' in 1985. Harwood trained at RADA and worked in theater in London and Europe before marrying film producer William Butler-Sloss. She moved to Hollywood with her husband and two sons, Arum and Roibhilin and continues to work in voice overs.[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0367846/bio Victoria Harwood (I) - Biography] Her best-known role is that of Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing and in The Last Remnant as Roeas.
Harwood's first book, The Seamstress of Ourfa, published in 2018, is the first in a trilogy beginning in the Ottoman Empire in 1895 and following four generations of women until the present day.
Her husband William died in 2018.
Filmography
=Anime=
- Bayonetta: Bloody Fate - Umbran Elder
- DearS - Rubi
- Hellsing - Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing
- Hellsing Ultimate - Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing{{cite episode | series = Hellsing Ultimate | series-link = Hellsing Ultimate | title = Hellsing Ultimate III | airdate = October 4, 2014 | network = Adult Swim | episode-link=List of Hellsing episodes#Hellsing Ultimate | number = 3 | at=Closing credits}}
- Monster - English Wife (ep. 20)
- Paranoia Agent - Housewife B
- Strawberry Eggs - Guidance Counselor
- Sid and Nancy - Hermione
- Texhnolyze - Eriko "Doc" Kaneda
=Video games=
- The Last Remnant - Roeas{{cite video game | developer=Square Enix | title=The Last Remnant | publisher=Square Enix | scene=Ending credits, 2:11 in, English Voice Recording, Cast | year=2008}}
- Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria - Roussalier{{cite web|title=Behind The Voice Actors – Victoria Harwood|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Victoria-Harwood/|publisher=Behind The Voice Actors|access-date=October 5, 2019}} – green check mark indicates roles that have been verified by BTVA through closing credits
References
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External links
- {{anime News Network|people|id=5057|name=Victoria Harwood}}
- {{IMDb name|id=0367846|name=Victoria Harwood}}
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Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Category:Immigrants to the United States
Category:British television actresses
Category:British video game actresses
Category:British voice actresses
Category:20th-century British actresses