Kari Kay Wahlgren is an American actress, voice actress, and singer, best known for her extensive voice work in mostly anime and video games, as well as in Western animation.
Early life[]
Wahlgren was born and raised in Hoisington, Kansas. She was inspired as a child by the Disney Princesses and other voices in animation. Her parents were teachers, which encouraged her to support charities and organizations that promote reading and education later in her career. On her eleventh birthday, when she and her family were in California and toured the building for Focus on the Family, she was asked to do a bit role in their radio drama Adventures in Odyssey, as an eleven-year-old character named Gloria McCoy.
Wahlgren graduated from the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts in Theater in 1999.