Cathy Weseluck
Cathy Weseluck | |
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Weseluck at the 2012 Summer BronyCon Convention | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1986–present |
Website | cathyweseluck |
Cathy Weseluck is a Canadian actress and comedian who frequently works with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and is known for her roles as Near in Death Note , Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman in Cybersix , and Spike in Discovery Family's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic .
Early life
[edit ]Cathy Weseluck has Russian ancestry. Her relatives are from the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union (now territory Belarus).[1] [2]
Career
[edit ]Radio
[edit ]Before becoming a voice actress, Weseluck was an associate producer at CBC Radio until one of the hosts encouraged her to try voice acting.[3] Her first voice work was a radio spot for the Vancouver Centre Mall.
Voice acting
[edit ]Weseluck has provided voices for many cartoon and anime series. She has provided the voice of Mirai Yashima in Mobile Suit Gundam , Dorothy Catalonia and Catherine Bloom in Gundam Wing , Near in Death Note , Cybersix in Cybersix , Shampoo in Ranma 1⁄2 , Kagome's mother in Inuyasha , Verne in U.B.O.S. , Misa Takatsuki in Project ARMS , and Kid Trunks, Chiaotzu, and Puar in Dragon Ball Z (among many others). She also voices Spike and several background characters in the animated children's series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic .
In addition to her voice-over work, she is also a voice director and instructor. She served as singing director on My Little Pony Tales , casting coordinator on Animated Classic Showcase for Film Roman, voice director for the English version of Spiff and Hercules , casting director on The Authentic Adventures of Professor Thompson and dubbing director on Billy the Cat .
Filmography
[edit ]Web productions
[edit ]Anime dubbing
[edit ]- B-Daman Fireblast – Riki Ryugasaki
- Beyblade Burst - Jin Aizawa
- Black Lagoon – Garcia Lovelace
- Cybersix – Cybersix (Adrian Seidelman)
- Dragon Ball Z (Ocean Dub) – Chiaotzu, Puar, East Kai, Kid Trunks, Android 19, Chiko, Lemilia, Marron, Erasa, Bra
- Death Note – Near/Nate River, additional female voices
- Funky Fables – Various characters
- Gintama° – Young Katsura Kotaro
- Hamtaro – Snoozer, Laura's Mom, Omar
- Hikaru no Go – Yuki Mitani, Hikaru's Mom
- Kurozuka – Saniwa
- MegaMan: NT Warrior - Kid Grave
- Mega Man: Upon a Star – Mrs. Kobayashi
- Mobile Suit Gundam and Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack – Mirai Yashima
- Mobile Suit Gundam Wing – Catherine Bloom (35-49), Dorothy Catalonia
- Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz – Catherine Bloom (Movie Version only), Dorothy Catalonia
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 – Kati Mannequin, Revive Revival
- Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Individual Eleven – Tachikoma
- Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Laughing Man – Tachikoma
- The Hakkenden – Shinbei Inue/Daihachi
- Hamtaro – Marian Haruna, Kylie's cousin Ethan, Snoozer, Omar, additional voices
- Inuyasha – Kagome's mother/Mrs. Higurashi, Ayumi, Additional voices
- Inuyasha: The Final Act - Kagome's mother/Mrs. Higurashi, Ayumi
- Let's Go Quintuplets – Harold
- Monkey Magic – Empress Dowager
- The New Adventures of Kimba The White Lion – Additional Voices
- Ogre Slayer – Setsuko
- Powerpuff Girls Z – Ken Utonium, Bubbles' Grandmother
- Project A-ko – C-ko Kotobuki
- Project ARMS – Misa
- Ranma 1⁄2 – Shampoo, Azusa Shiratori, Yuka, Additional Voices
- Shakugan no Shana – Khamsin Nbh'w (Season 1)
- Super Kid – Gokdari
- The Story of Saiunkoku – Court Lady 3, Lady, Lady of the Night 3, Ryushin
- Transformers: Armada – Boy at Carnival
- World Trigger – Yuma Kuga[4]
- Yashahime - Mrs. Higurashi/Grammy [5]
Live-action English dubbing
[edit ]- L: Change the World - Kimiko Kujo/K
Animation
[edit ]- 1001 Nights – Shahzaman
- 16 Hudson – Luc, TV Cook
- Aaagh! It's the Mr. Hell Show! – Additional Voices
- Adventures of Mowgli – Young Mowgli
- Lobo - Marco Van Helsing
- Animated Classic Showcase – Various characters
- A Very Fairy Christmas – Sandy Adams, Tracey Garcia
- Barbie: A Fashion Fairytale – Wicked Queen
- The Barbie Diaries – Principal Peters, Passing Girl 1
- Barbie: Fairytopia – Dizzle
- Barbie in the Nutcracker – Maid
- Barbie: Mariposa – Zinzee, Dizzle, Fairy Speck
- Barbie Presents: Thumbelina – Janessa
- Barbie: Princess Charm School – Female Announcer, Keypad
- Barbie: Spy Squad – Aunt Zoe
- Being Ian – Evil Dutch Girls, Teenager, Hans' Sister
- Billy the Cat – Additional Voices
- BoBoiBoy – Ochobot
- Bratz: Girlz Really Rock – Ms. Higgins
- Camp Candy – Additional Voices
- Capertown Cops – Coco Loco
- Captain Zed and the Zee Zone – Additional Voices
- A Christmas Adventure... From a Book Called Wisely's Tales – Darryl, Kimberoo
- Class of the Titans – Envy
- Cosmic Quantum Ray – Mother Brainhead
- The Cramp Twins – Miss Hissy, Mrs. Winkle, Kid #2
- Dragon Tales – Miss Tree, Dragon Fairy, Yellow Puzzle Door
- Dreamkix – Roy, Henrietta, Alice
- Dr. Dimensionpants – Thora
- Edgar & Ellen – Judith, Mrs. Pimm
- Exosquad – Additional Voices
- Firehouse Tales – Milkie
- Generation O! – Chadd, Janine
- Holly and Hal Moose: Our Uplifting Christmas Adventure – Mrs. Claus
- Hurricanes – Additional Voices
- In Search of Santa – Emma, William, Wing Maiden #4, Wing Maiden #6
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures – Abigail Brand
- Johnny Test – Squirrely Girl
- Kid vs. Kat – Dennis
- A Kind of Magic – Mrs. Lumberg
- Kissyfur – Bessie the Goose (Recorded promo only)
- Kleo the Misfit Unicorn – Tara, Emily, Mrs. Piggott, Sami
- Krypto the Superdog – Additional Voices
- Lapitch the Little Shoemaker – Lapitch
- Littlest Pet Shop (1995) – Additional Voices
- Littlest Pet Shop (2012) – Buttercream Sundae, Judi Jo Jameson, Jane
- Lupo Alberto – Martha, Alice (season 1)
- Make Way for Noddy – Cecilia Bug
- Martin Mystery – Additional voices
- Maryoku Yummy – Fij Fij, Baburu, Enro
- Mega Man – Doris, Robobeautician
- Molly of Denali — Charlotte (Episode: "The Night Manager")
- My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic – Spike, Mayor Mare, Coco Pommel, miscellaneous voices
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Spike
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks – Spike
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Friendship Games – Spike
- My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Legend of Everfree – Spike
- My Little Pony: The Movie – Spike
- My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever – Spike
- My Little Pony: Rainbow Roadtrip – Spike
- My Little Pony: The Runaway Rainbow – Rarity the Unicorn, Ice Scoop
- Nilus the Sandman – Pearl the Talking Clam
- Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu – Real Estate Agent
- ReBoot – Backup
- Ricky Sprocket – Robot
- Robin and the Dreamweavers
- RoboCop: Alpha Commando – Additional Voices
- RollBots – Penny, Mayor Aria
- Roswell Conspiracies: Aliens, Myths and Legends – Additional Voices
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie – Sparkle the Sprite, Elf Crowd Member #1
- Sitting Ducks – Drill Sergeant Duck
- Spiff and Hercules – Additional Voices
- Stone Protectors – Empress Opal
- Storm Hawks – Ravess
- Superbook – Gizmo
- Super Trolls
- A Tale of Two Kitties – Spunky
- Tayo the Little Bus – Toni (Season 1–5)
- Team Galaxy – Fluffy
- Team Tonka – Scan
- The Adventures of Corduroy – Additional Voices
- The Deep – Hickman
- The Little Prince season 2 – Okoda (D 0101 > B 743 The Planet of the Crystal Tears) and The School Teacher (D 455 > W 5613 The Planet of the Astrotrainiacs)
- The New Adventures of He-Man – Teela
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke – Big Bone Bear
- The Triplets – The Bored Witch (Season 1–2)
- Thor: Tales of Asgard – Brunhilde, Additional Voices
- ToddWorld – Tyler
- Tom and Jerry – Thomasina
- Troll Tales – Tumbler
- Ultimate Book of Spells – Vern, Borgia
- What About Mimi? – Additional Voices
- X-Men: Evolution – Dr. Eaton
- Yvon of the Yukon – Miss Anthrope
Live-action
[edit ]- The Halfback of Notre Dame – Mrs. Modeau
- I'll Be Home for Christmas – Wendy Richards
- M.A.N.T.I.S. – TV Interviewer (episode: "First Steps"), Cindy Logan (episode: "Cease Fire")
- The Outer Limits – Simon (voice) (episode: "Simon Says")
- Resurrection – Hospital P.R. Woman (TV film)
- Stargate SG-1 – Resident #2 (episode: "The Gamekeeper")
- You, Me and the Kids – Bank's Assistant (episode: "Cents & Sensibility")
Video games
[edit ]- Devil Kings – Hornet[6]
- Kessen – Okatsu[6]
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Encounters in Space – Mirai Yashima
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam – Mirai Yashima
- Mobile Suit Gundam: Journey to Jaburo – Mirai Yashima
- My Little Pony – Spike
- Victor Vector and Yondo the Dog in The Cyberplasm Formula – Various
- "Minecraft Mini Series: Challenge of The Spooky Isles" – Slugger
- Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's Magical Sleigh Ride – Rudolph
References
[edit ]- ^ Interview with Cathy Weseluck. Radio Everypony Ru — YouTube
- ^ "Did you know my heritage is Belarus?". Cathy Weseluck — Twitter
- ^ RumicWorld Interview
- ^ "World Trigger Anime's Main English Dub Cast Revealed". Anime News Network . April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
- ^ Weseluck, Cathy [@CathyWeseluck] (November 30, 2020). "Yes!! People have been asking and I definitely can confirm that I'm thrilled to be part of this awesome show, still 'Kagome's mom', known here as 'Grammy'!! And the show's beautifully done! ;)" (Tweet). Retrieved November 30, 2020 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b "Cathy Weseluck (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 15 April 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
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External links
[edit ]- Official website
- Cathy Weseluck at IMDb
- Cathy Weseluck at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Cathy Weseluck on Twitter Edit this at Wikidata
- Living people
- Actresses from Vancouver
- Canadian casting directors
- Canadian women casting directors
- Canadian film actresses
- Canadian impressionists (entertainers)
- Canadian people of Russian descent
- Canadian people of Belarusian descent
- Canadian radio actresses
- Canadian television actresses
- Canadian video game actresses
- Canadian voice actresses
- Canadian voice directors
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 21st-century Canadian actresses
- Canadian women comedians
- Comedians from Vancouver