Maaya Sakamoto

First and foremost, she's a seiyu who's probably better known for her singing career than her acting resume, even though her debut/big break was voicing Hitomi Kanzaki in Escaflowne. Which was, well, a bit of beginner's luck: she was only supposed to voice Hitomi, but Yoko Kanno suggested that they have her sing the OP song and some others.

Sakamoto has many collaborations with the aforementioned Yoko Kanno and CLAMP. Her star as a seiyuu is still rising, even landing her parts in stage plays, including a multi-year run as Eponine in the Japanese production of Les Misérables. Several of her roles she has done alongside Mamoru Miyano and Kenichi Suzumura. On August 8, 2011, she and Kenichi got married. Congratulations to them both!

Some of her roles include:

 * Fiona Jarnefeldt and Sumika Juutilainen in the Armored Core games
 * Hitomi Kanzaki in Vision of Escaflowne
 * Aerith Gainsborough in the Compilation of Final Fantasy VII and the Kingdom Hearts series
 * Mishio Amano in Kanon
 * Lightning Farron in Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIII-2, and Dissida 012 Final Fantasy: Duodecim
 * Aigis in Persona 3
 * Lunamaria "Luna" Hawke and Mayu Asuka in Gundam Seed Destiny
 * Haruhi Fujioka in Ouran High School Host Club
 * Riho Yamazaki in Night Walker
 * Aura in .hack
 * La Mariposa in Dead or Alive
 * Titular character of Jeanne D Arc
 * Tomoyo in Tsubasa Chronicle
 * Crona in Soul Eater
 * Suu in Clover
 * Kiyomi Takada in Death Note
 * Reika Mishima in Rah Xephon
 * Ciel Phantomhive in the Black Butler anime
 * Rip Van Winkle in Hellsing
 * Lal'C Melk Mark in Diebuster
 * Alphard in Canaan
 * Cera in the Japanese dub of the first 4 films of The Land Before Time (her debut role)
 * Mari Illustrious Makinami in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
 * Juliet in Baz Luhrmann's William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet
 * Dub voice of Padmé (Natalie Portman) in the Star Wars prequels
 * Karin Junmai in Medabots
 * Shiki Ryougi in Kara no Kyoukai and Melty Blood: Actress Again''
 * Tilia in Ar tonelico III
 * Alisa in God Eater
 * Nino in Arakawa Under the Bridge
 * Akashi-san in The Tatami Galaxy
 * Rose in the Japanese dubbed Doctor Who
 * Sarina Endou in Star Driver
 * Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) in the Japanese dub of Glee
 * Rin Suzuki in Bamboo Blade
 * Hamona in Wolfs Rain (she also sung the ending song "Gravity", which was entirely in English!)
 * Julia Crichon in Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Stars of Milos
 * Masako Yoshi in Bunny Drop.
 * Tomoe Amamiya in Tiger and Bunny.
 * Ling Xiaoyu in Tekken Blood Vengeance.
 * Shinobu Oshino in Bakemonogatari