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Cristina Valenzuela, also known as Cristina Vee, is an American voice actress.

She caught the attention of dubbing studio Bang Zoom! Entertainment from a voice acting panel at Anime Expo 2004, an anime convention in Southern California. Since then, [[Ascended Fanboy|Bang Zoom! has continually invited Valenzuela to do voice work in anime, foreign films, and commercials.]] She has appeared at conventions throughout the United States where she sometimes sings live concerts (this apparently landed her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfywEX2LDQ the live action role as ASOS Brigade leader] in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' season 2). Cristina's also one of the co-hosts of [http://www.animeolympics.net/ Anime Olympics] and season 2 of [http://goanimetv.com/ Anime TV]. She made up a dub of a [[Blaz Blue]] [[Blazen (Webcomic)|webcomic]], voicing... who else? Noel (the video has been made private). As you can guess, she's [[One of Us]]. Recently she has been working as the voice director of ''[[Skullgirls (Video Game)|Skullgirls]]''.

She caught the attention of dubbing studio Bang Zoom! Entertainment from a voice acting panel at Anime Expo 2004, an anime convention in Southern California. Since then, [[Ascended Fanboy|Bang Zoom! has continually invited Valenzuela to do voice work in anime, foreign films, and commercials.]] She has appeared at conventions throughout the United States where she sometimes sings live concerts (this apparently landed her [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRfywEX2LDQ the live action role as ASOS Brigade leader] in ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya (Light Novel)|Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' season 2). Cristina's also one of the co-hosts of [http://www.animeolympics.net/ Anime Olympics] and season 2 of [http://goanimetv.com/ Anime TV]. She made up a dub of a ''[[Blaz Blue]]'' [[Blazen (Webcomic)|webcomic]], voicing... who else? Noel (the video has been made private). As you can guess, she's [[One of Us]]. Recently she has been working as the voice director of ''[[Skullgirls (Video Game)|Skullgirls]]''.

Despite her new start, she quickly racked up popularity amongst the new age of voice actors, making her a [[Ensemble Darkhorse|fan favorite]] and most of her appearances in many projects will be met with [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|much rejoicing]]. Yes, that's right, in a quick moment, she is starting to rival the popularities of accomplished ones, the likes of [[Johnny Yong Bosch]], [[Michelle Ruff]], [[Stephanie Sheh]], [[Yuri Lowenthal]], etc... (although still a long way to go until she reaches the memetic status of [[Crispin Freeman (Creator)|Crispin Freeman]] or [[Steve Blum]])

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Also has [http://www.formspring.me/cristinavee Formspring], [http://www.youtube.com/user/ValliereVee Youtube], and [http://twitter.com/#!/cristinavee Twitter] accounts. Mind you that since she's really busy on her voice acting work, she may not have time to reply to any submitted questions at her Formspring account. But she does reply to them, eventually.

~~===~~ Notable roles include: ~~===~~

* [[Star-Making Role|Noel Vermillion, Nu-13, Lambda-11, and Mu-12]] in ''[[Blaz Blue]]''

* Lian Shi in ''[[Dynasty Warriors]] 7''

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* Riven the Exile in ''[[League of Legends]]''

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~~===~~ Tropes Associated With Cristina Valenzuela ~~===~~

* [[Adorkable]]

* [[Ascended Fangirl]]

* [[Ban On Politics]]: She specifically states in her Formspring account ~~NOT~~ to ask anything about politics, religion, and [[Fan Sub|fansubs]] ~~[[hottip:*:~~ Fansubs are often seen as a "political" topic within the anime community for [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|damn good reasons]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Discussion on food is okay though]].

* [[Ban On Politics]]: She specifically states in her Formspring account ''not'' to ask anything about politics, religion, and [[Fan Sub|fansubs]]<ref>Fansubs are often seen as a "political" topic within the anime community for [[Digital Piracy Is Evil|damn good reasons]].</ref>. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|Discussion on food is okay though]].

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: She sings songs in Japanese. Competently, too!

** This even includes things like singing "Bad Apple!!" in ~~english~~. Yes, '''[[Touhou (Video Game)/Memes|THAT]]''' "Bad Apple!!"

** This even includes things like singing "Bad Apple!!" in English. Yes, '''[[Touhou (Video Game)/Memes|THAT]]''' "Bad Apple!!"

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: [[Word of God|She]] says that she has some [http://www.formspring.me/cristinavee/q/830000518 Mexican/Lebanese ancestry].

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To [[Christine Marie Cabanos]] and a lot others in her group.

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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Damn right! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yb02oFbBc4U&feature=related This link] has it all.

* [[Idol Singer]]: She sings some popular J-pop songs and some OP and ending songs in English in some of her free time and posts them on Youtube.

* [[Irony]]: She's voiced the two ~~most~~ known, yet different, badass magical girls: Nanoha Takamachi and Homura Akemi.

* [[Irony]]: She's voiced the two best known, yet different, badass magical girls: Nanoha Takamachi and Homura Akemi.

* [[Loony Fan]]: Someone recently sent her [[Nothing Is Scarier|something]]. According to herself, it ~~give's~~ her something to talk about at 18+ panels.

* [[Loony Fan]]: Someone recently sent her [[Nothing Is Scarier|something]]. According to herself, it gives her something to talk about at 18+ panels.

* [[One of Us]]: On many numerous anime, video games, Disney, and lots of things.

** Including [[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]], Squee!

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** Despite rising in fame in dubbing, she still builds her presence online! She had an interview on Crunchyroll, appeared with [[Doug Walker]] together on an improv at a con, and filmed a sequence with a friend for an episode of ''The Phillip [[De Franco]] Show''!

** Two words: [[Marble Hornets (Web Video)|Marble Hornets]]. [http://twitter.com/#!/CristinaVee/status/165862985733128192/photo/1/large Here she is with Joseph and Tim!]

** She plays [[League of Legends]], voices one of the characters there, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFflwLYPKQ she even was a host at their IPL4 tournament].

** She plays ''[[League of Legends]]'', voices one of the characters there, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fFflwLYPKQ she even was a host at their IPL4 tournament].

* [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor]]: either [[Badass Adorable]] characters ([[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Nanoha]]), [[Adorkable]] characters ([[K-On!|Mio]]) or ''both'' ([[Blaz Blue|Noel]])

** [http://www.formspring.me/cristinavee/q/184769319220053390 According to her], she feels that she is typecast into the "[[Tastes Like Diabetes|sweet girl]]."

*** Her roles as Noel's clone and [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] (Nu/Lambda and Mu, repectively) subvert this, as one is mostly [[Creepy Monotone|deadpan]], while the other is a bit more...[[Not So Stoic|aggressive]] in her monotony.

*** And of course Homura is also a subversion. She sounds more deadpan and monotone like Nu, until some of her tender side got revealed.

*** [[Skullgirls|Cerebella]] is yet another subversion, but then again she was in charge of voice acting in Skullgirls, so this may have been a conscious choice on her part..

*** [[Skullgirls|Cerebella]] is yet another subversion, but then again she was in charge of voice acting in ''Skullgirls'', so this may have been a conscious choice on her part..

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Cristina has a 'group' of voice actresses, mostly new ones, that usually accompany her and will not be seen without her. These include Jennifer Alyx, [[Lauren Landa]], [[Cassandra Lee]] <ref> She's not a newcomer though, see her trope page for details</ref>, [[Christine Marie Cabanos]], Shelby Lindley and recently Sarah Williams, to name a few. They've worked together (the one who's present in these works constantly is just Cristina) in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', ''[[K-On!]]'', ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'' and ''[[Skullgirls]]''.

* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: Cristina has a "group" of voice actresses, mostly new ones, that usually accompany her and will not be seen without her. These include Jennifer Alyx, [[Lauren Landa]], [[Cassandra Lee]]<ref>She's not a newcomer though, see her trope page for details</ref>, [[Christine Marie Cabanos]], Shelby Lindley and recently Sarah Williams, to name a few. They've worked together (the one who's present in these works constantly is just Cristina) in ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'', ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'', ''[[Blaz Blue]]'', ''[[K-On!]]'', ''[[Zero no Tsukaima (Light Novel)|Zero no Tsukaima]]'' and ''[[Skullgirls]]''.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: She made a Twitter comment that she ''wasn't'' in the Madoka dub (which was later deleted), in the Crunchyroll Live Stream on December 16th, 2011, they ~~announce~~ she will be voicing Homura in the dub.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: She made a Twitter comment that she ''wasn't'' in the ''Madoka'' dub (which was later deleted); in the Crunchyroll Live Stream on December 16th, 2011, they announced she will be voicing Homura in the dub.

** Subverted that in her defense, it was because she ''wasn't cast yet'' when the first three characters of the dub (Madoka, Kyubey, and Sayaka) were announced. The fans took that statement and assumed she won't be in the cast.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: This is the trope that defines her.

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