Cathy Weseluck

Catherine Weseluck (born August 21, 1970) is a Canadian actress, comedian, singer, and voice artist 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 My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Cathy Weseluck
Weseluck at the 2012 Summer BronyCon Convention
Born (1970-08-21) August 21, 1970
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress, voice actress, comedian, singer
Years active1986–present
Websitecathyweseluck.com

Early life

Catherine Weseluck was born in Toronto, Canada on August 21, 1970. She has Russian ancestry. Her relatives are from the Russian Empire or the Soviet Union (now territory Belarus).[1][2]

Career

Radio

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

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 ½, Kagome's mother in InuYasha, Verne in U.B.O.S., Misa Takatsuki in Project ARMS, and Kid Trunks, Chaotzu, and Puar in Dragonball 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

Web productions
  • #TweetIt: Featuring My Little Pony Staff and Bronies – Herself

Anime dubbing

Live Action English Dubbing
  • L Change The World - Kimiko Kujo/K

Animation

Live-action

Video games

Personal life

Weseluck currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she works at Ocean Productions.

She is a Christian.

References
  1. Interview with Cathy Weseluck. Radio Everypony Ru — YouTube
  2. "Did you know my heritate is Belarus?". Cathy Weseluck — Twitter
  3. RumicWorld Interview
  4. "World Trigger Anime's Main English Dub Cast Revealed". Anime News Network. April 22, 2016. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  5. Aquilina, Tyler (November 13, 2019). "'My Little Pony' to launch new animated series and toy line — see exclusive first look". Entertainment Weekly.
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