Wendee Lee (born February 20, 1960) is an American voice actress and director known for her prolific work in voicing characters in the anime industry and video games. Her first anime voice role was in Robotech in the 1980s where she voiced Vanessa Leeds. She voiced Scorpina on the live-action Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Some of her major voice roles in anime include Kei in the Pioneer dub of AKIRA, Faye Valentine on Cowboy Bebop, Takeru "T.K." Takaishi on Digimon Adventure, Haruhi Suzumiya on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Konata Izumi on Lucky Star. She has also worked as an ADR director on prominent anime titles such as Bleach, Love Hina and Outlaw Star.

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Lee grew up in the Los Angeles area, and also in San Francisco. She studied dance and theater and later became a full-time dancer in her teens. According to her interview on the Magic Knight Rayearth DVDs, she started doing voices at school, and got in trouble for it. Her first anime voice role was in Harmony Gold production Robotech in the 1980s where she voiced Vanessa Leeds, one of the operators aboard the Macross. She also worked with Streamline on several anime productions including Dragon Ball She would continue dance, and work part-time as a make-up artist, choreography, and dance instruction.