Tiffany Lynn Grant (born October 11, 1968 in Houston, Texas) is an American voice actress and script writer who is known for her English-dubbing work for ADV Films on such anime films and television series as Neon Genesis Evangelion, in which she voiced the character Asuka Langley Soryu. She was the first actor hired by ADV Films in February 1994. Grant is also known for portraying Nojiko in One Piece, Altena in Noir, and Ryoko Subaru in Martian Successor Nadesico. Grant is an independent contractor and currently works at Funimation Entertainment and Seraphim Digital, not an ADV employee.
Grant also enjoys work in ADR scripting, and has written the English language adaptations of over 200 TV episodes. Her first work in the field was Asuka's German dialogue in "Neon Genesis Evangelion." She would later go on to write ADR scripts for various shows.
Grant enjoyed her role as Neon Genesis Evangelion's Asuka so much that she briefly reprised the character in the radio plays and fan-produced anime derived from the fan fiction series Neon Genesis Evangelion: R, as well as cosplaying as Asuka (in Asuka's familiar red EVA-02 plugsuit and her school uniform) at anime conventions. She reprised the role of Asuka in Funimation's Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance. Grant was born in Houston, Texas. She is married to producer/director Matt Greenfield, co-founder of ADV and also a voice actor. (Voice of Makoto Hyuga in Neon Genesis Evangelion under the pseudonym Brian Granveldt.)
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