Michele Knotz

Who is Michele Knotz?

Michele Knotz is an American voice actress who works for New York-based studios such as TAJ Productions, Headline Sound, and Central Park Media. She is currently recording at DuArt Film and Video, where she provides the voices for various characters in the Pokémon anime.

Born in New Jersey, she studied acting at DeSales University in Center Valley, Pennsylvania before transferring to study television and radio production at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Knotz was the winner of the 2003 Anime Idol voice acting contest held at the now defunct Big Apple Anime Fest convention in New York City and debuted in the role of Hajime Yagi in The World of Narue. Since 2006, she has been the voices of May, Nurse Joy and Team Rocket's Jessie in Pokémon.