Tiffany Lynn Grant, born October 11, 1968, in Houston, Texas, is the English voice actor of Kaorin in the Azumanga Daioh anime. She is known for her English-dubbing work for ADV Films and, later on, Funimation Entertainment, Illumitoon Entertainment, and Seraphim Digital, working on anime films and television series such as Neon Genesis Evangelion (in which she voiced the character Asuka Langley Soryu, her most famous role), One Piece (in which she voiced Nojiko), Noir (in which she voiced Altena), and Martian Successor Nadesico (in which she voiced Ryoko Subaru). Grant was the first actor employed by ADV Films in February 1994. 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. She 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. Since 2003, she has been married to producer/director Matt Greenfield, co-founder of ADV a fellow voice actor. She has also appeared in such anime as D.N.Angel, Fullmetal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club, Princess Tutu, Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE, Kaleido Star, D.N.Angel, Detective Conan, Fairy Tail, and Mermaid Melody: Pichi Pichi Pitch. Since childhood, she has been a fan of Bob Hope. Grant is 152 cm tall and likes the Hello Kitty brand.
