Who is Erika Harlacher?

Erika Harlacher was born in Camarillo, California, USA, on 29 August 1990 – her zodiac sign is Virgo, and she holds American nationality. She’s a voice actress, perhaps known best for her work on English versions of popular Japanese video games and anime series, such as “The Seven Deadly Sins”, “Hunter x Hunter” and “Persona 5”.

Early life and education

Erika grew up in Camarillo, alongside her younger sister Natalie. Erika started acting during middle school, in local productions of plays. She became interested in voice acting when she was nine years old, after watching an interview with the famous voiceover artist Christy Carlson Romano, who voiced the title character in the Disney animated series “Kim Possible”.

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However, her parents didn’t like her idea, and even told her that it’s ‘not a real job’, and that she should only consider acting as a hobby.

Erika’s first exposure to anime was though “Dragon Ball Z” and “Pokémon”, which she watched as a kid. She later read the popular manga “Fruit Basket”, which really sparked her interest in Japanese manga and anime culture. Erika studied at La Reina High School, and during her time there was active in the Speech and Mock Trial team, even attending a national event.

She matriculated in 2008, and enrolled at the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, majoring in graphic design. During her freshman year, Erika attended the Anime Expo for the first time, where she participated in her first voice acting workshop, conducted by Tony Oliver.

Tony noticed Erika’s voice acting talent, and convinced her to change her major to theatre, and continue taking voice acting lessons and participating in workshops.

At one point in college Erika had health issues, which led her to take a break from classes and acting, so she briefly worked as a production assistant. Her parents thought that it would make for a more practical career, but she later returned to school, and continued working as an actress, graduating college in 2012. She then did an internship at Bang Zoom! Entertainment, where she had a chance to sit in on some of their recording sessions.

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Career as a voice actress

Erika made her voice acting debut in 2010, when she voiced Keiko Ida along with several other incidental characters in the English voiceover of the anime series “K-On!” Her next voiceover role was in the video game “Battleship”, based on the eponymous 2012 movie, in which she lent her voice to the main character, Grace Harland. Unfortunately, the game wasn’t well received by the critics, who apparently were particularly disappointed by the voice acting.

In 2013, Erika voiced the title character in the role-playing video game, “Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk”. Although Erika has said that she loved doing the voiceover for the game, mainly because she finds Ayesha to be relatable, she received mixed reviews for her performance.

In the following year, she voiced Koyoke Kirigiri, in the visual novel adventure game “Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc”, also in 2014 working on English voiceovers for anime series “Accel World”, “Sword Art Online” and “Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic”. Her biggest role of that year was of the popular but mean high school girl, Ami Kawahima, in the romantic comedy anime “Toradora!” This time, she and the rest of the cast were universally praised for their performance by both the critics and the audience, with some saying that they did an even better job voicing their characters than the original Japanese voice actors.

In 2015, Erika worked on English dubs of several anime series, including “Kill la Kill”, “Yuki Yuna is a Hero” and “The Seven Deadly Sins”. In the same year, she had her own panel at the Sac-Anime convention in Sacramento, California, which was praised as one of the best panels at the event, and in December 2015, the production company Manga Entertainment named her one of the best English voice actresses.

In 2016, Erika landed the voiceover role of Kurapika, one of the main characters in the 2011 action anime “Hunter x Hunter”, and in the following year she voiced Ann Takamaki, in the Japanese turn-based action game “Persona 5”. In 2018, she voiced Violet in “Violet Evergarden”, Yumeko Jabami, in “Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler” and Yugo, in the third season of “Wakfu: The Animated Series”.

More recently, in 2021, Erika had voiceover roles in several video games based on anime series, such as “Demon Slayer: The Hinokami Chronicles”, “Shadowerse: Champion’s Battle” and “NEO: The World Ends With You”.

For her voice acting work, Erika has been nominated for six Behind the Voice Actors Awards, for her performances in “Fate/Apocrypha”, “Shigatsu wa kimi no uso” and “Toradora!” among others. In 2019, she was nominated for a Crunchyroll Anime Award in the Best Voice Acting Performance (English) category, for her work in “Violet Evergarden”, but lost to Billy Kametz, who voiced Naofumi in “The Rising of the Shield Hero”.

YouTube and Twitch channels

Erika launched her YouTube channel, withakgames, on 29 December 2014, uploading her first video entitled “Welcome to withakgames!!” a few days later. Since then, she’s been posting gameplay videos, mostly of games in which she had voiceover roles, such as “Genshin Impact” and “Persona 5”.

As of November 2021, Erika’s YouTube channel numbers close to 100,000 subscribers, and over four million views, while her most popular video is “Soldier, Poet, King – Venti Cover (Genshin Impact Music Video)”, which has been viewed more than 650,000 times since it was uploaded in September 2021.

Erika has also been active on Twitch since July 2016, with her channel numbering more than 60,000 followers, and close to 300,000 views; she streams her gameplays of various popular titles, such as “Super Mario 64” and “Animal Crossing: New Horizons”.

Love life and husband

Erika married her long-term boyfriend, Luke Stone, on 14 October 2020. They met in college, and dated for several years before becoming engaged in October 2018. The two currently reside in Northern Hollywood, with their two dogs.

Appearance, age and net worth

Erika is 31 years old, with long blonde dyed hair, and brown eyes. She’s 5ft 6ins (1.68m) tall, and weighs around 117lbs (53kgs).

As of November 2021, her net worth is estimated at more than $1.6 million.

Who is Claudia Jessie?

Claudia Jessie Peyton is a British actress and singer born on 30 October 1990, and known for her stellar performances in historical dramas. With almost a decade of experience in the acting industry, Claudia is 5ft6 in (1.68m) tall and weighs 121lbs (55kgs), with vital statistics of 32-26-32. The starlet’s distinctive features, such as her baby-blue eyes and porcelain skin, have helped her enormously in her rise to fame.

Claudia’s Childhood

Born in the small town of Moseley on the outskirts of Birmingham, England, but raised in London, Claudia’s childhood was full of harrowing experiences, such as financial struggles and the separation of her parents.

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Homeschooled until the age of 14, the future star later moved back to Birmingham with her loved ones.

Claudia, who was brought up alongside her brother by her single mother, Dawn – who worked tirelessly as a cleaner to afford her daughter’s ballet lessons – persisted and perfected her craft until she was spotted by a local agent who cast her in small productions.

Eventually, Claudia signed with a professional agent when she was approximately 22 years old.

Claudia’s First Roles

Almost immediately, Claudia was cast as the leading lady in the short “Rosie”, and the following year, viewers saw her in two episodes of “House of Anubis”, a family-friendly adventure series in which a group of boarding school students set out to resolve a mystery.

In the same year, Claudia appeared in an episode of “Casualty” as Jenny Anover, and in an episode of “The Paradise” as Mrs. Douglas. Unknowingly, the Brit was just a few roles away from her big break.

Between 2012 and 2014, Claudia score her first recurring role as Poppy Conroy in 13 episodes of “Doctors”, the award-winning hospital drama series which has been running since 2000 for over 22 seasons. Some fans consider Claudia’s time on the series as her first notable project.

“Bridgerton” & Other Notable Roles

In 2016, Claudia was lucky enough to be cast in the dramatic romcom “Their Finest”; bringing the character of Doris Cleaveley to life, the young starlet in the making worked alongside Gemma Arterton, Bill Nighy and other legends in the movie based on Lissa Evan’s popular novel, “Their Finest Hour and a Half”, and received positive reviews from viewers and critics alike.

The following year, Claudia joined the cast of “Line of Duty” for six episodes, the brunette playing Jodie in the award-winning crime series, which first aired in 2012 and is going strong almost a decade later,.

However, those two roles were just a sign of things to come. Claudia’s biggest project to date has been in the historical Netflix drama “Bridgerton”, set in England during its extravagant Regency period of the early 1800s. Chris Van Dusen’s series received rave reviews, and won a Primetime Emmy in the Outstanding Period and/or Character Hairstyling category; unfortunately, the coronavirus pandemic halted filming for several months.

In a January 2021 interview, the thespian spoke candidly about the show, comparing it to prior projects, commenting: “It’s totally different from anything I’ve ever been in before… Maybe people who aren’t too interested in period pieces will be now, because Bridgerton is so contemporary, so modern”.

Eloise, Claudia’s character, is the studious second daughter of the powerful Bridgerton family who, despite her book smarts, is stunted in other aspects. An unusual woman for the time, Eloise has no interest in marrying and having babies, or becoming a debutante.

Religion, Trivia & Personal Life

Claudia has no official social media accounts, although a few of her dedicated fan-pages on Instagram have around 40,000 followers combined, so the only information available is what the actress chooses to divulge in interviews.

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Since childhood, the talented beauty has suffered from a combination of panic attacks, anxiety, and depersonalization disorder, a mental problem described as “feeling disconnected or detached from oneself”. Interpersonal trauma such as child abuse is thought to be the cause of DPDR, which affects roughly 1% of the population.

Thanks to her aunt, Claudia began practicing Nichiren Buddhism when she was 17, and said in a 2018 interview: “Buddhism being the center of my life has given me the courage to go for the things I want without fear holding me back”.

Based on the teachings of Nichiren, a 13^th-century Japanese Buddhist priest, this branch of Buddhism is practiced all around the world, and claims that all sentient beings can attain nirvana in their lifetime. At a young age, Claudia attended meetings with her mother and aunt, and was enthralled by the chanting and other aspects of the religion. She meditates for at least an hour every day.

Claudia has been a vegan for years, and her hobbies include watching vegan YouTubers; the actress makes sure to use cruelty-free products as well.

As for her love life, internet sources confirm that the “Vanity Fair” star, who is protective of her privacy, is dating an anonymous sound engineer named Joseph. The actress hasn’t been publicly linked to anyone else.

It’s also rumored – but not yet confirmed – that Claudia has undergone corrective eye surgery.

Claudia’s Net Worth

Since 2012, Claudia has racked up 25 acting credits in a variety of shorts, series, and box office productions. Thanks to her breakthrough performance in “Bridgerton” and the success of the series, Claudia’s cache has risen considerably: it’s said that the English rose will be earning up to $30,000 an episode in season two.

Netflix is known for paying its talent fairly and renegotiating salaries when a show becomes a hit. Regé-Jean Page, the protagonist of season one, was offered an impressive $50,000 for a mere guest appearance in the second season, but said he wouldn’t be returning. As a supporting character with an important narrative arc, Claudia will earn a minimum of five figures per episode.

With all this information, we can confidently estimate that Claudia’s net worth is around $300,000 as of late 2021. The actress also earns money from singing and songwriting, although she’s put music on the back burner for the moment.