Michele Knotz

Biography

Knotz was born sometime on October 27 in New Jersey and became a voice actress as an adult. She was the winner of the 2003 Anime Idol voice acting contest held at the now-defunct Big Apple Anime Fest convention. The first runner-up, Hilary Thomas, went on to provide voices for the TPCi dub before they became a producer for the show.

Knotz joined Pokémon the Series during the Pokémon USA recasting controversy. She debuted in The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon, where she played the roles of May, Jessie, Misty, and Nurse Joy. She has since voiced several characters and Pokémon, but Jessie and May remain her most prominent roles. Notable Pokémon she voices include May's Beautifly and Squirtle in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, Dawn's Piplup in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, Ash's Snivy and Jessie's Woobat in Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and the recurring Jigglypuff starting in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.

Aside from voice acting, Knotz does script adaptation for various dubs of foreign media. For the Pokémon franchise, she handled script adaptation for episodes 5-8 of Pokémon Concierge and the POKÉTOON episode Another Day with Gardevoir.

Pokémon roles

Animation

Pokémon the Series

Humans

Major

Misty (BW116-JN147, M22, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
May (AG146-DP079, M09, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
Jessie (AG146-JN147, M09-M19, M22, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
Nurse Joy (Kanto-Sinnoh: AG149-DP190, BW116, M10-M11, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
Jessebelle (DP153)

Minor

Landis
Abigail
Ghost girl
Carrie
Mirror Jessie
Head Nurse
Pokétch advertisement (DP033)
Woman A (XY109)
Kid Blue Tee (SM022)
Boy Green (SM024)
Female (Orange; SM030)

Pokémon

Major

Ash's Bulbasaur (AG189-present)
Ash's Squirtle (AG189-present)
Mimey (SM024-present)
Ash's Bayleef (JN114-JN135)
Ash's Snivy
Brock's Mudkip (AG148)
Misty's Psyduck (SM043-present)
Misty's Corsola (SM102-present)
May's Beautifly (AG187-DP079)
May's Squirtle (AG151-AG189, M09, The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon)
Dawn's Piplup
Jessie's Dustox (AG159-present)
Jessie's Woobat
James's Cacnea (AG146-JN145)
James's Chimecho (AG146-AG147, JN145)
James's Mime Jr. (DP002-DP052, JN145)
Nurse Joy's Wigglytuff
Drew's Masquerain (AG180-AG181)
Bianca's Minccino
Tierno's Squirtle
Shauna's Bulbasaur
Gardenia's Cherubi
Fantina's Drifloon
Aaron's Wurmple and Beautifly
Wallace's Milotic
Diantha's Gardevoir
Jigglypuff (anime; SM042-present)
Bewear (anime)
Stufful (anime)
Manaphy (M09)
Latias (M18)
Latios (M18)
Goh's Skwovet

Minor

Other

Sinnoh Pokédex

I Choose You! trilogy

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Video games

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure

PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS/Wii U

Super Smash Bros Ultimate

Pokémon Masters EX

Jessie

Other non-Pokémon roles

Ogiue Chika (Genshiken)
Koyuki Asagiri (Kujibiki Unbalance)
Potaru Tanaka (Magical Witch Punie-chan)
Alisa Bosconovitch, Roll (Street Fighter x Tekken)
Lilliel Saotome (The Guided Fate Paradox)
Grace (Castle Dracula: The Video Game)
Various characters (Heathcliff: The Fast and the Furriest)
Sirikit (Captain Sabertooth)
Kindarspirit (TOME: Terrain of Magical Expertise)
Persephone, Caryatids sisters (Gods' School)
Skyla Deadeye (Grand Guilds)
Neo Alraune (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle)

Trivia

In the credits of season nine and initially season ten, Knotz's first name is misspelled as the identically-pronounced Michelle.

External links

This article is part of Project VA, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on voice actors in Pokémon animation and Pokémon games.