# Stephanie Wittels Wachs

Stephanie Rose Wittels Wachs (born February 20, 1981) is an American voice actress, activist, and author. She is the co-founder and executive director of the theatre company Rec Room Arts in Houston, Texas and the co-founder and chief creative officer of the podcast network Lemonada Media. Wachs is the host of the podcast Last Day.

## Career
### Memoir

Wachs is the author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, a memoir about addiction, grief, and healing. Her other writing can be found on Vox, Longform, Huffington Post, Fatherly, Babble, and Medium.

### Lemonada Media

In 2017, Wachs appeared as a guest on the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking! discussing her struggle coping with her brother's death. At the time, Wachs was hosting a podcast of her own called Hands Off Parenting and continuing her work in voice acting. An Executive Producer of Crooked Media's Pod Save the People, Jessica Cordova Kramer, heard the episode and subsequently made contact with Wachs. Cordova Kramer had lost her brother, Stefano, to a battle with addiction earlier that year. In September 2019, the two teamed up to found the podcasting network Lemonada Media.
Lemonada Media's first launch was a narrative podcast breaking down the opioid crisis through personal interviews entitled Last Day. Last Day was an honoree in two categories at the 2020 Webby Awards and nominated for a 2020 iHeart Radio Award.
Wachs is chief content officer and executive producer for Lemonada Media's other slated podcasts, including Our America with Julian Castro, Tell Me What to Do with Jaime Primak Sullivan, and The Untold Story: Policing.

### Press

Wachs has been a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, NPR Weekend Edition, Houston Matters, and numerous podcasts including Comedy Bang! Bang!, Who Charted?, and Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. She has been featured in People magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, The Hollywood Reporter, Arts & Culture Magazine, and as one of Houstonia Magazine's "10 Houston Women Making it Happen."

## Personal life

Wachs is married to Mike Wachs. They have a daughter born in 2014 and a son born in 2018, named after her younger brother, Harris Wittels. In her book, she also mentioned that she has two nieces.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2004 | Jing: King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven | Clove | Video Short |
| 2005 | Air: The Movie | Kano Kirishima | |
| 2007 | Clannad The Movie | Kouko Ibuki | |
| 2011 | Eternal Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams | Tsutomu | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2005 | Xenosaga: The Animation | Shion Uzuki | Episode: “Awakening” |
| 2005 | Air | Kano Kirishima, Additional Voices | Recurring role (10 episodes) |
| 2006 | SoltyRei | Sarah Revant | Episode: "Tears: After the Showdown" |
| 2006 | Magikano | Ran, Additional Voices | Guest role (3 episodes) |
| 2006 | Welcome to the N.H.K. | Misaki Nakahara | Episode: “Welcome to the Project!” |
| 2006 | Red Garden | Mirielle | Guest role (2 episodes) |
| 2006 | 009-1 | Victor, Additional Voices | Guest role (3 episodes) |
| 2006 | Air Gear | Yayoi Nakayama | Main role (20 episodes) |
| 2006–2007 | The Wallflower | Additional Voices | Guest role (9 episodes) |
| 2007 | Tokyo Majin | Aoi Masato | Episode: “First Night: The Twelve Generals of the Martial Fist” |
| 2007 | Venus Versus Virus | Lilith | Episode: "Deep Feelings" |
| 2007 | Ice | Hitomi Aida | Unknown |
| 2007 | Devil May Cry: The Animated Series | Nina | Guest role (2 episodes) |
| 2007 | Princess Resurrection | Mikasa | Episode: “Princess Zombie" |
| 2007–2009 | Clannad | Kouko Ibuki, Female Student | Guest role (14 episodes) (Includes After Story) |
| 2007–2008 | Princess Resurrection | Francesca | Main role (15 episodes) |
| 2008 | Xam'd: Lost Memories | Yunbo | Guest role (3 episodes) |
| 2009 | Needless | Kanna | Episode: “Seto x Soruva” |
| 2010 | The World God Only Knows | Additional Voices | Episode: “Flag.12.0 More Than a God, Less Than a Human" |
| 2011 | Chihayafuru | Additional Voices | Episode: "Now the Flower Blooms" |
| 2015–2022 | Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma | Erina Nakiri | Main role |
| 2015–2016 | Gate | Shino Kuribayashi | Recurring role (15 episodes) |
| 2015 | My Love Story!! | Mariya Saijo | Guest role (4 episodes) |
| 2015 | School-Live! | Megumi ‘Megu-nee’ Sakura | Main role (11 episodes) |
| 2015 | Chivalry of a Failed Knight | Toka Todo | Guest role (4 episodes) |
| 2015–2016 | Ushio and Tora | Hinowa, Kaori | Guest role (10 episodes) |
| 2016 | Flying Witch | Makoto Kowata | Main role (12 episodes) |
| 2016 | Tanaka-kun is Always Listless | Shiraishi | Recurring role (11 episodes) |
| 2016 | Onigiri | Yoshitsune | Main role (12 episodes) |
| 2017 | Just Because! | Momoka Suzuki | Guest role (3 episodes) |
| 2017 | Girls' Last Tour | Ishii | Episode: “Accident/Technology/Takeoff” |
| 2018 | Mitsuboshi Colors | Additional Voices | Guest role (12 episodes) |