Barbara Dunkelman

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**Barbara Julie Dunkelman** (born July 2, 1989) is a Canadian actress, community manager and internet personality. She is the Director of Social and Community Marketing at the production company Rooster Teeth, Program Director of the RTX gaming and internet convention and voice of Yang Xiao Long in the web series *RWBY*, Cosmos in *Fairy Tail*, and ORF in *X-Ray and Vav*. Her live-action acting credits include roles in *Rooster Teeth Shorts*, *Immersion*, *Day 5* and *Ten Little Roosters*, as well as the horror comedy *Blood Fest.*

## Biography

Dunkelman was born in Montreal, Quebec to a Jewish family. She and her family moved to Ottawa, Ontario, when she was 8 years old. The middle child, with one older and one younger brother, she credits her brothers with getting her interested in *Red vs. Blue* as well as Rooster Teeth as a whole. She signed up on Rooster Teeth's website in October 2004. In 2005 she attended and assisted at the premiere Toronto *Red vs. Blue* fan event, RvBTO. Starting in 2008, she helped organize it as co-host and Rooster Teeth liaison. She was a hostess for WatchMojo.com for several months in 2010.

Dunkelman graduated from Concordia University with a degree in Marketing in June 2011. In September 2011, she co-founded the triple award-winning *Internet Box* podcast hosted by herself, Michael Jones, Ray Narvaez, Jr., Andrew Blanchard, Mike Kroon, and Dylan "Dylon" Saramago, with Lindsay Jones and Kerry Shawcross being added to the cast later on. In December 2011, she was hired by Rooster Teeth as their first Community Manager, in charge of developing community features and the company's social media. At the time of her hiring she was the most-followed member on the Rooster Teeth community site.

Since February 2012, she appears regularly on the award-winning *Rooster Teeth Podcast*. In May 2013, alongside fellow employee Jack Pattillo, she was interviewed as part of Microsoft's 2013 E3 Xbox One reveal. Despite her numerous appearances on the podcast and at events, she estimates that "only 25 percent" of her job, which entails marketing and management functions within the company, takes place in the public eye.

Beginning in September 2016, Dunkelman began hosting *Always Open*, a lifestyle and sexual health podcast within Rooster Teeth.

## Personal life

Dunkelman is a permanent resident of the United States, residing in Austin, Texas.

As of February 2018, she is in a relationship with Trevor Collins, a member of Achievement Hunter.

## Filmography

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## References

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2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "RoosterTeeth Profile". http://roosterteeth.com/barbara. Template:Dead link
3. ↑ Rex, Vanessa (December 18, 2012). "GAW Visits Rooster Teeth". GamerAssaultWeekly. http://www.gamerassaultweekly.com/2012/12/18/gaw-visits-rooster-teeth/. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
4. ↑ Ervin, Dominic (July 16, 2013). "RTX 2013: Gus Sorola Interview". IngloriousGamer. http://www.ingloriousgamer.com/rtx-2013-gus-sorola-interview/. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
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6. ↑ Silverman, Joshua (June 2, 2013). "RWBY: Yellow Unveiled". ConstantlyCalibrating. Archived from the original on August 30, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130830222200/http://constantlycalibrating.com/2013/06/02/rwby-yellow-unveiled/. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
7. ↑ "Siri: The Horror Movie". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KGSi0AoJYs.
8. ↑ "Immersion: Simulation Racer". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bkChNRFR\_8.
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11. ↑ "Ex-Montrealer voices character on popular online series - The Canadian Jewish News". 31 August 2017. http://www.cjnews.com/culture/entertainment/doors-opened-ex-montrealer-getting-voice-acting. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
12. ↑ Carbone, Anthony. "The Stories of the Rooster Teeth Community Event Coordinators". Gamer's News Network. Archived from the original on October 13, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131013053537/http://globalgnn.com/2012/07/10/the-stories-of-the-rooster-teeth-community-event-coordinators/. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
13. ↑ Denecour, Caleb (May 10, 2011). "Everyone meet BigNiceJohn and Blawndee". RoosterTeeth Community Group. http://roosterteeth.com/groups/news/entry.php?id=48949. Retrieved September 13, 2013. Template:Dead link
14. ↑ Gallaga, Omar (June 22, 2012). "Two Austin websites bring in geek fans for real-world conferences". Austin Statesman. http://mo.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/digitalsavant/entries/2012/06/22/two\_austin\_webs.html. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
15. ↑ "VIDEOS HOSTED BY BARBARA DUNKELMAN". http://www.watchmojo.com/video/author/Barbara%20Dunkelman/1. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
16. ↑ Dunkelman, Barbara (June 21, 2011). "What did I do today?". RoosterTeeth. http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2743879. Retrieved September 13, 2013. Template:Dead link
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "2012 Winners and Nominees". PodcastAwards.com. 2012-01-07. Archived from the original on 2013-12-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20131210230028/http://www.podcastawards.com/index.php?option=pastwinners. Retrieved 2013-09-13.
18. ↑ Burns, Burnie (February 12, 2011). "Welcome Barbara!". RoosterTeeth. http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=2813849. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
19. ↑ Evon, Ryan. "A community like no other: My experience at RTX".
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Anne Jones, Leslie (July 15, 2014). "Meet Barbara Dunkelman: Internet celebrity, community manager, superhero". The Daily Dot. http://www.dailydot.com/geek/barbara-dunkelman-rooster-teeth/. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
21. ↑ "Xbox Live Stories — "BlawnD & Jack P"". Xbox. May 23, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEuzcWtYavc. Retrieved September 14, 2013.
22. ↑ "Always Open Podcast". Rooster Teeth. September 1, 2016. https://roosterteeth.com/series/always-open. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
23. ↑ "Barbara". Rooster Teeth. http://roosterteeth.com/user/Barbara. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
24. ↑ "Head Canon", Rooster Teeth (August 21, 2016). Retrieved on August 21, 2016.
25. ↑ Dunkelman, Barbara (August 20, 2016). "My Red vs. Blue Episode", Rooster Teeth. Retrieved on August 21, 2016.
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27. ↑ Spangler, Todd (August 4, 2017). "Seychelle Gabriel to Star in Rooster Teeth's 'Blood Fest' Horror-Comedy Film". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/seychelle-gabriel-rooster-teeth-blood-fest-1202515297/. Retrieved August 7, 2017.

## External links

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