Patricia Ja Lee
Patricia Ja Lee is an American firefighter and retired actress. She is best known for her roles of Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger on the television series "Power Rangers Turbo" and "Power Rangers in Space," and as the voice and motion capture actress for Jill Valentine in numerous entries in the "Resident Evil" franchise of video games. She also portrayed Haruhi Suzumiya in the first season of ASOS Brigade, a series of live-action videos to promote the show. Aside from her acting roles, Lee also did voicework in many English dubbed adaptations of Japanese anime. She  retired from acting in 2020, and now works as a firefighter in Pasadena, California. Early life. Lee was born in California on July 19, 1975. She attended Alliant International University in San Diego. Career. Lee began acting in 1987, when she was 12 years old. Ten years later, Lee got her breakout role when she landed the role of Cassie Chan, the Pink Ranger for "Power Rangers Turbo", a role she would continue to play in "Power Rangers in Space". In 1999, she voiced Meifa Puzi in "Cowboy Bebop." In 2001, Lee was cast the lead female role in the  Golden Harvest action adventure "Extreme Challenge". She portrayed Haruhi Suzumiya in the first series of live-action promotional videos launched by Bandai Entertainment on December 22, 2006, to announce the R1 license of "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". Here, she is credited as Patricia Lee, although she referred to herself as Patricia Ja Lee in the first videos. Before the animated series' English cast was announced, it was speculated that she might be the voice of Haruhi as well. In July 2007, Patricia appeared at Anime Expo during the SOS Brigade concert. She was replaced for the second series of  promotional videos by Cristina Vee. Lee appeared in the Haruhi anime as the voice of Mizuki Okajima, the drummer of the all-girl student band ENOZ. Lee reprised this role in "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan." Lee appeared in a 2007 Oscar Mayer bologna advertisement as a spelling bee judge. Lee's most notable role is Jill Valentine from the "Resident Evil" franchise. She provided the voice and motion capture work for the character in "Resident Evil 5", released in 2009. Almost a year after the release of "Resident Evil 5", Capcom produced a "Gold" edition, featuring two new  scenarios, both of which starred the character, Jill Valentine. Lee reprised her role in both of these scenarios, titled "Lost In Nightmares" and "Desperate Escape". In 2009 she appeared at the Anime Expo alongside her former "Power Rangers" co-stars Selwyn Ward, Blake Foster, Roger Velasco, and Christopher Khayman Lee as a featured guest on the "Power Rangers" panel. Her final appearance as an actor was the 2019 game "Teppen." She has since retired from acting and now works as a firefighter at the Pasadena Fire Department in Pasadena, California.