Charlet Chung

Charlet Chung
Charlet Chung
	Chung in 2017
Born	Chihye Takahashi Chung; February 16, 1983 (age 41); Long Beach, California, U.S.
Other names	Chie Takahashi
Alma mater	University of California, San Diego
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Tom Yoo
Children	2
Korean name
Hangul	정지혜
Hanja	鄭智憓
Revised Romanization
Transcriptions
Revised Romanization	Jeong Ji-hye
McCune–Reischauer	Chŏng Chi-hye
Japanese name
Kanji	高橋知恵
Kana	たかはしちえ
Romanization
Transcriptions
Romanization	Takahashi Chie
Website	www.charletchung.com

Chihye "Charlet" Takahashi Chung (born February 16, 1983) is an American actress who is best known for her works in voice acting, as well as for her various roles throughout film and television. She voices the fictional character D.Va in the multiplayer-shooter video game Overwatch^[4]^[5]^[6] and has reprised the role for the crossover game Heroes of the Storm. She also voiced Seraph in the shooter video game Call of Duty: Black Ops III. In television, Chung has made appearances on shows such as Cold Case, Cory in the House, 90210, Shake It Up and Grace and Frankie. In 2019, she joined the main cast of two Netflix animated series; on Carmen Sandiego as Julia Argent and on Fast & Furious Spy Racers as Margaret "Echo" Pearl.

Early life

Chung was born as Chihye Takahashi Chung in Long Beach California, to a Japanese mother and a Korean father and is fluent and literate in three languages: English, Japanese, and Korean.^[7]

Chung graduated from Diamond Bar High School in 2001.^[8]

Career

Her interest in acting began from a young age. She was discovered and signed on by an agent while on an airplane at the age of five.^[9] She landed her first acting role on CBS's Cold Case within three months after graduating with a Bachelor in Communications from the University of California, San Diego. In 2016, Chung made an appearance on the Netflix television series Grace and Frankie where she starred as the character Charlotte.^[10]^[11]

Chung has also done work as a voice actress. Her video game appearances include her role as Seraph from the game Call of Duty: Black Ops 3^[12] and her popular portrayal of D.Va from Blizzard's 2016 game Overwatch.^[13]^[14]^[15] She also voices Ally "Hoops" Nguyen in the 2022 game Grounded.

Personal life

Chung is married to Tom Yoo. In May 2019, she gave birth to a son^[16] and in November 2020 gave birth to a daughter.^[17]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Cold Case	Barbie Yen	Episode: "Death Penalty: "Final Appeal"
2007	Cheerleader Camp	JoJo	Main cast
	Mad TV	Extra	Episode: "Episode #12. 13"
	Drake & Josh	Teen Girl	Episode: "Battle of Panthatar"
	Side Order of Life	Deb No. 2	Episode: "Coming Out"
	Cory in the House	Brunette Ashley	Episode: "Lip Service"
2008	Broken Angel	Taki	Guest appearance
	Greek	Gamma Psi Sister	Episode: "Brothers & Sisters"
	Boston Legal	Kim Wang Shu	Episode: "Roe"
	Desperate Housewives	Secretary	Episode: "A Vision's Just a Vision", uncredited
	Sincerely, Ted L. Nancy	Lisa	Main cast
2010	Weeds	Jane	Episode: "Bliss"
	90210	Jen's Assistant	Episode: "Age of Inheritance"
	Shake It Up	Candy Cho	Episode: "Show It Up"
2011	The Hard Times of RJ Berger	Grace	Episode: "RJ's Choice"
2011	Chuck	Susie Chin	Episode: "Chuck Versus the Bearded Bandit"
2012	Touch	Mandy Hsu	Episode: "Entanglement"
2014	Mystery Girls	Tika	Episode: "Passing the Torch"
2015	Ana Maria in Novela Land	Korean Soap Actress	Supporting cast
2015	Two Girls, One Up	Charlet	Main cast
2016	Grace and Frankie	Charlotte	Episode: "The Chicken"
2016	Fameless	Chie	Episode: "I Robot?"
2017	We Bare Bears	Additional Voices, Mrs. Lee (voice)	Episode: "Spa Day"
2018-20	Craig of the Creek	Yustice, Clerk (voice)	6 episodes
2018	Overwatch: Shooting Star	D.Va (voice)	Short film
2019–2020	Spirit Riding Free	Ursula Yang (voice)	Pony Tales/Riding Academy
2019–2020	American Dad	Additional voices	4 episodes
2019–2021	Fast & Furious Spy Racers	Echo (voice)	Main cast
2019–2021	Carmen Sandiego	Julia Argent, Shopkeeper, Model 4, Nurse (voice)	Main cast
2020	Magic Camp	Bridesmaid	Film (credit only; scene deleted)
2021	Rugrats	Kimi Watanabe, Sporty Woman (voice)	Episode: "Escape From Preschool"^[18]
2021	The Addams Family 2	Dorky Girl, Madison, Girl on Beach, Festival Kids (voice)	Film
2022	Oni: Thunder God's Tale	Tanukinta, Darma, Kijiyama (voice)	Credited as Charlet Takahashi Chung^[19]

Video games

Year	Title	Voice role
2014	Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare	Korean Civilian, Spokesmodel
2015	Call of Duty: Black Ops III^[20]	Seraph
2016	StarCraft II: Nova Covert Ops	Additional Voices
	Overwatch^[21]	D.Va
	StarCraft II: Legacy of the Void
2017	Heroes of the Storm
2017	Agents of Mayhem	AISHA, Schaeffer
2018	State of Decay 2	Survivor
2020	Final Fantasy VII Remake	Additional Voices
	Grounded	Ally "Hoops" Nguyen
	World of Warcraft: Shadowlands	Willowblossom
2022	Overwatch 2	D.Va

References

^ @CharletChung (November 11, 2016). "my japanese name is chie too! 😘" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ @Charletchung (March 14, 2021). "3 Generations" – via Instagram.
^ @CharletChung (September 1, 2017). "name is 한글 : 지혜" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
^ Gregory Ibanez (December 2016). "BlizzCon: Meet the Voice Actors of Overwatch". PVPLive. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ Saqib Mansoor (February 11, 2017). "Voice Actress Hints Upcoming Overwatch Animated Series". SegmentNext. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ Morgan Park (November 9, 2016). "Watch the Cuteness of Overwatch Voice Actors Hanging out at Blizzard". TwinFinite. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ "About". CHARLET CHUNG. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
^ Francisco, Eric (February 20, 2024). "Asian-American actors reveal why video games can create change faster than movies or TV". Inverse. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
^ Lisa Disante-Frank & Company. "About Charlet Chung". Lisa Disante-Frank & Company. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ listal (2017). "Cast and Credits of Grace and Frankie". listal. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ indypopcon (2016). "Charlet Chung Overwatch/D.Va Biography". indypopcon. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ Admin (July 7, 2016). "Kraken Con NEWS". KrakenCon. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
^ Gregory Ibanez (December 2016). "BlizzCon: Meet the Voice Actors of Overwatch". PVPLive. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ Saqib Mansoor (February 11, 2017). "Voice Actress Hints Upcoming Overwatch Animated Series". SegmentNext. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ Morgan Park (November 9, 2016). "Watch the Cuteness of Overwatch Voice Actors Hanging out at Blizzard". TwinFinite. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ @CharletChung (May 25, 2019). "❤️ Guy Utaka Yoo ❤️ 5.19.19. And the rest of the world melted away" (Tweet). Retrieved November 3, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ @CharletChung (November 11, 2020). "🤍Gal Umika Philippa Yoo🤍 {11.4.2020} My little ひめ hime you're finally here. I've waited for you my whole life" (Tweet). Retrieved November 14, 2020 – via Twitter.
^ "Henry Winkler, Ben Schwartz to Guest Star on Paramount Plus' 'Rugrats': First Look (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
^ "Tonko House's Oni: Thunder God's Tale CG Netflix Show Reveals Teaser Trailer, Cast". January 15, 2024.
^ Justin Carter (November 19, 2015). "Meet the Voice Actors of the CoD: Black Ops 3 Cast". TwinFinite. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.
^ Nicholas Barth (December 23, 2016). "VIDEO: Interview With D.Va Voice Actress". 12Up. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.

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[1] @CharletChung (November 11, 2016). "my japanese name is chie too! 😘" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[2] @Charletchung (March 14, 2021). "3 Generations" – via Instagram.

[3] @CharletChung (September 1, 2017). "name is 한글 : 지혜" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[4] Gregory Ibanez (December 2016). "BlizzCon: Meet the Voice Actors of Overwatch". PVPLive. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[5] Saqib Mansoor (February 11, 2017). "Voice Actress Hints Upcoming Overwatch Animated Series". SegmentNext. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[6] Morgan Park (November 9, 2016). "Watch the Cuteness of Overwatch Voice Actors Hanging out at Blizzard". TwinFinite. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[7] "About". CHARLET CHUNG. Retrieved October 21, 2022.

[8] Francisco, Eric (February 20, 2024). "Asian-American actors reveal why video games can create change faster than movies or TV". Inverse. Archived from the original on August 7, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2025.

[9] Lisa Disante-Frank & Company. "About Charlet Chung". Lisa Disante-Frank & Company. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[10] stal (2017). "Cast and Credits of Grace and Frankie". listal. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[11] ypopcon (2016). "Charlet Chung Overwatch/D.Va Biography". indypopcon. Archived from the original on April 19, 2017. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[12] Admin (July 7, 2016). "Kraken Con NEWS". KrakenCon. Retrieved April 18, 2017.

[13] Gregory Ibanez (December 2016). "BlizzCon: Meet the Voice Actors of Overwatch". PVPLive. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[14] Saqib Mansoor (February 11, 2017). "Voice Actress Hints Upcoming Overwatch Animated Series". SegmentNext. Archived from the original on November 6, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[15] Morgan Park (November 9, 2016). "Watch the Cuteness of Overwatch Voice Actors Hanging out at Blizzard". TwinFinite. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[16] @CharletChung (May 25, 2019). "❤️ Guy Utaka Yoo ❤️ 5.19.19. And the rest of the world melted away" (Tweet). Retrieved November 3, 2020 – via Twitter.

[17] @CharletChung (November 11, 2020). "🤍Gal Umika Philippa Yoo🤍 {11.4.2020} My little ひめ hime you're finally here. I've waited for you my whole life" (Tweet). Retrieved November 14, 2020 – via Twitter.

[18] "Henry Winkler, Ben Schwartz to Guest Star on Paramount Plus' 'Rugrats': First Look (Exclusive)". Entertainment Tonight. October 4, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

[19] "Tonko House's Oni: Thunder God's Tale CG Netflix Show Reveals Teaser Trailer, Cast". January 15, 2024.

[20] Justin Carter (November 19, 2015). "Meet the Voice Actors of the CoD: Black Ops 3 Cast". TwinFinite. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 30, 2017.

[21] Nicholas Barth (December 23, 2016). "VIDEO: Interview With D.Va Voice Actress". 12Up. Archived from the original on March 31, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2017.

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