{{short description|American actress}} {{Multiple issues| {{Notability|Biographies|date=April 2020}} {{BLP sources|date=April 2020}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Petrea Burchard | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing [[brackets]] --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Petrea Celeste Burchard | birth_date = | birth_place = | occupation = Actress | years_active = }} '''Petrea Celeste Burchard'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pasadenadailyphoto.blogspot.com/2008/11/weston-dewalt.html |title=Weston DeWalt |last=Burchard|first=Petrea|date=November 25, 2008|website=Living Vicuriously, aka Pasadena Daily Photo|access-date=March 5, 2019}}</ref> is an American actress. She is sometimes credited as '''Celeste Burch''' in the anime she appears in. Her most recognizable role to date is as the English voice actor for fictional character and space pirate, [[Ryoko (Tenchi Muyo!)|Ryoko Hakubi]] from the Japanese animated series ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]''.
==Biography== Burchard's acting career began on the stage, taking roles in prominent production companies including Chicago's Second City and Victory Gardens theaters. She has played various roles in [[television]], film, and [[theatre]]. Petrea has been a guest star on NBC's ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Passions]]'', and ''[[The West Wing (television)|The West Wing]]'', and CBS's ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'', ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]'', ''[[The Guardian]]'', and ''[[The Young and the Restless]]''. She is also the opening woman in the 1992 [[black comedy]] ''[[Death Becomes Her]]''.
Petrea studied Shakespeare at Chicago Shakespeare Repertory and with John Barton and members of the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]] at the British/American Drama Academy. Her credits in [[Shakespeare's plays|Shakespeare]] include ''[[Antony and Cleopatra]]'' (as [[Cleopatra]]), ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' (as Empress Tamora), ''[[The Taming of the Shrew]]'', ''[[Measure For Measure]]'', and ''[[Julius Caesar (play)|Julius Caesar]]''. She originated roles in the James Sherman plays "Mr. 80%", "The God of Isaac", and "The Escape Artist".
She is best known as the original English dubbed voice of Ryoko the space pirate in the anime, ''Tenchi Muyo!''.
Burchard is also a writer. She has published two books, the novel ''Camelot & Vine,'' and a book of essays, ''Act As If: Stumbling Through Hollywood with Headshot in Hand,'' based on her column on the LA actors' website, NowCasting.com, called "Act As If".
She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, filmmaker John Sandel.
==Filmography==
'''Live Action Roles''' * ''[[Fracture (2007 film)|Fracture]]'' (2007) ... Dr. Marion Kang * ''Callback'' (2005) * ''[[Death Becomes Her]]'' (1992) * ''[[Four Friends (1981 film)|Four Friends]]'' (1981)
'''Anime''' * ''[[Ai Tenchi Muyo!]]'' <ref>{{cite web|last1=Ugwa|first1=Godswill|title=Ai Tenchi Muyo! – English Cast Announcement|url=https://www.funimation.com/blog/2018/04/23/ai-tenchi-muyo-english-cast-announcement/|website=Funimation|publisher=Blog|accessdate=24 April 2018|date=23 April 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> * ''Tenchi Muyô! In Love 2: Haruka naru omoi'' ({{aka}} ''[[Tenchi Forever! The Movie|Tenchi Muyo: Tenchi in Love 2: Distant Memories]]'') (1999) * ''Tenchi Muyô! Manatsu no Eve'' (a.k.a. ''[[Tenchi the Movie 2: The Daughter of Darkness]]'') (1997) * ''Shin Tenchi Muyô"'' (a.k.a. ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo|Tenchi In Tokyo]]'') (1997) * ''Tenchi Muyô! In Love'' (a.k.a. ''[[Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love|Tenchi The Movie]]'') (1996) * ''Tenchi Muyô'' (a.k.a. ''[[Tenchi Universe]]'') (1995) * ''[[Magical Girl Pretty Sammy|Pretty Sammy: Magical Girl]]'' (1995) * ''[[Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki|Tenchi Muyô! Ryô Ôki OVA 1 and 2]]'' (1993)
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0120838}} *[http://petreaburchard.com/ Official Website] *[https://www.nowcasting.com/actorsink/index.php Now Casting's Actor's Ink featuring Act As If] *[http://animedream.com/specials/petreaburchard/interview_petreaburchard.shtml Petrea Burchardl] Interview on Anime Dream
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