Megan Hollingshead

Megan Hollingshead voices Adiane the Elegant, the sole female member of the Spiral King's Four Supreme Generals, in Gurren Lagann. Her broader catalog spans a wide range of anime characters since the early 1990s, built largely around forceful villain and authority-figure performances. That range places Adiane alongside a long list of similarly commanding roles.

Hollingshead is widely recognized for playing Nurse Joy throughout the Pokemon anime and Mai Valentine in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series, two of the longest-running credits in her catalog. She also voices Shizune in Naruto and Caster in the Fate/stay night franchise. Her Gurren Lagann role, Adiane the Elegant, sits within that same broad body of anime work.

Hollingshead voices Adiane the Elegant, the sole female member of the Spiral King's Four Supreme Generals and one of the series' primary antagonists during the Beastmen War arc. The character is written as hot-tempered and vindictive, often taking her frustrations out on her rival Viral. Hollingshead's performance leans into that volatility, fitting her broader catalog of forceful anime villain roles.

Hollingshead's catalog includes Shizune in Naruto, Rangiku Matsumoto in Bleach, and Re-l Mayer in Ergo Proxy. She also voices Caster in the Fate/stay night franchise. Her career in anime dubbing dates back to the early 1990s.

Megan Hollingshead is an American voice actress active in anime dubbing since 1993, who has also recorded under the names Karen Thompson and Kelli Kassidi. Her catalog spans forceful villain and authority-figure roles, including Adiane the Elegant in Gurren Lagann and Mai Valentine in the original Yu-Gi-Oh! series. She remains one of the more recognizable voices across long-running anime franchises.