SacAnime Welcomes Marie Westrook

Marie Westbrook will be attending SacAnime Summer 2024. Marie Westbrook was born in the small mining town of Kellogg, Idaho, and was raised in Soda Springs ID, close to ‘Ligertown’, a collection of dilapidated shacks where a local eccentric kept wild ligers (and yes, in case you were wondering, Ligertown was the inspiration for the liger theme in Napoleon Dynamite which was set in nearby Preston). She was involved in dance and gymnastics from the age of seven, initially enrolling at Utah State University as a dance major, she changed gears and graduated with a degree in Physics/Chemistry Education. After waiting tables, and working as a physics TA and laser beam operator, she taught 8th Grade science for a year. Marie is also one of few Hollywood actresses who can list ‘professional treadmill tester’ on her resume.
Fans will recognize her as the voice of special grade cursed spirit Hanami in Jujutsu Kaisen, veteran Edgerunner Dorio in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, Maria in Baki Hanma, Young Runway in Rogue Company, Sergean Jaxo in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Ikumi Unagiya in Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, and characters in many other anime and video games.