In 2011, she voiced Meryl Strife in the English dub of anime feature film Trigun: Badlands Rumble. She voiced Medusa in the Soul Eater anime series, which was released on video in 2010 and later broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim in 2013. In 2010, she voiced as Nagisa Furukawa in the Clannad series, the title character in Birdy the Mighty: Decode and Makina Hoshimura from Corpse Princess.
In 2009, she voiced Kirino Chiba, the captain of a kendo team in Bamboo Blade and Lenalee Lee in the fantasy series D.Gray-Man. In 2007, the American Anime Awards nominated her for Best Actress for her work in Princess Tutu, and Best Actress in a Comedy for her work in Desert Punk, Negima and Nerima Daikon Brothers, but lost to Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and Debi Derryberry, respectively.
After Funimation acquired the dubbing rights for the long-running One Piece anime series, Christian was selected to play its lead female navigator Nami. She also landed the lead role of Tenma Tsukamoto in the comedy School Rumble, voiced the supporting role of Hitomi Kashiwa in Welcome to the NHK, and voiced the youthful-looking Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka in Ouran High School Host Club. Theron Martin of Anime News Network remarked that she interpreted her role much like Kaname Chidori on Full Metal Panic. In 2006, she voiced lead character Asuna Kagurazaka in the school anime Negima, which is about a boy magician who teaches at an all-girls middle school. She voiced actress Asako Kurumi in Funimation's dub of Kodocha, and a lead role as Rico in Gunslinger Girl.
She had supporting roles in Fullmetal Alchemist as guest character Psiren, and later as the recurring character Wrath. In 2006, she was featured in a series of articles by IGN titled "Babes of ADV Voice-Over".Ĭhristian joined the voice actors who would regularly travel from Houston to record with Funimation in Dallas. She also voiced teacher Yukari Tanizaki in the school life comedy Azumanga Daioh. In Prétear, she voices main character Himeno Awayuki, a teenage girl who ends up living with two stepsisters and becomes involved in a magical girl fantasy. In Super Gals! Ran Kotobuki, she voices the title character who is a fun-loving teenage gal in a family of police officers. A few weeks later, she auditioned and got her first starring role as Kaname Chidori in Full Metal Panic!. She did not hear back for some time until she got cast in Neo Ranga. Her involvement in anime started with ADV Films in Houston where she had some bit parts in Those Who Hunt Elves that involved about three hours of studio time. She got her bachelor's degree in Theatre from Angelo State University and her Master of Fine Arts in Theatre at Louisiana State University. In college, she originally pursued journalism, but changed to theatre when she was offered a scholarship. From age 3 to 9, she participated in some local beauty pageants, and later got involved in theater programs in high school. Christian grew up in Texas where her parents Mike and Barbara were high school teachers.