Barbara Dunkelman | |
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Dunkelman at PAX Prime 2012
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Born |
Barbara Julie Dunkelman July 2, 1989 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Residence | Austin, Texas, United States |
Nationality | Canadian |
Occupation |
Director of Social & Community Marketing at Rooster Teeth Program director of RTX Voice actor |
Years active | 2008–present |
Employer | Rooster Teeth |
Website | roosterteeth |
Barbara Julie Dunkelman (born July 2, 1989) is a Canadian voice actress and internet personality, as well as a permanent resident of the United States. She is the Director of Social and Community Marketing at the production company Rooster Teeth, Program Director of the RTX gaming and internet convention and voice of Yang Xiao Long in the web series RWBY, Cosmos in Fairy Tail, and ORF in X-Ray and Vav. Her live-action acting credits include roles in Rooster Teeth Shorts,Immersion,Day 5 and Ten Little Roosters.
Dunkelman was born in Montreal, Quebec to a Jewish family, as the middle child, with one older and one younger brother. She credits her brothers with getting her interested in Red vs. Blue as well as Rooster Teeth as a whole. She signed up on Rooster Teeth's website in October 2004. In 2005 she attended and assisted at the premiere Toronto Red vs. Blue fan event, RvBTO. Starting in 2008, she helped organize it as co-host and Rooster Teeth liaison. She was a hostess for WatchMojo.com for several months in 2010.
Dunkelman graduated from Concordia University with a degree in Marketing in June 2011. In September 2011, she co-founded and co-hosted, with fellow employees Michael Jones, Ray Narvaez, Jr., Lindsay Jones, and Kerry Shawcross, along with fellow community members Andrew Blanchard, Mike Kroon, and Dylon Saramago, the triple award-winning Internet Box podcast. In December 2011, she was hired by Rooster Teeth as their first Community Manager, in charge of developing community features and the company's social media. At the time of her hiring she was the most-followed member on the Rooster Teeth community site.