Stephanie Wittels

Stephanie Rose Wittels Wachs (born February 20, 1981) is an American voice actress, activist, and author. She is the co-founder and executive director of the theatre company Rec Room Arts in Houston, Texas and the co-founder and chief creative officer of the podcast network Lemonada Media. Wachs is the host of the podcast Last Day.

Career

Memoir Wachs is the author of Everything is Horrible and Wonderful: A Tragicomic Memoir of Genius, Heroin, Love and Loss, a memoir about addiction, grief, and healing. Her other writing can be found on Vox, Longform, Huffington Post, Fatherly, Babble, and Medium.

Lemonada Media In 2017, Wachs appeared as a guest on the podcast Terrible, Thanks for Asking! discussing her struggle coping with her brother's death. At the time, Wachs was hosting a podcast of her own called Hands Off Parenting and continuing her work in voice acting. An Executive Producer of Crooked Media's Pod Save the People, Jessica Cordova Kramer, heard the episode and subsequently made contact with Wachs. Cordova Kramer had lost her brother, Stefano, to a battle with addiction earlier that year. In September 2019, the two teamed up to found the podcasting network Lemonada Media.

Lemonada Media's first launch was a narrative podcast breaking down the opioid crisis through personal interviews entitled Last Day. Last Day was an honoree in two categories at the 2020 Webby Awards and nominated for a 2020 iHeart Radio Award.

Wachs is chief content officer and executive producer for Lemonada Media's other slated podcasts, including Our America with Julian Castro, Tell Me What to Do with Jaime Primak Sullivan, and The Untold Story: Policing.

Press Wachs has been a guest on Late Night with Seth Meyers, NPR Weekend Edition, Houston Matters, and numerous podcasts including Comedy Bang! Bang!, Who Charted?, and Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend. She has been featured in People magazine, Entertainment Weekly, Bustle, The Hollywood Reporter, Arts & Culture Magazine, and as one of Houstonia Magazines "10 Houston Women Making it Happen."

Personal life Wachs is married to Mike Wachs. They have a daughter born in 2014 and a son born in 2018, named after her younger brother, Harris Wittels. In her book, she also mentioned that she has two nieces.

Filmography Film YearTitleRoleNotes 2004 Jing: King of Bandits: Seventh Heaven Clove Video Short 2005 Air: The Movie Kano Kirishima 2007 Clannad The Movie Kouko Ibuki 2011 Eternal Quon 3: The Complicity of Dreams Tsutomu

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes 2005 Xenosaga: The Animation Shion Uzuki Episode: “Awakening” 2005 Air Kano Kirishima, Additional Voices Recurring role (10 episodes) 2006 SoltyRei Sarah Revant Episode: "Tears: After the Showdown" 2006 Magikano Ran, Additional Voices Guest role (3 episodes) 2006 Welcome to the N.H.K. Misaki Nakahara Episode: “Welcome to the Project!” 2006 Red Garden Mirielle Guest role (2 episodes) 2006 009-1 Victor, Additional Voices Guest role (3 episodes) 2006 Air Gear Yayoi Nakayama Main role (20 episodes) 2006–2007 The Wallflower Additional Voices Guest role (9 episodes) 2007 Tokyo Majin Aoi Masato Episode: “First Night: The Twelve Generals of the Martial Fist” 2007 Venus Versus Virus Lilith Episode: "Deep Feelings" 2007 Ice Hitomi Aida Unknown 2007 Devil May Cry: The Animated Series Nina Guest role (2 episodes) 2007 Princess Resurrection Mikasa Episode: “Princess Zombie" 2007–2009 Clannad Kouko Ibuki, Female Student Guest role (14 episodes) (Includes After Story) 2007–2008 Princess Resurrection Francesca Main role (15 episodes) 2008 Xam'd: Lost Memories Yunbo Guest role (3 episodes) 2009 Needless Kanna Episode: “Seto x Soruva” 2010 The World God Only KnowsAdditional Voices Episode: “Flag.12.0 More Than a God, Less Than a Human" 2011 Chihayafuru Episode: "Now the Flower Blooms" 2015–2022 Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma Erina Nakiri Main role 2015–2016 Gate Shino Kuribayashi Recurring role (15 episodes) 2015 My Love Story!! Mariya Saijo Guest role (4 episodes) 2015 School-Live! Megumi ‘Megu-nee’ Sakura Main role (11 episodes) 2015 Chivalry of a Failed Knight Toka Todo Guest role (4 episodes) 2015–2016 Ushio and Tora Hinowa, Kaori Guest role (10 episodes) 2016 Flying Witch Makoto Kowata Main role (12 episodes) 2016 Tanaka-kun is Always Listless Shiraishi Recurring role (11 episodes) 2016 Onigiri Yoshitsune Main role (12 episodes) 2017 Just Because! Momoka Suzuki Guest role (3 episodes) 2017 Girls' Last Tour Ishii Episode: “Accident/Technology/Takeoff” 2018 Mitsuboshi Colors Additional Voices Guest role (12 episodes)