Melissa Newman was an American actress who voiced Dana Sterling in the original Robotech series She is often confused with voice actress Lisa Michelson, who played Karen Penn and passed away in 1991, as well as with the daughter of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, who shares the same name. Robotech was her last role. In the article "Do You Remember Robotech", published in the magazine Animerica, series creator Carl Macek stated that he had no idea what had happened to the actress, saying that "she had completely disappeared from the acting community."