Voice Actor. Host. Producer. Professional Geek.
Michelle Nguyen Bradley, also known as “IamChubbyBunny,” works across the full gamut of niche interest entertainment, having a hand on camera and behind the scenes in the creation of digital entertainment shows, podcasts, tabletop game streaming, trade shows, fashion shows, and content creation across all platforms.
Michelle grew up and was educated on the East Coast, graduating from Penn State University in 2005, then moving to Japan to work for the next few years. Now residing in Los Angeles, Michelle uses her deep knowledge of niche culture from both American and Japanese lifestyle brands and media to create content for the fandom at large.
In the Japanese pop culture arena, Michelle has hosted on the main stage for Anime Expo’s Opening Ceremonies and Fashion shows for several years, and previously produced and hosted the “Got Manga Viz Summer Reading Book Club” series,, as well as hosting for FunimationCon 2020.
Delving into gaming, Michelle also hosted on “Button Mash,” a video game deep dive show over on the Total Nerd YouTube channel. She has also appeared regularly as a nerd expert on networks like Nerdist, Dropout.TV, Geek and Sundry, AfterBuzz TV, Fandom, Hyper RPG and ScreenJunkies.
Michelle is also a professional tabletop RPG player. You can catch her on Idle Champion’s “A Familiar Quest,” on the zombie horror show, “Outbreak Undead: Project Nero” on Pixel Circus’ Twitch channel, on Vampire the Masquerade: New York by Night on the World of Darkness Twitch Channel. She is also a regular cast member on Paizo’s channel. Michelle has played characters like Hoa Sen on the Critical Role Elder Scroll’s Blackwood miniseries, Betty on the official Rat Queen's RPG (HyperRPG), and many more personas through her work on RPG shows.
When not on camera, Michelle works as a broadcast producer for companies like Esports Engine and Twitch, and is currently Executive Producer and host at Tabletop News, with new episodes launching on their YouTube every Thursday.
Michelle also moonlights as an event producer at geek conventions across North America, with clients such as Sanrio, Rilakkuma, and 6%DOKIDOKI. As a former writer at Geek.com, DefectiveGeeks.com, and GeekandSundry.com, Michelle still hones her skills in writing with articles that focus on the geek sphere while also promoting inclusion, education and goodwill among the nerd community.
You can find her on all social media at @iamchubbybunny.
“We’ve been developing Tabletop News for years because tabletop gamers deserve easily accessible news. By bringing tabletop gaming news together in one place, we hope the community is inspired to spend more time gaming, creating, and doing what they love,” says Michelle Nguyen Bradley, Tabletop News Executive Producer and Host.