She is generally cast as young boys or young girls; her most notable roles are as Alphonse Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Dende from Dragon Ball Z Kai, Czeslaw Meyer from Baccano!, and Crona from Soul Eater.
Whitehead was working as a stage actor when her friend R. Bruce Elliott was planning to audition for Romeo × Juliet and invited her along.
[1] She also voiced Ellis in the girls-with-guns anime El Cazador de la Bruja and voices the main character Tsukimi Kurashita in Princess Jellyfish.
Whitehead was roommates with fellow voice actress Emily Neves in college.
[2] She has stated that her favorite character to voice so far in her career has been Crona from Soul Eater.