Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor is an American voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in various Halo games as well as the intelligent personal *istant of the same name. She also voices Zoey in Left 4 Dead; Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in various Mario games between 1999 and 2006; Salem in RWBY, and Lina, Windranger, Puck and Medusa in Dota 2.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 2 Filmography
- 2.1 Live action
- 2.2 Animation
- 2.3 Video games
- 2.4 Other works
- 3 References
- 4 External links
Career
Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she heard. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater. Before starting in voice work, she worked as a radio DJ for KNDD.
Taylor has voiced characters in multiple video games. She voiced Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in Mario games between 1999 and 2006. She has voiced the character Cortana in Halo games since the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved (2001). She also voices the virtual *istant Cortana, which was named after the character and first released in 2014. Two decades following the original game, Taylor reprised the role of Cortana by voice acting and performance capture in the Paramount+ TV series.
Taylor has played Salem, the main antagonist in the animated web series RWBY, since 2013. She has also acted on radio, in an episode of the radio series The Cl*ic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes that aired in 2014.
Taylor has narrated nearly thirty Audiobooks, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her narration of Tami Hoag's Mismatch was nominated for an Audie Award in 2009.
As a stage actress, Taylor has played various roles such as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Pygmalion.
Filmography
Live action
Animation
Video games
Other works
References
External links
- Jen Taylor at IMDb
- Jen Taylor on Twitter
- Bungie's 2002 interview with Jen Taylor