Jen Taylor

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Career

Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she heard.[1] She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater.[2] Before starting in voice work, she worked as a radio DJ for KNDD.[3]

Taylor has voiced characters in video games, including Princess Peach and Toad in Mario games between 1999 and 2008.[4] She voiced the character Cortana in Halo games since the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved (2001).[5] Two decades following the original game, Taylor reprised the role of Cortana by voice acting and performance capture in the Paramount+ TV series.[6] At GalaxyCon Columbus in December 2023, Taylor stated her favorite line as Cortana is "Welcome home, John" from Halo 4.[7]

Taylor has played Salem in the web series RWBY, since 2013.[8] She voiced an episode of the radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[9][10]

Taylor has narrated nearly 30 audiobooks, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards.[11] Her narration of Tami Hoag's Mismatch was nominated for an Audie Award in 2009.[12]

As a stage actress, Taylor has played Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice[3] and Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Pygmalion.[13]

Filmography

Live-action

List of acting performances in television and film
Year Title Role Notes Source
2004 Inheritance Abbey [14]
2018 Everything Sucks! Miss Stock 2 episodes [15]
2022–2024 Halo Cortana [16]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2013–present RWBY Mysterious Narrator / Salem [8][17]
2015 Halo: The Fall of Reach Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey
2022 RWBY: Ice Queendom Mysterious Narrator / Salem English dub

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
1997 Backyard Baseball Sunny Day [18]
1998 Thinkin' Things: Sky Island Mysteries Glove
Backyard Soccer Sunny Day [18]
1999 Backyard Football [18]
1999–2007 Mario franchise Princess Peach, Toad, Toadette
Princess Daisy (2000-2003,) Birdo (2001)
2000 Backyard Baseball 2001 Sunny Day [18]
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition [18]
2001 Backyard Football 2002 [18]
Aliens versus Predator 2 Tomiko / Johnson [19]
Halo: Combat Evolved Cortana / Life Pod Pilot [18]
Super Smash Bros. Melee Princess Peach [20]
Backyard Basketball Sunny Day [21]
2002 No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way Cate Archer / Isako / Ninja Girls [15]
Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal Roxy [22]
2004 Halo 2 Cortana [18]
2006 SiN Episodes Jessica Cannon
2007 Halo 3 Cortana [18]
2008 Left 4 Dead Zoey [18]
2009 F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin Lt. Keira Stokes [18]
1 vs. 100 Live Herself
2010 Left 4 Dead 2 Zoey [18]
Halo: Reach Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, Cortana (Firefight) [18]
2012 Guild Wars 2 Demmi Beetlestone [23]
Halo 4 Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey Also motion-capture performance for Halsey [18]
2013 Dota 2 Lina, Puck, Windranger, Medusa
2014 Destiny City Civil Frame, Archive Security A.I., City P.A. [24]
2015 Infinite Crisis Atomic Wonder Woman [25][26]
Halo 5: Guardians Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey Also motion-capture performance for Dr. Halsey [27]
2018 Forza Horizon 4 Cortana [28]
2021 Halo Infinite Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, "The Weapon"

Other works

Year Title Role Notes Source
2014–2017 Windows Phone 8.1 Cortana [29][30]
2015–2023 Windows 10 Cortana [31]
2021–2023 Windows 11 Cortana [32]

References

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