Jen Taylor Explained

Jen Taylor
Birth Name:Jennifer Taylor
Birth Place:Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1993–present

Jennifer Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in Halo games and the intelligent personal assistant, the voice of Zoey in the Left 4 Dead franchise and formerly as Princess Peach, Toad and other characters in the Mario franchise from 1999 to 2008.

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, Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in Mario games between 1999 and 2006.[4] She voiced the character Cortana in Halo games since the first game in the series, (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.

Taylor has played Salem in the web series RWBY, since 2013. She voiced an episode of the radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes[7] [8]

Taylor has narrated nearly 30 audiobooks, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards.[9] Her narration of Tami Hoag's Mismatch was nominated for an Audie Award in 2009.[10]

As a stage actress, Taylor has played Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Pygmalion.[11]

Filmography

Live-action

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2004 Inheritance Abbey [12]
2018 Everything Sucks! Miss Stock 2 episodes[13]
2022–2024HaloCortana[14]

Animation

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2013–present RWBY [15] [16]
2015
2022 Mysterious Narrator / Salem English dub

Video games

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1997 Backyard BaseballSunny Day
1998 Thinkin' Things

Sky Island Mysteries

Glove
Backyard Soccer Sunny Day
1999 Backyard Football
1999–2007 Princess Peach, Toad, Birdo, Princess Daisy, Toadette
2000 Backyard Baseball 2001Sunny Day
Backyard Soccer MLS Edition
2001 Backyard Football 2002
Aliens versus Predator 2 Tomiko / Johnson [17]
Cortana / Life Pod Pilot
Super Smash Bros. Melee Princess Peach [18]
Luigi's Mansion Toad
Backyard BasketballSunny Day [19]
2002 Cate Archer / Isako / Ninja Girls
Roxy [20]
2004 Halo 2 Cortana
2006 SiN Episodes Jessica Cannon
2007 Halo 3 Cortana
2008 Left 4 Dead Zoey
2009 Lt. Keira Stokes
1 vs. 100 Live Herself
2010 Left 4 Dead 2 Zoey
Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, Cortana (Firefight)
2012 Guild Wars 2 Demmi Beetlestone [21]
Halo 4 Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey Also motion-capture performance for Halsey
2013 Dota 2 Lina, Puck, Windranger, Medusa [22]
2014 Destiny City Civil Frame, Archive Security A.I., City P.A. [23]
2015 Infinite Crisis [24] [25]
Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey Also motion-capture performance for Dr. Halsey [26]
2018 Forza Horizon 4 Cortana [27]
2021 Halo Infinite Cortana, Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, "The Weapon"

Other works

Year Title Role Notes Source
2014–2017 [28] [29]
2015–2023 Cortana [30]
2021–2023 Cortana [31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Voice Behind Cortana, Halo's Dr. Halsey . Kindel . Ryan . Tiger Oak Media . Seattle Magazine . October 2015 . January 15, 2017.
  2. Web site: Jennifer Taylor . Macmillan Publishers . October 28, 2020.
  3. News: Brodeur . Nicole . December 12, 2014 . The voice of Halo's Cortana is a Jane Austen type at heart . . January 15, 2017.
  4. News: Jen Taylor - South Texas Gamers Expo. August 19, 2016. South Texas Gamers Expo. en-US. January 15, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116170458/http://southtexasgamersexpo.com/jen-taylor/. January 16, 2017. dead.
  5. Web site: The heart of Halo: Actress talks a decade spent playing Cortana . October 29, 2012 . Benedetti . Winda . . January 15, 2017.
  6. News: Seattle actor Jen Taylor reprises role of the AI Cortana on Paramount+ 'Halo' series . The Seattle Times . Owen . Rob . April 12, 2022 . April 19, 2022.
  7. Web site: Video Games and Audio Dramas Meet at Imagination Theater . January 23, 2020 . October 26, 2020 . Imagination Theatre.
  8. Web site: The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Broadcast Log . Old-Time Radio . Wright . Stewart . April 30, 2019 . October 27, 2020.
  9. Web site: Jen Taylor . Cedar House Audio Productions . January 15, 2017.
  10. Web site: 2009 Audie Awards . Audio Publishers Association . January 15, 2017 . October 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201030154954/https://www.audiopub.org/winners/2009-audies . dead .
  11. Web site: Seattle Actor Profile – Jennifer Lee Taylor . Seattle Shakespeare Company . February 11, 2012 . January 15, 2017.
  12. Web site: Inheritance - Press: Interview with Jen Taylor. https://web.archive.org/web/20030613050722/http://www.inheritancefilm.com/press/inttaylor.html. dead. June 13, 2003. June 13, 2003. September 14, 2017.
  13. Web site: Hyper Chat: Jen Taylor . April 2, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180829124603/https://www.pcauthority.com.au/feature/hyper-chat-jen-taylor-469916 . August 29, 2018 . dead .
  14. Web site: Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress . Skrebels . Joe . November 11, 2020 . . November 13, 2020.
  15. RWBY . RWBY . 1 . Closing credits .
  16. RWBY . RWBY . 3 . 12 . Closing credits .
  17. Aliens Versus Predator 2. . . October 22, 2001 . . Credits.
  18. . Super Smash Bros. Melee . . Ending credits, 0:26 . 2001.
  19. . Backyard Basketball . . Ending credits, 1:33 in, Featuring Voices of . 2001.
  20. . Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal . . Ending credits, 16:28 in, Voice Talent . 2002.
  21. https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Jen_Taylor Jen Taylor - Guild Wars 2 Wiki (GW2W)
  22. https://dota2.gamepedia.com/Voice_actors Voice actors – Dota 2 Wiki
  23. Destiny – End Credits – IGN Video. IGN Video. September 11, 2014. December 4, 2014. 4:30 (Voice and Motion Performers).
  24. . . Credits, Voice Over Talent . . 2015.
  25. Web site: Infinite Crisis Credits . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141011230201/http://game.infinitecrisis.com/en/infinite-crisis-credits . October 11, 2014 .
  26. . . . Closing credits, 7 minutes in, Main Voice and Performance Cast . October 28, 2017 .
  27. Web site: Forza Horizon 4's Halo In-Game Event Is Real, Amazing - Gamescom 2018. August 21, 2018. September 6, 2018. IGN. Joe. Skrebels. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180821180111/http://www.ign.com/articles/2018/08/21/forza-horizon-4s-halo-in-game-event-is-real-amazing. August 21, 2018. mdy-all.
  28. Web site: The story of Cortana, Microsoft's Siri killer . tomwarren . . . April 2, 2014 . April 4, 2014.
  29. News: Blair . Nancy . April 3, 2014 . Who is Cortana? It's Halo's Jen Taylor . . May 2, 2016.
  30. Web site: Microsoft Corporation Lets Cortana Open Apps in Windows 10 . Aparri . Judith . May 17, 2015 . Guardian Liberty Voice . May 17, 2015.
  31. Web site: Johnson . Peter . September 4, 2021 . How to Install Cortana in Windows 11 . April 9, 2022 . ITechBrand . en-US.

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