Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle,
WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the...
) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
voice actress best known for her role as
CortanaCortana is a fictional artificially intelligent character in Bungie's Halo video game series. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx...
in the Xbox game series
HaloHalo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana...
and the new Xbox 360 game "
1 vs. 1001 vs 100 is a massively multiplayer online Xbox Live adaptation of the trivia game show of the same name. There are two versions of the game, referred to as 1 vs 100 Live and 1 vs 100 Extended Play...
" as well as
Princess Peachis a fictional character in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series of video games. She is the princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series. She was known as Princess Toadstool outside Japan until late 1996, when the name "Peach" was...
in various
Mario gamesThe Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies...
.
Jen Taylor's first voice role was Sunny Day in
Backyard BaseballBackyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iPhone OS, and the PC. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari...
. Since 1999 in
Mario Golf 64 she has voiced
Princess Peachis a fictional character in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series of video games. She is the princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series. She was known as Princess Toadstool outside Japan until late 1996, when the name "Peach" was...
and from 2001
ToadToad, known in Japan as , is a fictional humanoid mushroom in the Mario series that was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. A citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad is one of Princess Peach's most loyal servants and is constantly working on her behalf. Toad is usually seen as a NPC who provides assistance...
in various
Mario gamesThe Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies...
.
Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle,
WashingtonWashington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Washington was carved out of the western part of Washington Territory which had been ceded by Britain in 1846 by the Oregon Treaty as settlement of the Oregon Boundary Dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the...
) is an
AmericanThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
voice actress best known for her role as
CortanaCortana is a fictional artificially intelligent character in Bungie's Halo video game series. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx...
in the Xbox game series
HaloHalo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana...
and the new Xbox 360 game "
1 vs. 1001 vs 100 is a massively multiplayer online Xbox Live adaptation of the trivia game show of the same name. There are two versions of the game, referred to as 1 vs 100 Live and 1 vs 100 Extended Play...
" as well as
Princess Peachis a fictional character in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series of video games. She is the princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series. She was known as Princess Toadstool outside Japan until late 1996, when the name "Peach" was...
in various
Mario gamesThe Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies...
.
Voice Work
Jen Taylor's first voice role was Sunny Day in
Backyard BaseballBackyard Baseball is a series of children's games for the Game Boy Advance, PlayStation 2, GameCube, Wii, iPhone OS, and the PC. It is the original game in the Backyard Sports series. Currently all the games in the series have been developed by Humongous Entertainment and published by Atari...
. Since 1999 in
Mario Golf 64 she has voiced
Princess Peachis a fictional character in Nintendo's Super Mario Bros. series of video games. She is the princess of the fictitious Mushroom Kingdom, and often plays the "damsel in distress" role in the adventure series. She was known as Princess Toadstool outside Japan until late 1996, when the name "Peach" was...
and from 2001
ToadToad, known in Japan as , is a fictional humanoid mushroom in the Mario series that was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. A citizen of the Mushroom Kingdom, Toad is one of Princess Peach's most loyal servants and is constantly working on her behalf. Toad is usually seen as a NPC who provides assistance...
in various
Mario gamesThe Mario series is a series of highly popular and acclaimed video games by Nintendo, featuring Nintendo's mascot Mario and, in many games, his brother Luigi. Gameplay in the series often centers around jumping and defeating enemies...
. More recently she has voiced the role of Zoey in
Left 4 DeadLeft 4 Dead is a cooperative first-person shooter video game. It was developed by Turtle Rock Studios, which was purchased by Valve Corporation during development. The game uses Valve's proprietary Source engine, and is available for Windows and the Xbox 360...
, Cate Archer in
No One Lives Forever 2The Operative: No One Lives Forever , is a video game developed by Monolith Productions and published by Fox Interactive. It was released on November 9, 2000...
and Jessica Cannon in the episodic FPS
SiN EpisodesSiN Episodes is the title of a series of episodic games for the PC that would have expanded upon the 1998 computer game SiN. A total of nine episodes were planned with only the first one released...
. She also plays the voice of Keira Stokes in
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. She also worked along side David Scully on both Saw and Alien Vs Predator Requiem.
Taylor also provided the voice of
CortanaCortana is a fictional artificially intelligent character in Bungie's Halo video game series. Voiced by Jen Taylor, she appears in Halo: Combat Evolved and its sequels, Halo 2 and Halo 3, as well the novels Halo: The Flood, Halo: The Fall of Reach, Halo: First Strike, and Halo: Ghosts of Onyx...
in the
XboxThe Xbox is a video game console produced by Microsoft. It was Microsoft's first foray into the gaming console market, and competed with Sony's PlayStation 2, Sega's Dreamcast, and Nintendo's GameCube...
and
Xbox 360The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft, and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles....
HaloHalo is a science fiction video game franchise created by Bungie and owned and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The main trilogy of games center on the experiences of the Master Chief, a cybernetically-enhanced human super-soldier, and his artificial intelligence companion, Cortana...
video game series . For the Legendary Edition release of
Halo 3Halo 3 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie for Xbox 360. The game is the third title in the Halo series and concludes the story arc that began in Halo: Combat Evolved and continued in Halo 2...
, Jen Taylor filmed of
The Cortana Chronicles: In Search of Fandom, in which she travelled across
AmericaThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
meeting fans of the series.
In 2002 she performed the audio version of
Elizabeth BergElizabeth Anne "Z" Berg is the lead singer and guitarist for the band The Like. Her father is American guitarist and music producer Tony Berg....
's novel,
True to Form. She is also the voice talent for the character Chloe in the Hoyle Board and Card games series.
Theatre Work
An accomplished stage actress, in 2007 she performed in starring roles in both the Book-It Repertory Theatre adaptation of
The House of MirthThe House of Mirth , by Edith Wharton, is a novel about New York socialite Lily Bart attempting to secure a husband and a place in rich society...
, and the
Seattle Children's TheatreFounded in 1975, Seattle Children's Theatre is the second-largest resident theatre for young audiences in North America and among the 20 largest regional theatres in the United States, with an annual operating budget of approximately $6.5 Million...
production of
Afternoon of the Elves.
Film Work
In 2004 she also appeared in the feature film
Inheritance, her first film role, as Abbey.
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