Jen Taylor
From Halopedia, the Halo wiki
 |
There is more information available on this subject at Jen Taylor on the English Wikipedia. |
Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born February 17, 1973) is an American voice actress, best known for her roles as Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in the Mario franchise; Zoey in Left 4 Dead; and Salem in RWBY.
Taylor provides the voices of Cortana, Dr. Catherine Halsey, and The Weapon in the Halo series. In Halo 4, she also performed the motion capture for Dr. Halsey.[1] She wound up reprising her role as Cortana in Halo: The Series, providing the voice and motion capture for the character.[2] Taylor also voiced the US version of Microsoft's now-discontinued virtual assistant Cortana, which was named after and inspired by the Halo character.[3]
She has also had minor roles as several Marine voices and the Bumblebee pilot from Halo: Combat Evolved, and the AI Sif in the audiobook version of Halo: Contact Harvest.[4]
Trivia[edit]
- Taylor has noted that she rarely receives fan mail as most fans do not know or recognize her.[5]
Gallery[edit]
Jen Taylor recording dialogue for Halo 3.
Jen Taylor on the set of Halo: The Television Series playing Cortana.
Sources[edit]
- ^ X.com, Jen Taylor (@jentaylortown): "“@DaBigDragon: Were you acting out the Spartan Ops as Halsey or did they just scan your face?” No face scan. Full Motion capture." (Retrieved on Nov 22, 2012) [archive]
- ^ The Seattle Times, Seattle actor Jen Taylor reprises role of the AI Cortana on Paramount+ 'Halo' series (Retrieved on May 10, 2022) [archive]
- ^ USA Today, Who is Cortana? It's Halo's Jen Taylor (Retrieved on Apr 3, 2014) [archive]
- ^ Halo Waypoint, Audiobook Club - Contact Harvest (Retrieved on Jun 2, 2025) [archive]
- ^ Willamette Week, Better Know An Actor: Jennifer Lee Taylor: "Most people don’t know what I look like, and they don’t recognize my voice normally, so it’s not something I have to deal with regularly… I’ve never received fan-mail. I don’t think most people pay much attention to the voices, really. They’re too focused on the game. We’re just there to keep them on track." (Retrieved on Aug 23, 2009) [archive]
See also[edit]
- Article on the Super Mario Wiki
- IMDb Profile
- Jen Taylor pictures (Archive)
