Jen Taylor

Jennifer Lee Taylor
Photo of Jen Taylor taken on-location for the filming of The Cortana Chronicles: In Search of Fandom, included with the Legendary Edition of Halo 3.
Born	(1973-02-17) February 17, 1973 Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Other names	Jen Taylor
Occupation	Voice actress, stage actress
Years active	1997–present

Jennifer Lee "Jen" Taylor (born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington) is an American voice actress best known for her roles as Cortana in various Halo games, Zoey in Left 4 Dead, Lina, Windrunner, Puck and Medusa in Dota 2.

Voice work

Jen Taylor's first voice role was Sunny Day in Backyard Baseball. Since 1999 in Mario Golf, she has voiced Princess Peach and from 2001 Toad in various Mario games. More recently, she has voiced the role of Zoey in Left 4 Dead and Left 4 Dead 2, Cate Archer in No One Lives Forever 2 and Jessica Cannon in the episodic FPS SiN Episodes. She also plays the voice of Keira Stokes in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin. She also worked alongside David Scully on both Saw and Alien vs Predator 2.

Taylor also provided the voice of Cortana and Dr. Catherine Halsey in the Xbox and Xbox 360 Halo video game series. For the Legendary Edition release of Halo 3, Jen Taylor filmed The Cortana Chronicles: In Search of Fandom, in which she traveled across America meeting fans of the series. In 2002, she performed the audio version of Elizabeth Berg's novel, True to Form. She is also the voice talent for the character Chloe in the Hoyle Board and Card games series.

In 2007, Taylor worked alongside Holter Graham in the Halo: Contact Harvest audio book.

Her favorite video game is said to be Super Princess Peach, in which she voices Peach, before Samantha Kelly took over.

Other roles

An accomplished stage actress, in 2007 she performed in starring roles in both the Book-It Repertory Theatre adaptation of The House of Mirth, and the Seattle Children's Theatre production of Afternoon of the Elves.

In 2012, she played Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Pygmalion. In 2013, she played Miss Casewell in the Village Theatre production of The Mousetrap.

In 2004, she also appeared in the feature film Inheritance, her first film role, as Abbey.

She appeared in one episode of Leverage as Jodie McManus in 2010.

A sought-after audiobook narrator, Taylor has read "Perfected By Girls, a novel written by Alfred C. Martino, named to the list of 'Best Children's and YA Audiobooks for 2012' by Sound Commentary.

Filmography

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Backyard Baseball	Sunny Day	N/A
1999	Mario Golf	Princess Peach	N/A
	Backyard Football	Sunny Day	N/A
2000	Mario Tennis	Princess Peach / Toad	N/A
	Mario Party 3	Princess Peach / Princess Daisy	Credited as Jenn Taylor
2001	Backyard Basketball	Sunny Day	N/A
	Luigi's Mansion	Toad	N/A
	Aliens versus Predator 2	Tomiko / Various	N/A
	Halo: Combat Evolved	Cortana	N/A
	Super Smash Bros. Melee	Princess Peach	N/A
2002	No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way	Cate Archer / Isako / Ninja Girls	N/A
	Super Mario Sunshine	Princess Peach / Toad	N/A
	Mario Party 4	Princess Peach / Princess Daisy / Toad	N/A
	Kakuto Chojin: Back Alley Brutal	Roxy	N/A
2003	Hoyle Card Games	N/A	N/A
	Contract J.A.C.K.	Cate Archer	N/A
	Mario Golf: Toadstool Tour	Princess Peach / Toad	N/A
	Mario Kart: Double Dash!!	Princess Peach / Toad / Toadette	N/A
	Mario & Luigi RPG	Princess Peach	N/A
	Mario Party 5	Princess Peach / Princess Daisy / Toad	N/A
2004	Mario Golf: Advance Tour		N/A
	Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door	Princess Peach	N/A
	Mario Power Tennis	Princess Peach	N/A
	EverQuest II	Generic Half Elf Enemy	N/A
	Halo 2	Cortana	N/A
	Super Mario 64 DS	Toad	N/A
	Mario Party 6	Princess Peach / Toad/ Toadette	N/A
2005	The Matrix: Path of Neo	Red Pill Librarian / Civilian	N/A
	Mario Kart DS	Princess Peach	N/A
	Mario Kart Arcade GP	Princess Peach / Toad	N/A
	Mario Party 7	Princess Peach / Toad / Toadette	N/A
2006	Super Princess Peach	Princess Peach	N/A
	SiN Episodes: Emergence	Jessica Cannon	N/A
2007	Halo 3	Cortana	N/A
	Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games	Princess Peach / Toad	N/A
2008	Left 4 Dead	Zoey	N/A
2009	F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin	Keira Stokes	N/A
	Saw	Amanda Young	N/A
	1 vs 100 (Xbox 360)	Herself (Avatar)	N/A
2010	Left 4 Dead 2	Zoey	DLC only
	Halo: Reach	Halsey / Cortana	N/A
2012	Paper Mario: Sticker Star	Toad	N/A
	Dota 2	Lina / Puck / Windrunner / Medusa	N/A

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2004	Inheritance	Abbey
2008	Taos	Maya
2012	Halo: Forward Unto Dawn	Cortana

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	Catscratch	Snouser/Son	Voice "Scaredy Cat/Requiem for a Cat" (Season 1: Episode 9)
2006	Ergo Proxy	Female Announcer	Voice "Ki akumu no kuizuSHOW!" (Season 1: Episode 15)
2010	Leverage	Jodie McManus	"The Future Job" (Season 2: Episode 13)

Other works

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Agents of the Spirit, Episode I: The Phantom Influence	Agent Angie Orange	N/A

External links

• Jen Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Bungie's 2002 interview with Jen Taylor
• Interview about her work on the film Inheritance
• Seattle Children's Theatre
• Book-It Repertory Theatre