Jennifer Hale
Jennifer Hale, a prolific and highly acclaimed Canadian American voice actress and singer, has performed an impressive array of characters for video games, audio books, and animated television shows. Hale is a mainstay in franchises such as Baldur's Gate, Mass Effect, Metal Gear Solid, Bioshock Infinite, Metroid Prime, Overwatch, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. Her animation work includes The Bad Batch, The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door, Totally Spies, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Marvel’s X-Men 97, and Star Wars: The Clone Wars, to name a few.
Hale is renowned for her portrayal of Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series and as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, for which she was nominated for a BAFTA. Her remarkable talent has not gone unnoticed; she holds a Guinness World Record for the most prolific female video game voice actor, a testament to her extensive and diverse body of work.
Further highlighting her skill and impact, The New Yorker Magazine dubbed Hale "a kind of Meryl Streep of the form," reflecting the esteem in which she is held by critics and fans alike.
She made her audiobook debut with Christopher Paolini’s ’To Sleep in a Sea of Stars’, which won an Earphone Award. Jennifer also co-wrote, co-produced and sang the companion song for the book, ’Sea of Stars’.
Jennifer lives in North America with her family and her animals. She’s a proud descendant of the NunatuKavut, southern Labrador Inuit and is a passionate advocate, caring for the amazing planet we live on and for the financial and governmental empowerment of all peoples. Jennifer spends any free time parenting, traveling, rock climbing, horseback riding, mountain biking and anything else she can find to do outside.