Linsay Rousseau

Linsay Rousseau an actor, voice-over and performance capture artist and singer with over 20 years of theatre and improv experience. She is best known as the voice of Elita-1 in Transformers: War for Cybertron on Netflix and is winner of the 2021 One Voice Award for best female performance in an animated series for her work on the series. She can also be heard as the female player in Fallout 76, Ylva in Vain Glory, Sigrid in Rogue Company, Jinai in Exos Heroes and numerous voices in Rage 2, NBA 2K20 & 21, Wasteland 3, Call of Duty Mobile, Elder Scrolls Online, Monster Hunter Rise and World of Warcraft. And if you call the Disney+ helpline, she’ll guide you through all your options. On screen, she has appeared in episodes of NCIS, Seal Team, General Hospital and she had all the judges fooled in her appearance on To Tell the Truth. She is a US Army Iraq War combat veteran and holds a master’s degree in journalism from the University of California Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism and a B.S. in sociology and cultural anthropology (with a minor in music) from The College of William & Mary. With training in a variety of martial arts and weapons (from East to West), she feels most comfortable with a sword or staff in her hand. A bona fide geeky badass, she hosts the weekly geek talk show, The Roll Out, on YouTube and is an associate producer and host for the geek network, Culture Slate. As a queer woman, she is incredibly passionate about fighting for increased diversity and inclusion in the geek community and the entertainment industry as well as combating the toxic behavior so many people face in these communities.

Linsay is known for her versatility. As a stage performer who specialized in character roles and decades of improv, she easily slips into any character and adapts to whatever medium she is performing for. As a classically trained singer, she is a master of her instrument. She has hundreds of commercials under her belt, did promo work for the Lifetime Network and HBO Max, numerous live action dubbing projects for Netflix, Apple+ and HBO Max and has looped on projects like Marvel’s Black Widow and Amazon’s The Boys. While she loves all aspects in the industry, it was her stage experience coupled with her time in the Army that drew her to video games and subsequently, performance capture. Along with the vast story telling opportunities that video games afford, she's the type of woman who can throw a punch, swing a sword, shoot a gun, take a hit and yell and die for hours.

While Linsay has been a performer her entire life, she took a few detours along the way. She is a former investigative reporter and associate producer for PBS Frontline and was one of four Carnegie Fellows chosen to work with the Brian Ross Investigative Reporting Unit at ABC News. Her master’s thesis for the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, “Rape in the Field,” went on to be produced by PBS Frontline, the Center for Investigative Reporting and Univision. The documentary won the Alfred I. duPont-Colombia Award, John F. Kennedy Journalism Award, Public Radio News Directors Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Investigative Journalism.

Prior to attending Berkeley, she served as a combat photographer and public affairs sergeant for the U.S. Army’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. She spent a year in the northern Iraq province of Kirkuk documenting and reporting on combat and humanitarian operations. She now works to give back to the veteran community as an ambassador for the non-profit organization Pin-Ups for Vets and communications coordinator for Continue to Serve.

Linsay had a fairly non-traditional upbringing. The child of two National Park Rangers, she'd lived in seven states by the time she was in high school. With all the moving her family did, theatre and music are what kept her grounded and focused. When she wasn't on stage or playing music, much of her time was focused on human rights and environmental causes. She worked for Amnesty International, focusing predominantly on women's and LGBTQIA rights. While at William & Mary, as student body president, she lead the charge to reform the campus's sexual assault policy, helped with organizational efforts to unionize the maintenance, cafeteria and housekeeping staff, worked to improve the campus's environmental standards and encouraged the university to divest funds from organizations known for their human right's abuses. While she may not have taken the most direct route to Hollywood, she brings all of this passion and experience to her performances and all the work she does.

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Transformers: War for Cybertron - Elita-1
Vain Glory – Ylva
Elder Scrolls Legends - Aliassane Dupree
Xtreme Legends - Lady Zhen & Da Qiao
Fallout 76 - Female Player
Hearthstone - Ranger Ar'ha
Heroes Charge - Sarra
The Lord of the Rings - Arwen Undomiel
Manual Samuel - War
Paladins - Ying
Rogue Company - Sigrid
Monster Hunter Rise - Hunter Voice 16