Jenn Taylor

Visual Effects

Birthday December 6, 1983

Birth Sign Sagittarius

Birthplace Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Age 41 years old

Nationality United States

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Jennifer Taylor is an American actress.

1999

She is best known for her roles as Cortana in Halo games and the intelligent personal assistant and formerly as Princess Peach, Toad and other characters in the Mario franchise from 1999 to 2007.

Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she heard.

She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater.

Before starting in voice work, she worked as a radio DJ for KNDD.

Taylor has voiced characters in video games, Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in Mario games between 1999 and 2006.

2001

She voiced the character Cortana in Halo games since the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved (2001).

Two decades following the original game, Taylor reprised the role of Cortana by voice acting and performance capture in the Paramount+ TV series.

At GalaxyCon Columbus in December 2023, Taylor stated her favorite line as Cortana is "Welcome home, John" from Halo 4.

2009

Her narration of Tami Hoag's Mismatch was nominated for an Audie Award in 2009.

As a stage actress, Taylor has played Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of Pygmalion.

2013

Taylor has played Salem in the web series RWBY, since 2013.

She voiced an episode of the radio series The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Taylor has narrated nearly 30 audiobooks, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards.