Sumalee Montano

Sumalee Montano is an actress and voice-over artist who played the Mom AI in the first season episodes , , and .
Montano was born in Columbus, Ohio. She is of Filipino and Thai descent, and her granduncle is playwright Severino Montano, a National Artist of the Philippines. She graduated from Harvard University in 1993, and worked as an investment banker in New York City and Hong Kong before embarking on an acting career.
Montano is an extremely prolific actress and voice actress with over 200 credits to her name. Her live-action roles include appearances in episodes of series like , Medium (starring Jake Weber, with Robert Joy, Andy Milder, and Lynnanne Zager), (with Stephen Root and Brett Cullen), Bones (with Mark Harelik and Matt Winston), (with Jeri Ryan and Sam Witwer), (starring William Shatner and John Larroquette, with Alan Ruck, Saul Rubinek, and Bill Smitrovich), , , , (starring Scott Bakula and Zoe McLellan, with Leslie Hope), , Shameless (with Alicia Coppola), (with Robert Pine), Blue Bloods (starring Len Cariou, with Steven R. Schirripa), the reboot of Magnum P.I., How to Get Away with Murder (with Amirah Vann), (with Jamie McShane and Adelaide Kane), The Resident (with Bruce Greenwood and Anthony Azizi), (developed by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci), CSI: Vegas (with Nanrisa Lee), and (starring Nanrisa Lee).
She also played recurring roles in numerous series, including (starring Scott Grimes, with Mary Carver, Barbara Eve Harris, Lily Mariye, Michelle C. Bonilla, F.J. Rio, Paul Dooley, Sam Anderson, Steven Culp, Mädchen Amick, Leland Orser, Glenn Morshower, and Tim Russ), The Young and the Restless, Nashville (directed by Lily Mariye), , Veep (with Sufe M. Bradshaw, Gary Cole, Sam Richardson, Diedrich Bader, Phil LaMarr, Tzi Ma, Usman Ally, Eugene Cordero, and Paul Scheer), Scandal (with Brad Greenquist), Animal Kingdom, and This Is Us. In 2021, Montano co-starred in the Peacock series The Lost Symbol, alongside Greg Bryk, Gia Sandhu, Saad Siddiqui, Byron Abalos, Etan Muskat, Adam Maros, and Robert Verlaque.
Her feature film roles include (2002, with Neal McDonough, Patrick Kilpatrick, Keith Campbell, Bonnie Morgan, and Paul Wesley), (2005, with James Avery), (2008, with David Mattey, Akiva Goldsman, Elizabeth Dennehy, and Jack Axelrod), and (2011, with John Billingsley, Jamison Yang, and Alexandre Chen, written and directed by Valerie Weiss).
Montano provided voices for animated series like Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! (with Frank Welker and Grey Griffin), Kung Fu Panda: The Paws of Destiny (with Amy Hill, James Sie, and Grey Griffin), Spider-Man (with Scott Menville, Fred Tatasciore, Stan Lee, Patton Oswalt, Jim Cummings, and Eric Bauza), Star Wars: Resistance (with Scott Lawrence, Nazneen Contractor, Bobby Moynihan, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore, Frank Welker, Daveed Diggs, Jennifer Hale, Phil LaMarr, Sam Witwer, Tasia Valenza, and Tzi Ma), Cleopatra in Space (with Kari Wahlgren, Dee Bradley Baker, and Dawnn Lewis), Curious George (with Frank Welker, Phil LaMarr, Jane Carr, and Debra Wilson), and Seth MacFarlane's (with Wendy Schaal, Scott Grimes, Dee Bradley Baker, Toks Olagundoye, and Bumper Robinson) as well as animated films such as Justice League vs. the Fatal Five (2019, with Kevin Michael Richardson, Tom Kenny, and Tara Strong), (2021, with Tyler Perry, Patrick Kwok-Choon, and Sophia Walker) and Marmaduke (2022, with Fred Tatasciore and Vanessa Marshall).
She has been the most prolific as a video game voice artist. She voiced characters in games such as World of Warcraft (2005, with Carlos Alazraqui, Dee Bradley Baker, Eric Bauza, Michael Bell, Earl Boen, Victor Brandt, Kimberly Brooks, Jim Cummings, Michael Dorn, Robin Atkin Downes, Paul Eiding, James Sie, Frank Walker, Keith Szarabajka, Cary-Hiroyuki, David Sobolov, Fred Tatasciore, Marcelo Tubert, Tasia Valenza, and Keone Young), Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011, with Grey Griffin, Kari Wahlgren, Nolan North, Maury Sterling, Jennifer Hale, Tasia Valenza, Joseph Gatt, Tara Strong, Troy Baker, Maurice LaMarche, Robert Pine, Armin Shimerman, Brian George, Daniel Riordan, Dee Bradley Baker, Fred Tatasciore, George Coe, Greg Ellis, Jim Cummings, Keith Szarabajka, Phil LaMarr, Robin Atkins Downes, and Vanessa Marshall), Mass Effect 3 (2012, with Jennifer Hale, Kimberly Brooks, Raphael Sbarge, Robin Sachs, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Troy Baker, Grey Griffin, Vanessa Marshall, Carolyn Seymour, Armin Shimerman, Keith Szarabajka, Fred Tatasciore, David Sobolov, and Brian George), Diablo III (2012, with Robin Atkin Downes, Michael Gough, Jennifer Hale, Grey Griffin, Troy Baker, Dominic Keating, Brian George, David Sobolov, James Horan, Alan Shearman, Daniel Riordan, Fred Tatasciore, Marcelo Tubert, and Phil LaMarr), The Last of Us (2013, with Troy Baker, Annie Wersching, Robin Atkins Downes, Nolan North, Michael Gough, Jennifer Hale, Fred Tatasciore, and Kari Wahlgren), Call of Duty: Ghosts (2013, with Kimberly Brooks), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2013, with Fred Tatasciore, Stan Lee, and Tara Strong), Dragon Age: Inquisition (2014, with Greg Ellis, Kate Mulgrew, and Jennifer Hale), Heroes of the Storm (2015, with Dee Bradley Baker, Eric Bauza, Troy Baker, Michael Bell, Victor Brandt, John de Lancie, Paul Eiding, Michael Gough, Grey Griffin, Jennifer Hale, Jess Harnell, Vanessa Marshall, David Sobolov, Fred Tatasciore, Lauren Tom, Ed Trotta, Debra Wilson, and Keone Young), Lego Dimensions (2015, with Troy Baker, Robin Atkins Downes, Jess Harnell, Christopher Lloyd, Scott Menville, John Rhys-Davies, Tara Strong, Frank Welker, Tom Kenny, Dwight Schultz, Simon Pegg, Tasia Valenza, Michael Gough, Eric Bauza, Jennifer Hale, Maurice LaMarche, and Kari Wahlgren), Fallout 4 (2015, with Tony Amendola, Ron Perlman, Kari Wahlgren, Tim Russ, Dwight Schultz, James Sie, Robert Picardo, Alan Oppenheimer, Paul Eiding, Iona Morris, Time Winters, Don McManus, Jim Cummings, Kimberly Brooks, Keith Szarabajka, Bumper Robinson, Elias Toufexis, and Robin Atkin Downes), Final Fantasy XV (2016, with Tony Amendola, Fred Tatasciore, and John Kassir), Fortnite (2017, with Phil LaMarr, Fred Tatasciore, Troy Baker, Nolan North, and David Sobolov), Far Cry 5 (2018, with Greg Bryk, Jake Epstein, Debra Wilson, and Billy MacLellan), Lego DC Super-Villains (2018, with Armin Shimerman, Brian George, Clancy Brown, Bumper Robinson, Dee Bradley Baker, Elias Toufexis, David Sobolov, Eric Bauza, Fred Tatasciore, Grey Griffin, Jeffrey Combs, Kari Wahlgren, Lauren Tom, Mark Rolston, Michael Dorn, Nolan North, Robin Atkin Downes, Tara Strong, Tasia Valenza, and Vanessa Marshall), Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order (2019, with Daniel Roebuck, Debra Wilson, Dee Bradley Baker, Scott Lawrence, Tony Amendola, Fred Tatasciore, Kari Wahlgren, and Sam Witwer), and Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020, with Fred Tatasciore, Troy Baker, Mark Rolson, David Sobolov, Eric Bauza, Kimberly Brooks, Lanei Chapman, and Willow Geer).
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