Ashly Burch

American voice actressTemplate:SHORTDESC:American voice actress

* Voice actress
* television writer

**Ashly Syble Burch** (born June 19, 1990) is an American voice actress, singer, and television writer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in *Horizon Zero Dawn* and *Horizon Forbidden West*, Tiny Tina in the *Borderlands* series, Miss Pauling in *Team Fortress 2*, Dark Willow in *Dota 2*, the web series *Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?*, Chloe Price in *Life Is Strange*, Rowdy from *Fallout 4*, Mayuri Shiina from *Steins;Gate*, Sasha Braus from *Attack on Titan,* Ray and Desiree from *Fortnite: Save the World*, Viper from *Valorant*, Parvati Holcomb from *The Outer Worlds*, Enid from *OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes*, Molly from *The Ghost and Molly McGee*, and Ash Graven from *Final Space*. Most recently, she voiced Kate Bishop in the "Taking A.I.M." downloadable content from *Marvel's Avengers*.

## Early life

Burch grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and has an older brother named Anthony. Her mother is an immigrant from Thailand. She mentioned her mother was very spiritual, giving food to spirits and praying to them. She credits her career path as a voice actress to playing *Metal Gear Solid* at age 12. Upon seeing voice actor David Hayter's name alongside that of the main characters, she looked him up and realized that there were actual people who voiced the characters, as she realized that was what she wanted to do as a career. She graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 2012.

## Career

After starting *Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?*, Burch got her first voice acting role when her brother, Anthony Burch, was hired as a writer for *Borderlands 2* and he suggested she try out for Tiny Tina. For *Life Is Strange*, she was cast in the role of Chloe Price, after having also auditioned for the roles of Max Caulfield, Victoria Chase and Kate Marsh. She later said that she was surprised by what she could do and had the "opportunity to do in voiceover."

Burch was a writer on Cartoon Network's *Adventure Time*. She wrote episode such as "The Hall of Egress" which won a Primetime Emmy Award. She also was a writer of an *Adventure Time* graphic novel in October 2016.

Her work in *Life Is Strange* and *Horizon Zero Dawn* won her the 2015 and 2017 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Performance. She was also the host of Geek & Sundry's *Unplugged* series. Since 2020, she has portrayed Rachel on the Apple TV series *Mythic Quest*, in which she also serves as a writer. She later described her voicing of Tiny Tina, Chloe, and Aloy as "three seminal step ups" that helped her "become a better actor."

She has voiced various characters in animation and anime. This included voicing Ridley in *Glitch Techs*, Enid in *OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes*, and Rutile Twins in *Steven Universe*. She voiced multiple characters in *Bee and PuppyCat*, Ash Graven in *Final Space*, Lainey in *The Loud House*, and characters in other productions. In 2018, Burch left her voice acting role of Mayuri Shiina for the English dub of *Steins;Gate 0*, who she had voiced from episodes 1-13 and credited as "Jackie Ross", citing scheduling conflicts, and apologized to fans. She voiced Sasha Braus in the English dub of the first three seasons of *Attack on Titan*.

In 2020, it was announced that she had signed on to write for the animated show, *The Legend of Vox Machina*. Burch revealed that she has a recording booth in her home which she used to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2021, she began voicing Molly McGee, the protagonist of *The Ghost and Molly McGee*. She sings the series theme song, with co-star Dana Snyder, and musical numbers in other episodes. The show's creative team based the character around her life. Burch praised the series for "showcasing different aspects of Thai culture" and said that voicing Molly McGee was the first time she had voiced a character that reflected her heritage.

## Personal life

Burch dated *Must Come Down* co-star David Fetzer until his death by accidental overdose in 2012. She discussed this event as well as her own personal mental health issues during her appearance on Paul Gilmartin's *The Mental Illness Happy Hour* podcast and on Brian W. Foster's show *Between the Sheets* on *Critical Role*'s YouTube channel. She suffers from chronic anxiety and credits her love of video games to playing *Harvest Moon* as a child as it was the only thing able to calm her down. She has spoken several times about her anxiety and the positive impact video games had on it. On July 1, 2022, Burch came out as queer and pansexual, saying that coming out felt important "for reasons I can't really explain" and that she had been dating a man for five years. She said it probably is not a shock because "half the characters I play are members of the rainbow fam," with some calling her every "queer nerd's favorite nerd."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Saints Row 4 'Hey Ash' DLC makes homies out of the Burch family.
2. ↑ Ashly Burch is amazing as Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2. Destructoid (July 13, 2012).
3. ↑ Internet superstar and 'Must Come Down' Actress Ashly Burch talks with OMBG! | Victoria TX Independent Film Festival. Vtxiff.com (March 23, 2013).
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Disney's The Ghost and Molly McGee First Look [EXCLUSIVE]. *Screenrant* (October 9, 2020). "Snyder and Burch perform the theme song"
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Moulton, Ashley (June 27, 2022). The Ghost and Molly McGee TV Review. "Molly sings a catchy tune in each episode"
6. ↑ Ashly Burch (Person). Giant Bomb.
7. ↑ GamerHubTV (June 24, 2013). Actress Ashly Burch Talks Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina And Video Game Acting – Gamerhubtv.
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9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ashly Burch's Favourite Game. Kotaku (July 8, 2016).
10. ↑ Sirikul, Laura (September 29, 2021). 'The Ghost and Molly McGee' Star Ashly Burch Celebrates Thai Culture in Her New Series.
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12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.6 Conditt, Jess (March 9, 2017). The strange life of video game voice actor Ashly Burch. "Nowadays, Burch is...an Emmy-nominated writer (she helped pen the Adventure Time episode "The Hall of Egress")."
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 From Web Series to Mythic Quest: The Epic Journey of Ashly Burch (March 6, 2020).
14. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Frankel, Todd C. (October 27, 2017). "In $25 billion video game industry, voice actors face broken vocal cords and low pay". *The Washington Post*. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
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17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Wickline, Dan (October 13, 2016). Adventure Time: Islands – A New Original Graphic Novel From Ashly Burch And Diigii Daguna.
18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Ashly Burch. "She also recently won an Emmy for her writing on Adventure Time."
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Creative Arts Emmy Award Winners 2017. Deadline (September 9, 2017).
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Ashly Burch Wins for Best Performance at 2015 Golden Joystick Awards – AAALAVO.
21. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Dwan, Hannah (November 18, 2017). "The 2017 Golden Joystick Awards winners have been revealed". *The Telegraph*. Archived from the original on June 12, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
22. ↑ 'Geek & Sundry' Brings Video Games To Life With 'Unplugged' (April 3, 2014). "Unplugged is hosted by Ashly Burch, known for her surreal, humorous YouTube series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin’?"
23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Sommerfield, Seth (July 25, 2022). "From 'Horizon' to 'Tiny Tina's,' Ashly Burch is everywhere". *Washington Post*. Archived from the original on July 4, 2022. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
24. ↑ Rivera, Joshua (March 13, 2020). Ashly Burch saves video games by making fun of them.
25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 King, Jade (September 27, 2021). Ashly Burch On The Ghost And Molly McGee, Acting In The Pandemic, And Diversity In Animation.
26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Nur, Taimur (August 3, 2020). Meet the new recruit in GLITCH TECHS Season 2 trailer.
27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Dur, Taimur (February 10, 2020). Nickelodeon's GLITCH TECHS coming to Netflix.
28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Milligan, Mercedes (June 28, 2017). Clip: CN Sets Epic 1-Hour Premiere for 'OK K.O.!'.
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31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Polo, Susana (April 4, 2014). Lets All Salivate Impatiently Over This Bee and Puppycat Production Video. "featuring new and returning cast members Ken Osborne, Allyn Rachel, Hannah Hart, and Ashly Burch of Hey Ash Whatcha Playin’."
32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 First Look: Adult Swim Returns to 'Final Space' in 2021 (December 18, 2020).
33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Lainey Voice.
34. ↑ Dur, Taimur (April 26, 2022). Sufferin' Scarabs! DC Showcase BLUE BEETLE animated short homages Spidey '67 cartoon in latest images.
35. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Steins;Gate 0 Anime". *Anime News Network*. Archived from the original on August 31, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Ressler, Karen (August 6, 2018). Ashly Burch Leaves Role of Mayuri in Steins;Gate 0 Simuldub.
37. ↑ Ashly Burch on voice acting, LGBT characters and how video games are becoming more diverse (December 23, 2019).
38. ↑ Spangler, Todd (2020-02-22). Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Names Writing Team for Series Coming to Amazon Prime Video (en-US).
39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 McMann, Leslie (February 4, 2022). The Legend of Vox Machina Episodes 4-6 Review.
40. ↑ Bilsford, Trilby (April 10, 2020). How Voice Actors Are Building Remote Setups For Working at Home.
41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 King, Jade (September 27, 2021). Ashly Burch On The Ghost And Molly McGee, Acting In The Pandemic, And Diversity In Animation.
42. ↑ Ong, Giannina (October 4, 2021). Ashly Burch Brings Heart and Soul to "The Ghost and Molly McGee".
43. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (September 3, 2021). 'The Ghost and Molly McGee': A Spirited Friendship.
44. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"The Boy in the Well". *ASHLY BURCH*. Archived from the original on July 12, 2021. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
45. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Episode 115: Ashly Burch". *Mental Illness Happy Hour*. Archived from the original on May 12, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
46. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Ashly Burch". *Between The Sheets*. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
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48. ↑ 48.0 48.1 Alexander, Julia (December 15, 2015). Ashly Burch talks stepping into the director's chair and dealing with anxiety.
49. ↑ Template:Cite tweet This tweet and the six before it she provides more explanation.
50. ↑ Galiz-Rowe, Ty (July 1, 2022). Ashly Burch comes out as queer.
51. ↑ Hogan, Heather (July 4, 2022). Pop Culture Fix: Every Queer Nerd's Favorite Nerd, Ashly Burch, Is Pansexual!.
52. ↑ New Awesomenaut Ayla voiced by Ashly Burch (May 25, 2013).
53. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>Amini, Tina. "Tiny Tina's Racism Reference in the New Borderlands 2 DLC [Update]". *Kotaku*. Archived from the original on January 15, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
54. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Let's Talk to Ashly Burch". *BruisedThumbs*. Archived from the original on March 31, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
55. ↑ Degreco, Marina (January 29, 2021). Ashly Burch's Most Iconic Video Game Characters.
56. ↑ Burleson, Kyle MacGregor (2014). HAWP star Ashly Burch has a role in Persona Q.
57. ↑ Ashly Burch Talks Borderlands The Pre Sequel.
58. ↑ Saints Row: Gat out of Hell.
59. ↑ Ashly Burch plays a giant rapping mouse in Gravity Ghost (January 23, 2015).
60. ↑ Frank, Allegra (June 14, 2017). Life is Strange: Before the Storm got a lot of help from exiting voice actor Ashly Burch.
61. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>GameZone. "Meet the cast of There Came an Echo". Archived from the original on October 21, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
62. ↑ 62.0 62.1 62.2 62.3 Yurevitch, Theodore (April 1, 2022). 10 Best Characters Voiced By Ashly Burch.
63. ↑ The Magic Circle. Informa PLC (2016).
64. ↑ Yu and Rise Get English Character Trailers for Persona 4: Dancing All Night (July 8, 2015).
65. ↑ Fallout 4 Archives – Shall We Play a Game?.
66. ↑ Makuch, Eddie (January 26, 2016). PSA: Rise of the Tomb Raider's First Story Expansion Out Now.
67. ↑ Ashly Burch Is "The First Canonical Voice of New Ms. Marvel" in LEGO Marvel's Avengers Game (January 27, 2016).
68. ↑ Bhasin, Karin (May 4, 2016). IGN India Recommends: 4 reasons to care about Battleborn.
69. ↑ April O'Neil Voice.
70. ↑ Cassie Rose Voice.
71. ↑ Hana Voice.
72. ↑ Millium Orion Voice.
73. ↑ Quacho Queen Voice.
74. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"'Horizon Zero Dawn' Star on Her Voice Acting Heroes and Playing Aloy". *Glixel*. Archived from the original on March 19, 2017. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
75. ↑ Nebula Voice.
76. ↑ Pit People VO Spotlight: Ashly Burch.
77. ↑ Ray Voice.
78. ↑ Chun Li Voice.
79. ↑ Dark Willow Voice.
80. ↑ Farewell – Behind the Scenes (March 11, 2018). "As you are all aware, Ashly has been working with the writing team at Deck Nine and we’re ecstatic that she will be returning to play the role of young Chloe."
81. ↑ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Final Fantasy 15 Terra Wars Collaboration Boss The Eroder.
82. ↑ Meet Sam Hill, your sorta friendly guide to the Underworld, played by @ashly\_burch (April 28, 2019).
83. ↑ CREDIT | TEPPEN -Official Site-.
84. ↑ 84.0 84.1 84.2 84.3 84.4 84.5 84.6 84.7 84.8 84.9 Resume – Ashly Burch (August 26, 2016).
85. ↑ Good, Owen (April 14, 2019). Borderlands 3 brings back Ashly Burch in her first big role. *Polygon*.
86. ↑ Wilde, Thomas (September 19, 2018). [Hands-On Preview 'The Blackout Club' Could Be The Next Great Co-Op Horror Game]. *Bloody Disgusting*.
87. ↑ The Game Awards Reveals Full List of Nominees (November 19, 2019).
88. ↑ Jane Voice.
89. ↑ Andriessen, CJ (2020). Review: The Red Lantern.
90. ↑ Trumbore, Dave (December 14, 2020). 'Marvel's Avengers': Ashly Burch on How a Deadpool Moment Influenced Her Performance as Kate Bishop.
91. ↑ Horizon Forbidden West announced for PS5 (en) (June 11, 2020).
92. ↑ Huston, Gabrielle (April 3, 2022). Ashly Burch And 6 Other Famous Actors Behind The Cast Of Tiny Tina's Wonderlands.
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94. ↑ Lila Twinklepipes Voice.
95. ↑ Bentley, Rick (October 26, 2021). Ashly Burch scares up fun with 'The Ghost and Molly McGee'. "Her past voice work has included projects such as “Adventure Time” and “We Bare Bears.”"
96. ↑ Zahed, Ramin (August 1, 2017). Playing to Win: 'OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'.
97. ↑ Rutile Twins Voice.
98. ↑ Meadow Springs Voice.
99. ↑ Darling Voice.
100. ↑ Metal Gear Solid by Ashly and Anthony Burch.
101. ↑ Cast & Crew – Must Come Down.
102. ↑ The Mask You Live In | Las Vegas Film Festival.
103. ↑ Writing – Ashly Burch.
104. ↑ 'Critical Role' Cast Speaks Out After Controversial Episode (December 27, 2018).
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107. ↑ Space Dandy enrolls at Glee high school.
108. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Funimation Announces 2nd Round of Attack on Titan Dub Cast". *Anime News Network*. Archived from the original on November 30, 2021. Retrieved June 15, 2017.
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112. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Here are your 2017 Golden Joystick Award winners". *pcgamer*. Archived from the original on June 17, 2022. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
113. ↑ Game of the Year 2017: The Winners, As Voted By You (January 11, 2018).
114. ↑ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice at forefront of BAFTA Games Awards nominations". *MCV*. Archived from the original on May 18, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
115. ↑ All the winners from The Game Awards 2019 (December 13, 2019).

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