Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor (born February 17, 1973) is an American voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in various "Halo" games as well as the intelligent personal assistant of the same name. She also voices Zoey in "Left 4 Dead"; Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in various "Mario" games between 1999 and 2006; Salem in "RWBY", and Lina, Windranger, Puck and Medusa in "Dota 2". Career. Jen Taylor was born on February 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington. She 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 multiple video games. She voiced Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in "Mario" games between 1999 and 2006. She has voiced the character Cortana in "Halo" games since the first game in the series, "" (2001). She also voices the virtual assistant Cortana, which was named after the character and first released in 2014. Two decades following the original game, Taylor reprised the role of Cortana by voice acting and performance capture in the Paramount+  TV series. Taylor has played Salem, the main antagonist in the animated web series "RWBY," since 2013. She has also acted on radio, in an episode of the radio series "The Classic Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" that aired in 2014. Taylor has narrated nearly thirty Audiobooks, and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards. Her narration of Tami Hoag's "Mismatch" was nominated for an Audie Award in 2009. As a stage actress, Taylor has played various roles such as Elizabeth Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice" and Eliza Doolittle in a Seattle Shakespeare Company production of "Pygmalion".