How to be a videogame voice actor, by Halo’s Cortana
10 tips from Jen Taylor, the woman behind Master Chief’s AI accomplice.
Voice actors generally don’t conceive, write or render the characters they voice, but the right actor can do more for a character than the combined efforts of dozens of coders, artists, designers and writers. Among those you may actually recognise at a glance is Jen Taylor, the voice of UNSC Artificial Intelligence CTN 0452-9 – otherwise known to Halo players as Cortana, Master Chief’s holographic accomplice, sort-of-girlfriend and surrogate mother.