Jennifer Lee Taylor (born February 17, 1973 in Seattle, Washington) is an American voice actress, based in Seattle. She primarily does voices for video games, with her most notable role being Cortana from the Halo franchise. She reprised her role as Cortana for Microsoft Windows' voice assistant feature of the same name in 2014.
Notable works:
- Backyard Sports (1997-2001) as Sunny Day/Billy Jean Blackwood/Luanne Lui/Maria Luna (her voice acting debut)
- Super Mario Bros. (1999-2009) as Princess Peach/Toad/Toadette
- Super Mario Advance (2001) as Birdo
- Mario Party 3 4 and 5 (2001-2003) as Princess Daisy
- Halo (2001-present) as Cortana, Dr. Catherine Halsey
- No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in H.A.R.M.'s Way as Cate Archer/Isako/Ninja Girls
- F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009) as Lt. Keira Stokes
- Left 4 Dead (2009) as Zoey
- Left 4 Dead 2 (2010) as Zoey (ported levels and The Passing DLC)
- DOTA 2 (2013) as Lina/Windranger/Puck/Medusa
- RWBY (2013-present) as the Narrator/Salem
- RWBY: Ice Queendom (2022) as the Narrator/Salem (English dub)
- Microsoft Windows (2014-present) as voice of Microsoft Cortana (American English)
Jen Taylor provides examples of:
- Woman of a Thousand Voices: She can pull of a childish voice for Toad and two different girly voices for Peach and Toadette, and shift into the serene but menacing tone for RWBY's Big Bad, Salem.
