Line #87 Creator/LaniMinella


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3	Lani Minella (born July 28, 1950) is an American voice actress and talent director who remains prominent to this day, with over 450 roles to her name, mostly in video games.
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5	From her start in 1968, she's not only become a prominent name in the voice acting industry, but she's also grown successful enough to start her own company, [=AudioGodz=]. She sports a ''very'' wide vocal range (four octaves, almost unlimited accents, and both male and female characters), and states that she's willing to work whatever job she's hired on for, from video games and animation to narration, to even IVR recordings.
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7	Her IMDB profile is [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591115 here,]] and her [=Voice123=] profile is [[http://voice123.com/laniminella here.]]
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10	!! Characters voiced by Lani Minella
11	* ''Videogame/FortyWinks'' - Ruff, Tumble, Mother
12	* ''Videogame/AlienResurrection'' - Ellen L. Ripley
13	* ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent'' - Girl, Mother, Clarice, Justine
14	* ''VideoGame/{{Astal}}'' - All characters
15	* ''VideoGame/AstroPop'' - The Voice
16	* ''VideoGame/{{Awesomenauts}}'' - Nibbs, Ksenia
17	* ''VideoGame/BackyardSports'' - Sunny Day, Vinny the Gooch, Earl Grey and other Backyard Kids (''Baseball 2003'' and ''Soccer 2004'')
18	* ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheInkMachine'' - Lacie Benton
19	** ''VideoGame/BorisAndTheDarkSurvival'' - Emma [=LaMonte=]
20	** ''VideoGame/BendyAndTheDarkRevival'' - Heidi, Lost One, Keeper
21	* ''VideoGame/BlueStinger'' - Janine King
22	* ''VideoGame/{{Blood}} II: The Chosen'' - Ophelia, Gabriella
23	* ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'' - Steele
24	* ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}} 3D'' - Bubsy
25	* ''Anime/BurnUp Excess'' - Maya Jingu
26	* ''Chugalong'' - Multiple voices
27	* ''VideoGame/{{Darksiders}}'' - Silitha, Tiamat
28	* ''VideoGame/DawnOfWar'' - The Tyranid Hive Mind
29	* ''VideoGame/{{Diablo}}'' - Adria the Witch, Wirt
30	** ''VideoGame/DiabloII'' - Andariel, Blood Raven
31	* ''VideoGame/{{Drakan}}'' - Rynn
32	* ''[[VideoGame/DukeNukem Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes]]'' - Jane, Additional Voices
33	* ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' - Irileth, various other female dark elves
34	* ''VideoGame/EvilZone'' - Alty Al Lazel, Midori Himeno, Ihadulca
35	* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' - Micaiah (later [[TheOtherDarrin darrin'd]] by Creator/VeronicaTaylor in ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' and ''VideoGame/FireEmblemEngage''), Rolf, Mia
36	** ''VideoGame/FireEmblemHeroes'' - [[RoleReprise Mia]]
37	* ''[[{{VideoGame/Frogger}} Frogger: The Great Quest]]'' - Fairy Frog Mother
38	* ''Half-Life: Decay'' - Dr. Colette Green
39	* ''VideoGame/IdentityV'' - Keigan Nicholas Keogh
40	* ''{{VideoGame/Illbleed}}'' - Eriko Christy
41	* ''VideoGame/KaoTheKangaroo: Round 2'' - Kao, Firefly (US dub)
42	* ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' - Infected Bloaters, Infected Runners
43	* ''VideoGame/{{Malice}}'' - Dog Dog, Witch, Merhag, Crows ([[UncreditedRole uncredited]], but [[https://twitter.com/LaniMinella/status/1453510132701138944 confirmed]] by her)
44	* ''[[VideoGame/MarvelUltimateAlliance Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2]]'' - Lucia [[TheVonTropeFamily von]] Bardas
45	* ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'' - Eve
46	* ''VideoGame/MediEvil'' ([=PS4=] Remake) - Narrator
47	* The ''VideoGame/NancyDrew'' video games - Nancy Drew
48	* ''[[VideoGame/Persona2 Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]]'' - Maya Amano ([=PS1=] only)
49	* The ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series - Luke Triton (US dub), Flora Reinhold, Emmy Altava, and dozens of others
50	* ''Read-a-Rama'' - Multiple voices
51	* ''VideoGame/RebelGalaxyOutlaw'' - Juno Markev
52	* ''S.W.A.T. Global Strike Team'' - Sniper Lee
53	* ''VideoGame/SimSettlements2'' - Judge Bishop, Shhandy
54	* ''VideoGame/{{Shadowman}}'' - Mama Nettie
55	* ''VideoGame/{{Skylanders}}'' - Sonic Boom
56	* ''VideoGame/{{Smite}}'' - Tiamat
57	* ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' (English voice director from 1999 to 2004):
58	** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure'' - Station Square and Twinkle Park's announcers
59	** ''VideoGame/SonicShuffle'' - Void
60	** ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'', ''VideoGame/SonicBattle'', ''VideoGame/SonicHeroes'' - Rouge the Bat, Omochao
61	* ''[[VideoGame/SoulSeries Soul Calibur III]]'' and onwards - Ivy
62	* ''Spell-a-Rama'' - Multiple voices
63	* ''VideoGame/StarCraft'' - Dropship Pilot, Zerg Queen
64	* ''VideoGame/StarCraftII'':
65	** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIWingsOfLiberty'' - Medvac Pilot
66	** ''VideoGame/StarCraftIIHeartOfTheSwarm'' - Silvan
67	* ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' - At least a dozen roles, including Admiral T'nae, Subcommander Mivek, Commander Phillipa Matthias, Lieutenant Jhu Terel, Lt. JG B'Elanna Torres (in a cutscene), and the Federation ship's computer (following Creator/MajelBarrett's death).
68	* ''VideoGame/Strider2014'' - Nang Pooh, Xi Wang Mu
69	* ''VideoGame/{{Subnautica}}'' - Sea Emperor
70	* ''VisualNovel/SuckerForLove'' - Nyanlathotep
71	* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
72	** ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' - Larry, Morton, Wendy, and Lemmy
73	** ''VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand'' - Pom Pom
74	* ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl'' - [[VideoGame/KidIcarus Pit]], [[VideoGame/Mother3 Lucas]], [[VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade Lyn]]
75	* ''VideoGame/TailConcerto'' - Waffle Ryebread, Panta
76	* ''VideoGame/ToontownOnline'' - Goat, Monkey and Pig characters.
77	* ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal 4'' - Zanita Corbett, Neg Jones
78	* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' - Succubus, Banshee, Harpy, Stormcaller Mylra, Zaela, Panda Wraith, a Female Tuskarr, a Geist, a Female Death Knight, Herald Volazj, Brann Bronzebeard (Prior 3.1), Sindragosa
79	* ''[[VideoGame/{{XCOM2}} XCOM 2: War of the Chosen]]'' - The Chosen Assassin
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82	!! Tropes applying to Lani Minella:
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84	* ActingForTwo: Quite a few of her voice acting credits have more than one voice attached to them.
85	* CrossDressingVoices: Among others, [[VideoGame/{{Diablo}} Wirt.]]
86	* DawsonCasting: Given her vocal range, she can play it straight, avert it, subvert it, avert it completely, and exaggerate this trope depending on the role. Listen to the demonstration close to the end of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm1BGVfqWC0 this interview.]]
87	* FakeBrit: She's the official voice of Ivy Valentine and Luke Triton, both of whom are Brits.
88	* KindheartedCatLover: She uses some of her time outside the recording booth to adopt and care for rescue cats.
89	* LargeHam: She is perfectly capable of voicing a character that's [[ChewingTheScenery hungry for some backdrops.]] Bonus points if they just happen to be well-written on top of that.
90	* VocalDissonance: Her range makes this a given, but still, considering some of the roles she's done can provoke people to think, "That voice came out of '''her'''?" Nancy Drew fans were especially surprised.

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