Jennifer Hale

"I was chasing my horse one time, we were playing, this sounds crazy, but we were playing tag in this arena and I'm chasing him around and it was a really deep, sandy arena, and I tripped, and I just did a full-on faceplant, and was like "PLUAAEH", you know, one of those things? And as I go down, and I get the wind knocked out of me, I'm thinking "oh, I gotta remember that sound...""

Samus Is a Girl, and her name is Jennifer Hale. Also known as "Queen of Hey, It's That Voice!".

Hale is a prolific Canadian-born American actress and singer best known for her voice over work in video games and appearances in numerous animated series. With 129 apperances, she was recently given the title of Most Prolific Voice Actor in Video Games by Guinness World Records. No one was surprised. See the list below for details.

Among her 'lesser' roles are Katrina from Quest for Glory IV and Felicity Hardy aka Black Cat from Spider-Man.

Notable roles from Jennifer Hale:

Anime and Manga

One of the bad guys in Naruto the Movie: Legend of the Stone of Gelel.

Video Games

Mazzy in Baldur's Gate II
Ophelia in Brütal Legend
Alexandra Roivas in Eternal Darkness, as well as one of Xel'lotath's voices
Jun'ko Zane in Freelancer
Jaden Korr in Jedi Knight 3 (if played female)
Bastila in Knights of the Old Republic.
- Bastila's model has been noted to have a striking resemblance to Ms. Hale herself.
Satele Shan (descendant of Bastila) and Female Republic Trooper player characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic
Prier in La Pucelle Tactics
Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series (female)
Naomi Hunter and Emma Emmerich in the Metal Gear Solid games
Samus Aran in the Metroid Prime series.
Fall-From-Grace and Deionarra in Planescape: Torment
Persephone in Sacrifice
Sheena Fujibayashi in Tales of Symphonia
Jennifer Mui in Mercenaries
Silver Sable in Ultimate Spider-Man, Spider-Man Friend or Foe and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Vanessa Z. Schneider in P.N.03
Kimmy Howell and Alice Twilight in No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle
Phoenix in Marvel vs. Capcom 3
Trishka Novak in Bulletstorm
Young Gaignun Kukai in Xenosaga Episode II
Elizabet Ramsey in Age of Empires III
Princess Aurora and Cinderella in Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Katrina in Quest For Glory IV: Shadows of Darkness
Rosalind Lutece in BioShock Infinite
Leah in Diablo III
Ashe in Overwatch

Western Animation

Felicia Hardy / Black Cat in Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Avatar Kyoshi and June in Avatar: The Last Airbender
Numbuh 86 from Codename: Kids Next Door
Princess Morbucks, Sedusa and Miss Keane from The Powerpuff Girls
Sam and Mandy from Totally Spies!
Aayla Secura from Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Ivy from Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?
Jean Grey in Wolverine and the X-Men
Emerald Empress in Legion of Super Heroes
Killer Frost and Giganta in Justice League but also voiced other one off characters throughout as well
- She's actually voiced Killer Frost across three different productions. There's the aforementioned Justice League, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, and Batman the Brave And The Bold.
Jessie Bannon in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Carol Danvers/ Ms. Marvel in Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes
Zatanna in Justice League Unlimited.
Delilah Blake and Thorn in Scooby Doo Mystery Inc
Mallory McMallard in The Mighty Ducks
Aayla Secura and Riyo Chuchi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Cinderella in both of the movie's sequels. However, she does not perform Cinderella's songs in A Twist in Time. She also reprised her role as Cinderella in Ralph Breaks the Internet.
Katnappe in Xiaolin Showdown.

Live Action TV

Charmed, a cameo appearance as a friendly neighbor who takes Piper's kid to school. Key word: APPEARANCE, this is one of the only times it isn't just her voice that shows up to do the acting.
ER Tribes
Melrose Place The Rumor Whisperer

Jennifer Hale provides examples of the following tropes:

Action Girl/Badass: Most of the characters she voices are these.
Casting Gag: Apart from Young Justice, she voices Killer Frost in every animated series she appears in.
- May be coincidental, but she does voice a lot of Fiery Redheads.
Cross-Dressing Voices: She is fully capable of voicing boys, but does so very rarely.
Hey, It's That Voice!: She currently holds the title of Most Prolific Video Game Voice Actress. And that's not even bringing her work in animation into the mix.
I Am Not Spock: She's most known for being the voice of Commander Shepard, but, unlike most instances of the trope, she loves voicing for the Mass Effect games, and doesn't hate or try to distance herself from the role.
Ink Suit Actor: Once Bastila's original design as Vima Sunrider was scrapped, her appearance was redesigned to better closely resemble Jennifer.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Averted. As Bastila Shan, she gives a very convincing British accent.
One of Us: Not a gamer herself but she has stated her love of sci-fi and Battlestar Galactica in particular.
Pigeonholed Voice Actor: She constantly voices Action Girl characters. Mainly in video games, but it does spill over into animation from time to time. It's gotten to the point that, in a choice between video game characters (Shepard v. FemShep, for example), gamers will pick someone else over Jennifer Hale -- just to hear another voice that isn't Jennifer Hale.
Woman of a Thousand Voices: She does have a range, as shown by her roles in Totally Spies!, Soul Calibur, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and The Powerpuff Girls, despite having to use her standard Action Girl voice, or a variation of it, to fit certain characters.
Relationship Voice Actor: She is usually cast alongside Steve Blum and Nolan North.
Rule of Sean Connery: She has been called the Meryl Streep of gaming if that's any indication.
Talking To Herself: She usually ends up doing this in video games as she tends to voice other characters other than her main role. And also in Totally Spies! as Sam and Mandy.
You Go, Girl!: In her own words, she likes to "play where the boys play," and enjoys voicing Action Girls in order to achieve this.

There's certainly a pattern to find here. With some characters, you even get surprised to not hear Jennifer Hale when they speak for the first time--

I've had enough of your disingenuous assertions. *PAWNCH*

OW! It wasn't supposed to be a bad thing, really!