Jennifer Hale

Jennifer R. Hale (born January 30, 1972, in Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador) is a Canadian-born American voice actress best known for her voice over work in games like Tales of Symphonia, the Metroid Prime series, Metal Gear series, Mass Effect, and Disney's animated movies. She voices Emma Emmerich in Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty and Naomi Hunter in Metal Gear Solid/The Twin Snakes and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Hale is also well known for portraying Bastila Shan in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

Hale grew up in the United States, attending the Alabama School of Fine Arts in Birmingham, Alabama. While in high school, Hale began working as a production assistant. After graduation, Hale worked as an actor, commuting between Birmingham and Atlanta. She got her first big break in the 1988 made-for-TV movie A Father's Homecoming. Later she moved to Hollywood and has been doing voices for video games, animation, commercials, radio promotions, anime, and movies since 1993.