Jen Taylor

Jennifer Taylor is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Cortana in Halo games and the intelligent personal assistant. Jen Taylor taught herself how to do voice work by recording the radio and imitating what she heard. She graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in theater. Before starting in voice work, she worked as a radio DJ for KNDD. Taylor has voiced characters in video games, Princess Peach, Toad, and Toadette in Mario games between 1999 and 2006. She voiced the character Cortana in Halo games since the first game in the series, Halo: Combat Evolved (2001). She also voices the virtual assistant Cortana. Two decades following the original game, Taylor reprised the role of Cortana by voice acting and performance capture in the Paramount+ TV series.