Jennifer Hale

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Summary

Jennifer Hale is a voice actor known for roles including Commander Shepard in Mass Effect, Bastila Shan in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Jean Grey in X-Men ’97. Her work spans games and animation, often voicing capable female characters. Hale has praised the stronger writing of women characters, said women should not be reduced to damsels in distress, and described playing a character not defined by gender as a dream job. She has also served on video game contract negotiations for SAG-AFTRA; no public partisan campaigning, LGBTQ advocacy, or DEI affiliations are on record.