Poll: Best Female Voice Actor?

[Gearhead mk2]

I was going to put other and then say Cindy Robinson because frankly I just love one of the characters she voiced (Makoto Nanaya) but I thought about it and instead went with Jennifer Hale. I played through the entire ME trilogy twice, once as MaleShep and once as FemShep, and I can safely say that Hale's FemShep is one of the best performances I've ever heard. Add all her other work, and it's hard to deny her greatness.

Spoiler: By the way, while we're talking about voice acting, bit of trivia: These four characters are all voiced by the same guy.

 

[MrHide-Patten]

Tara Strong who does she voice again? *Goes on Wikipedia* Ohhhh...

 

[Relish in Chaos]

Tie between Tara Strong and Grey DeLisle. They both voiced my childhood.

 

[abdul]

Can't decide between Jennifer Hale,Tara and Grey DeLisle,however I think Nika Futterman also deserves a special mention for this character, <3 her voice
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[C F]

Like many others, I'm torn between Tara Strong and Grey DeLisle. Their voices are only rivaled by the acters they've played [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Strong#Filmography] in cartoons and other shows that I loved.

Screw it, I'm just voting Tara Strong. If I had another vote, it'd go to Grey.
Jennifer Hale is just below those two.

 

[lacktheknack]

Most Fargate fans haven't played ME2 or Dragon Age, and although I played Crysis, I never heard her voice.

The only "Morrigan" that I'm familiar with was a chick on Myspace who also called herself the Baroness von Chaos.

So she's not a valid option because "her fans probably haven't heard her voice acting work"? That's stupid.

You DID hear her in Crysis, she was the scientist who sent the distress signal, and then kept reappearing throughout the game.

And you haven't played Dragon Age: Origins. Congratulations, most people did. Your original point is moot.

 

[Darren716]

Tara Strong, too many amazing roles for me to list here

 

[lacktheknack]

the scientist who sent the distress signal, and then kept reappearing throughout the game.

I have no clue who you're talking about. I remember the black dude in the nano-suit, and a bunch of Korean guys, and some flying blue squid bullshit that I saw again in Skyline.

This chick.

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That's Claudia Black. Doesn't sound much like her, but it is her.

 

[Heaven's Guardian]

Michelle Ruff

I was shocked that she wasn't in the poll. It baffles me how anyone can be that versatile, even if a lot of her best work is in anime, rather than games (still, Katherine from Catherine and Etna aren't exactly nobody characters, and she does a really good job with both). And the poll said nothing about being games only, so when we add in Nagato, Tsukasa, Yoko, and the rest, I don't see anyone else matching up.

 

[lacktheknack]

This chick.

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That's Claudia Black. Doesn't sound much like her, but it is her.

Oh. Yeah, I imagine that huge numbers of people will remember Claudia Black as "That chick from Crysis who sounds absolutely nothing like Claudia Black"

Your original point:

She's a live-action actress. She doesn't count, no matter how awesome her voice is.

I just gave three major roles she played, rendering you completely, utterly, totally wrong, and yet you still struggle! I guess I should admire your blind stubbornness and will to win.

But if you want to be pedantic, then fine. She'll instead be remembered for the scathing, extended and fantastic performance of Morrigan, one of the best characters in Dragon Age, who's part could extend from near the beginning all the way to the end.

So you're wrong. Accept it.

 

[bigfatcarp93]

Hale or Strong... HALE OR STRONG.... AAAAHHHHH, WHY MUST YOU MAKE THIS SO HARD ON ME!!??

Eeerrrrgggghhhh.... Strong, I guess. But it's close.

 

[lacktheknack]

I just gave three major roles she played

...not one of which is widely known...

rendering you completely, utterly, totally wrong

...in your adorable little world

But if you want to be pedantic, then fine. She'll instead be remembered for the scathing, extended and fantastic performance of Morrigan, one of the best characters in Dragon Age, who's part could extend from near the beginning all the way to the end.

No, she'll be remembered for her role on Fargate. If a few other people happen to know that she did some voice work on the side, then that doesn't really change the fact that 99% of the people who know who she is know her from Fargate.

Are we suddenly going to claim that John Goodman is a voice actor just because he was in We're Back!, The Emperor's New Groove, and Monsters, Inc.? Of course not. He's always going to be "that guy who played Roseanne's Husband". Are we going to claim that William Shatner is a singer/musician just because of his musical career? No, he's always going to be Kirk.

Ohhhhh, I see the issue here.

You see, I define a voice actor as "someone who voices animated characters". You have a bizarre, arbitrary stipulation of "It must be the thing they do most". I see.

Hell yes William Shatner is a singer/musician. He had a musical career! Is it really so mind-boggling that people can be defined by multiple things?

Also, "Morrigan is not widely known"?

Who's in their own little adorable world now?