Jennifer Hale - Prolific Game and Animation Voice Actor and Founder of SkillsHub.life | AW 25

If watching cartoons on a Saturday morning and playing video games was a big part of your childhood, you will be very familiar with the work of our guest this week. For this edition of Alicyn’s Wonderland, we jump into the rabbit hole together with the phenomenal voice actress and world record holder for the most female video game voices, Jennifer Hale. Her vocal talents can be heard in 168 video games and her most prominent role is as the female version of Captain Shepard in Mass Effect. Her other iconic characters include Cinderella, Avatar Kyoshi, and Princess Morbucks among others. 

In this episode, we get the amazing opportunity to get to know the amazing woman behind the memorable voices that have made our childhoods so fun. Jennifer sits down with us and shares her amazing, adventure-filled, and heartwarming story. She also goes into detail about how she came up with and realized SkillsHub.Life, and what she hopes it will do for the VO community. And on a real note, Jennifer also shares how she manages to maintain her mental health without sacrificing her career. This episode with Jennifer Hales offers a healthy dose of real talk, inspiration, and valuable advice that aspiring VOs can definitely take away and apply to their own journey. 

Timestamps:

[6:23]        What inspired Jennifer Hale to create SkillsHub.Life

[13:50]    Jennifer talks about her Canadian roots and her legendary father

[25:19]        How Jennifer came up with SkillsHub.Life’s name

[30:13]    Jennifer’s view on how the pandemic has affected the way we live

[45:13]        What was Jennifer Hale’s favorite role to play?

[49:16]        What would Jennifer Hale be, if she weren’t a voice actress?

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