Who provides Cortana’s English voice in the Halo video games?

Jen Taylor provides Cortana’s English voice in the Halo video games.

Taylor has voiced Cortana since the character’s debut in Halo: Combat Evolved. Cortana is an artificial intelligence created from the cloned brain of Dr. Catherine Elizabeth Halsey, and she becomes the digital companion and mission adviser of Master Chief during the original trilogy and later stories.

Taylor also voices several other characters in the Halo games, including Dr. Halsey. That dual role is an intentional part of the fiction: Cortana’s appearance and voice are based on Halsey. The connection can lead players to overlook the performer’s name or confuse the game voice with the television adaptation.

Natascha McElhone portrays Cortana in the live-action Halo television series, while Miriam Schlesinger provided Cortana’s voice in some localized versions. Tara Strong is associated with other animated and video-game roles, not the original English game performance.