Overview
Patricia Summersett (born March 15, 1982) is an American actress, best known for voicing Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.
Life and career
Summersett has appeared in the Darren Aronofsky psychological horror mother!, in series: CBC's Bellevue starring Anna Paquin, CTV's The Disappearance with Peter Coyote, Go90's Lost Generation with Katie Findlay and scored by Tony-winning Duncan Sheik, and NBC's The Bold Type on Free Form. She also played a lead in the indie feature Maz by festival-winning filmmaker Federico Hidalgo. Notable past roles include recurring characters in Ron Moore's Helix s2 as well as 19-2 (Bravo/CTV). She was also the official “On set Smurf” representing Smurfette, Vexy and Clumsy as the reference voice and puppeteer for the making of Sony's The Smurfs 2.
Education
She holds a BFA in theatre performance from Concordia University and a master's in classical acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. She has also studied acting at Moscow Art Theatre and National Theatre Conservatory. Before attending drama school, she trained for years as a competitive ice dancer, and held the title of Quebec Sectional Champion.
Video games
Summersett was revealed as the first official English voice of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's thirty-year The Legend of Zelda franchise with her work in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. She has voiced many games from indie to AAA and provided full performance capture for two assassins in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. Within Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, the character she voices is Ash, a female FBI operator working for Team Rainbow. She voiced Ash in Arknights as well.
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