You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery, episode number 191.

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This is the second and final part of my interview with the extraordinary Courtney Taylor.

You may have heard her performances in games like Star Wars, Knights of the Old Republic, Resident Evil, Fallout

Legacy, and the Mass Effect series. In animation, she starred in the regular show, and OKCO,

let's be heroes. In addition to her voice acting work, she also helps run Nerds Vote, a non-partisan

organization that encourages nerds of any fandom to register to vote and participate in American

democracy. You can find out more about it at nerdsvote.com. In the previous episode, Courtney

shared with us how she got started as a voice actor.

We talked about the rather unconventional path she took, which included her getting her

start in a high school play, not as an actor, but rather as a makeup artist.

Her experiences backstage piqued her interest in performing, so she tried taking

acting classes in both high school and college. She developed a sincere interest in performing. So she tried taking acting classes in both high school and college.

She developed a sincere interest in acting, which was put to the test when she decided to audition

for a graduate-level acting program. The man she was auditioning for told her that her voice

sounded so damaged and raspy that she would never work in the theater. Courtney relayed that feedback

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