Ashly Burch
American voice actress
Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990) is an American actress, writer, director, and singer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in the Horizon series, Chloe Price in the Life Is Strange series, Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, Enid Mettle in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Molly McGee in The Ghost and Molly McGee, Ash Graven in Final Space, Cassie Rose in Minecraft: Story Mode, the Rutile Twins in Steven Universe, Rachel Meyee in Mythic Quest, Cassie Cage in Mortal Kombat X and Ray in Fortnite.
Early life
Burch grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and has an older brother, Anthony. Her mother is an immigrant from Thailand whom she describes as spiritual, giving food to spirits and praying to them. She credits her career path as a voice actress to playing Metal Gear Solid at age 12. Upon seeing voice actor David Hayter's name alongside that of the main characters, she looked him up and realized that there were actual people who voiced the characters, as she realized that was what she wanted to do as a career. She graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 2012.
Career
Burch started Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, a sketch comedy show focused on video games, with her brother Anthony in 2008. She got her first voice acting role when Anthony was hired as a writer for Borderlands 2 and suggested she try out for the role of Tiny Tina.
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