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,Burch voiced Chloe in the original Life Is Strange and in the Life Is Strange: Before the Storm bonus episode titled "Farewell". 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. For Life Is Strange, she was cast in the role of Chloe Price, after having also auditioned for the roles of Max Caulfield, Victoria Chase and Kate Marsh. She later said that she was surprised by what she could do and had the "opportunity to do in voiceover".
Burch was a writer on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. She co-wrote episodes such as "The Hall of Egress" and "Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources", the latter winning a Primetime Emmy Award. She was also a writer of an Adventure Time graphic novel released in October 2016. The same year, she would voice characters in animation including Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in Lego Marvel's Avengers, April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, Hana in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, and Quacho Queen in World of Final Fantasy.
Her work in Life Is Strange and Horizon Zero Dawn won her the 2015 and 2017 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Performance. She was also the host of Geek & Sundry's Unplugged series. Since 2020, she has portrayed Rachel Meyee on the Apple TV series Mythic Quest, in which she also serves as a writer. She later described her voicing of Tiny Tina, Chloe, and Aloy as "three seminal step ups" that helped her "become a better actor". In 2023, she reprised her voice acting of Aloy in the video game Horizon Call of the Mountain. She also voiced Tiny Tina in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Chloe in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm's DLC, Farewell. She would later voice characters in video games such as Afterparty, Street Fighter character Chun-Li in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and Teppen, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, and Final Fantasy XV.
She has voiced various characters in animation and anime. This included voicing Ridley in Glitch Techs, Enid Mettle and multiple other characters in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, and the Rutile Twins in Steven Universe. She voiced multiple characters in Bee and PuppyCat, Ash Graven in Final Space, Lainey in The Loud House, and characters in other productions. In 2018, Burch left her voice acting role of Mayuri Shiina for the English dub of Steins;Gate 0, who she had voiced from episodes 1-13 and credited as "Jackie Ross", citing scheduling conflicts, and apologized to fans. She voiced Sasha Braus in the English dub of the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.
In 2020, it was announced that she had signed on to write for the animated show, The Legend of Vox Machina. Burch stated that she had a recording booth at her home, which allowed her to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. That same year she voiced Danika Hart in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Viper in Valorant, Jane in Ninjala, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Musher in The Red Lantern, and Kate Bishop / Hawkeye in Marvel's Avengers.
In 2021, she began voicing Molly McGee, the protagonist of The Ghost and Molly McGee. She sings the series theme song, with co-star Dana Snyder, and musical numbers in other episodes. The show's creative team based the character around her life. Burch praised the series for "showcasing different aspects of Thai culture" and said that voicing Molly McGee was the first time she had voiced a character that reflected her heritage.
In December 2022, Burch was announced as a co-creator and writer of the Mythic Quest spinoff series Mere Mortals, later renamed to Side Quest, and was released in March 2025.
Personal life Burch dated Must Come Down co-star David Fetzer until his death in 2012 by accidental opioid overdose. She discussed this event as well as her own personal mental health problems during her appearance on Paul Gilmartin's The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast and on Brian W. Foster's show Between the Sheets on Critical Roles YouTube channel. She suffers from chronic anxiety and credits her love of video games to playing Harvest Moon as a child as it was the only thing able to calm her down. She has spoken several times about her anxiety and the positive impact video games had on it. On July 1, 2022, Burch came out as queer and pansexual, saying that coming out felt important "for reasons I can't really explain" and that she had been dating a man for five years. This tweet and the six before it she provides more explanation. She said it probably is not a shock because "half the characters I play are members of the rainbow fam", with some calling her every "queer nerd's favorite nerd".
Burch is married to comedian Mort Burke. They have hosted the weekly podcast Rebrand together since 2024.
Acting roles
Video games Year Title Role Notes 2012 Awesomenauts Ayla Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina, The Bane 2013 Aliens: Colonial Marines Lisa Reid TowerFall Last of the Order Saints Row IV Herself (Ashly Burch) Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? DLC 2014 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Rei Team Fortress 2 Miss Pauling Also wrote the short for Expiration Date Project Spark Avalon Credited as Ashley Burch Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Tiny Tina, Schmidt 2015 Saints Row: Gat out of Hell Demons, Husks, Kiki DeWynter Gravity Ghost Iona, Pepper, Sorrel The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Millium Orion Life Is Strange Chloe Price, Stella Hill, Taylor Christensen, Sarah There Came an Echo Val Mortal Kombat X Cassie Cage The Magic Circle Coda Soliz Persona 4: Dancing All Night Rise Kujikawa Replacing Laura Bailey Fallout 4 Tina De Luca, Rowdy, Cricket 2016 Rise of the Tomb Raider Nadia Baba Yaga DLC The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Millium Orion Lego Marvel's Avengers Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel Battleborn Orendi Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan April O'Neil Minecraft: Story Mode Cassie Rose Episode: "A Portal to Mystery" Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Hana World of Final FantasyQuacho Queen 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Aloy, Elisabet Sobeck Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Nebula Pit People Sofia, Hailey, Vampiress, SpidaurFortniteRay, Desiree, Dark RaySave The World Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Chun-Li Replacing Laura Bailey Dota 2 Dark Willow Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Chloe Price Episode: "Farewell" 2018OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes Enid Mettle Final Fantasy XV SarahArchived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 2019 Afterparty Sam Hill Teppen Chun-Li Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Nebula Borderlands 3 Tiny Tina The Blackout Club Isabela Madi-Shaw ("Bells"), Prank Call VoiceThe Outer Worlds Parvati Holcomb 2020 Valorant Viper The Last of Us Part II Mel Ninjala Jane The Red LanternMusherSpider-Man: Miles MoralesDanika Hart Marvel's Avengers Kate Bishop / Hawkeye DLC2022 Horizon Forbidden West Aloy, Beta, Elisabet SobeckTiny Tina's WonderlandsTiny Tina2023 Horizon Call of the Mountain Aloy Spider-Man 2Danika Hart 2024 Lego Horizon Adventures Aloy 2025 Date Everything! Zoey Bennett
Film Year Title Role Notes 2021DC Showcase: Blue BeetleNightshadeShort film 2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Additional voices 2024 We're All Gonna Die Thalia Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Nightshade, Mera Direct-to-video
Animation Year Title Role Notes 2013 Tooth Fairy - Kud Boy, Bedwet Fairy English dub of Dutch internet animation 2013–2022 Bee and PuppyCat Cass, Cicada 2014 Blackford Manor Josette Grey Chainsaw Richard Tiny Ghost Over the Garden Wall Additional voices Expiration Date Miss Pauling 2014–2018 Adventure Time Various voices Also writer 2015–2018 Pig Goat Banana Cricket Lila Twinklepipes, Sorority Girl No. 1, Various 2016–2017 We Bare Bears Additional Voices 2017–2018 Steven Universe Rutile Twins 2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Enid Mettle, Punching Judy, Ms. Mummy, Rippy Roo, Plazamo,Shy Ninja, Mikayla, Glitter Starlight, additional voices Also shorts and television series 2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Meadow Springs 2019–2021 Final Space Ash Graven 2020 The Loud House Lainey Glitch Techs Ridley, K. Moon, additional voices Also writer Adventure Time: Distant Lands Darling, Additional Voices Hailey's On It!Hailey BanksPilot only 2021–2024 The Ghost and Molly McGee Molly McGee, additional voices Lead role 2022 Dragon Age: Absolution Qwydion Main role 2022–present The Legend of Vox Machina Writer Chibiverse Molly McGee Recurring role 2025–presentFionna and CakeHuntress Wizard
Live-action Year Title Role Notes 2008–2019 Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Ash Also creator, writer and executive producer 2012 Must Come Down Holly 2015 The Mask You Live In Herself Documentary Muzzled the Musical Malfalia Musical 2015–2016 RocketJump: The Show Female Assistant, Super Lieutenant, Jess Also writer 2016–2022 Critical Role (one-shots) Various 5 episodesCritical Role (campaign two)KegGuest role; 4 episodes 2017 Dimension 404 Shannon Episode: "Cinethrax" 2020–2025 Mythic Quest Rachel Meyee Also staff writer, director, co-producer 2023 Candela Obscura (Chapter 3: "The Circle of Tide & Bone") Dr. Elsie Roberts Main cast; 3 episodes 2025 I'm Happy You're Here Herself Main castIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Director: "Overage Drinking: A National Concern"
Commercials Year Title Role Notes 2022State FarmHerself Super Sparkle Yours Now Fake Streamer
Anime dubbing Year Title Role Notes 2012 Steins;Gate Mayuri Shiina Also film (credited as Jackie Ross)2013Code:BreakerSakura SakurakojiCredited as Jackie Ross 2014 Space Dandy Freckles Ep. 17 2014–2019 Attack on Titan Sasha BrausReplaced by Megan Shipman 2015 Attack on Titan: Junior High2018Steins;Gate 0Mayuri ShiinaCredited as Jackie Ross, ep 1–13
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Title Result 2013D.I.C.E. AwardsOutstanding Character Performance - Male or FemaleBorderlands 22015Golden Joystick AwardPerformance of the Year Life Is StrangeThe Game Awards2016Primetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Short Form Animated ProgramAdventure Time: The Hall of Egress2017Adventure Time: Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resourcesrowspan=3 Golden Joystick AwardBest Gaming PerformanceHorizon Zero Dawn Breakout PerformanceThe Game AwardsBest Performance 2018PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year AwardsD.I.C.E. AwardsOutstanding Achievement in CharacterBritish Academy Games AwardsPerformer2019The Game AwardsBest PerformanceThe Outer Worlds2022The Game AwardsHorizon Forbidden West2023Game Audio Network Guild AwardsBest Voice PerformanceD.I.C.E. AwardsOutstanding Achievement in Character
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