Heather Halley

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Heather Halley
Born (1969-09-28) September 28, 1969 (age 55) [1]
OccupationActress

Heather Halley (born September 28, 1969) is an American film, television, stage and voice actress. [2] She is perhaps best known as the English voice of Para-Medic in the Metal Gear series and was an announcer for several awards ceremonies, including the 59th Grammy Awards, [3] the 4th and 5th Spike Video Game Awards, [1] and the 10th Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards. Halley has also worked on voice work, including the web series Terminator Salvation: The Machinima Series .

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Voice acting career

Anime

Web series

Video games

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  2. "Heather Halley Resume". 2 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2 March 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Ciccarelli, Stephanie (20 February 2009). "Heather Halley Chats with Voices.com - Industry News - Interviews - Voices.com Blog". Archived from the original on 14 October 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. Heather Halley [@heatherhalley] (March 17, 2014). "Betty Boop Dance Card Trailer: (link: http://youtu.be/5ZFFcqYJ8OY) youtu.be/5ZFFcqYJ8OY via @YouTube Honored to be voicing Betty Boop. This May 2014 iPhone/iPad game app" (Tweet). Retrieved July 7, 2014 via Twitter.
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  7. Halley, Heather. "pic.twitter.com/vxtpRFpd6h".
  8. Heather Halley [@heatherhalley] (February 12, 2015). "@Kazooragi @JosipOnDeck Thank you so much for posting this picture. I voiced Chloe...I love this. You guys Rock" (Tweet). Retrieved July 7, 2017 via Twitter.