Patricia Summersett (born March 15, 1982) is a Canadian actress, best known for voicing

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in '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' and '' Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity''.

Life and career

Summersett has appeared in the

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psychological horror ''

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'', in series: CBC's ''

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'' starring

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, CTV's ''

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'' with

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, Go90's ''Lost Generation'' with

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and scored by Tony-winning

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, and NBC's ''The Bold Type'' on Free Form. She also played a lead in the indie feature ''Maz'' by festival-winning filmmaker

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. Notable past roles include recurring characters in Ron Moore's ''Helix s2'' as well as ''19-2'' (Bravo/CTV). She was also the official “Onset Smurf” representing

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, Vexy and Clumsy as the reference voice and puppeteer for the making of Sony's ''

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''.

Education

She holds a BFA in theatre performance from Concordia University and a master's in classical acting from the

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. She has also studied acting at Moscow Art Theatre and National Theatre Conservatory. Before attending drama school, she trained for years as a competitive

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, and held the title of Quebec Sectional Champion.

Video games

Summersett was revealed as the first official English voice of

in Nintendo's thirty-year ''

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'' franchise with her work in '' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild''. She has voiced many games from indie to AAA and provided full performance capture for two assassins in

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's '' Assassin's Creed'' series. Within

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's '' Rainbow Six: Siege'', the character she voices is Ash, a female FBI operator working for Team Rainbow. She voiced Ash in ''

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'' as well.

Theatre

Patricia has performed in theaters across Canada, the U.S. and the UK. She has been nominated for three META/MECCA (Montreal English Theatre/Critics Circle Awards) for “Best Lead Actress” playing the roles Rosalind in ''As You Like it'' and Jacqueline in ''Trench Patterns'' (a captain with PTSD). She has also been featured in '' Equus'', ''Pinter plays'' and as the title role in Ibsen's ''

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''. She was last seen in the Toronto's 2016 Next Stage Festival, performing the Fringe hit ''Blood Wild'' by Paul Van Dyck.

Personal life

She grew up in Marquette, Michigan. In addition to her acting career, she is a songwriter and singer for the band Summersett, and was a competitive

representing Quebec in 2002 as senior Quebec Sectional Champion with former partner Simon Roberge. She has three sisters: Annette Summersett (born June 1980), Kathryn Summersett (born June 1985) and

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, all artists, who perform music together. In 2017, Patricia co-founded a charity called GeekU.P. She is currently based in

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and

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Filmography

Film

*''The Jogger'' (short, 2013) - Girlfriend *''Gingerbread House'' (short, 2013) - Mother *''

'' (2013) - Smurf Voice #2 (voice), Off-camera Voice *''The Death of Kao-Kuk'' (2015) - Actress (voice) *'' The Saver'' (2015) - Rachel *''Dear Mr. President'' (short, 2016) - Police Spokeswoman *'' Darwin'' (2016) - Mother (voice) *''I'm Coming Over'' (2016) - Composer, Producer, Writer *''

(2017) - Consoler *''Fareed'' (short, 2018) - Mrs. Markell *''Maz'' (2018) - Deb Mazenet *''The Great Traveller'' (2019) - Berenice

Television

*'' Emma'' (TV Mini-series, 2009), Season 1, Episode 3 - Dancer *''Sex & Ethnicity'' (2014), Season 1, Episodes 1 & 8 - Carole *'' 19-2'' (2014), Season 1, Episodes 4 & 5 - Dr. Zoé *''

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'' (2015), Season 2, Episodes 1, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 - Lt. Commander Winger *'' Fatal Vows'' (2015), Season 4, Episode 12 - Helen *''Real Detective'' (2016), Season 1, Episode 8 - Merrie Cameron *''Lost Generation'' (2017), Season 1, Episodes 1 & 10 - Detective Bendel *''

The Bold Type ''The Bold Type'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Sarah Watson and produced by Universal Television for Freeform. It is inspired by the life and career of former editor-in-chief of ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine Joanna Col ...

'' (2017), Season 1, Episode 6 - Dr. Elysa Hendricks *''Level Up Norge'' (2017), Season 7, Episode 89 - Princess Zelda (voice) *''

'' (2017), Season 1, Episode 1 - Nikki Ryder *''

'' (2017), Season 1, Episode 2 - Anne-Marie Duval *'' Garo: Vanishing Line'' (2018), Season 1, Episode 21 - Additional Voices (voice) *''Broken Trust'' (TV Mini-series, 2018), Season 1, Episode 8 - Kelly *''

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'' (TV Mini-series, 2018), Season 1, Episode 1 - Reporter #1 *'' The Detectives'' (2018), Season 2, Episode 4 - Cathy *'' Street Legal'' (2019), Season 1, Episode 3 - Maeve *'' Camp Camp'' (2019), Season 4, Episode 14 - Ainsley (voice)

Video games

*'' Beowulf: The Game'' (2007) - Grendel's Mother (voice) *'' Suikoden Tierkreis'' (2008) - Diadora / Servillah (voice) *'' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit'' (2010) - Narrator (voice) *'' Assassin's Creed: Rogue'' (2014) - Hope Jensen (voice) *'' Assassin's Creed: Syndicate'' (2015) - Galina Voronina (voice) *'' Rainbow Six: Siege'' (2015) - Ash (voice) *''

Far Cry Primal ''Far Cry Primal'' is a 2016 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is a spin-off to ''Far Cry 4'', and the tenth overall installment in the '' Far Cry'' series. Set during prehistoric times, the game f ...

'' (2016) - Wenja (voice) *'' Deus Ex: Mankind Divided'' (2016) - Additional Voices (voice) *''

For Honor ''For Honor'' is an action game developed and published by Ubisoft. The game allows players to play the roles of historical forms of soldiers and warriors such as knights, samurai, vikings, controlled using a third-person perspective. The game ...

'' (2017) - Knight Warden / Warmonger (voice) *'' The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild'' (2017) - Princess Zelda (voice) *''Dungeon Hunter Champions'' (2018) - Player (voice) *'' Omensight'' (2018) - General Draga / Witch *''

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'' (2019) - Paula Madera *''

Guardian Tales ''Guardian Tales'' is a 2020 action role-playing video game developed by Kong Studios and published by the South Korean publisher Kakao Games. The game initially soft-launched in parts of Southeast Asia on February 24, 2020 for iOS and Android ...

'' (2020) - Bianca (voice) *'' Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity'' (2020) - Princess Zelda (voice) *''

'' 2021 - Ash (voice)

References

Other sources

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- Patricia Summersett on Dean Panaro Talent
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- Patricia Summersett on Glenn Talent Management
Patricia Summersett answers YOUR questions! (Voice of Princess Zelda)
- YouTube
Patricia Summersett Video Game samples
- YouTube
Episode 10 – Patricia Summersett
- The Spirit Bros Podcast

External links

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