Catherine Taber

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Catherine Taber
OccupationActress
Years active2000–present
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Catherine Taber is an American actress. She is known for voicing Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Lori Loud and Katherine Mulligan on The Loud House.[1][2]

Biography[edit]

In 2000, Taber made her feature film debut starring alongside Soleil Moon Frye and Wil Wheaton in the coming of age dramedy The Girls' Room, where she and Frye play college roommates with contrasting lifestyles.[3][4][5]

Taber got her break into video game voice-overs in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic in 2003,[6] where she played Mission Vao.[7][8] She voiced Penelo in Final Fantasy XII, for which she was nominated for a National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Award for Supporting Role in a Drama in 2006.[9]

She was the voice of Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film and television series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2008 to 2014. Although she auditioned for the part, she credits her video game roles in the Star Wars universe as helping her become a fan and landing the part.[10] She also voiced Amidala in the related Star Wars video games, as well as the character Vette in Star Wars: The Old Republic. She voiced Princess Leia in the Star Wars: Force Unleashed video games,[1] and provided voices during production of the now cancelled animated comedy series Star Wars Detours. Meanwhile, in live-action roles, she had a starring role in the horror movie The Morningside Monster which screened at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2014.[11]

Outside of science fiction films and video games, she voiced Ginger the Pig in A Pig's Tail, an animated 2012 short film made by Aardman Animations for The Humane Society.[12][13][14] She also runs a charity website called Games for Soldiers where she collects video game donations for U.S. soldiers overseas.[15][16]

In 2016, Taber provided voice work on Nickelodeon's The Loud House, where she voices such characters as Lori Loud, Katherine Mulligan, and Girl Jordan.[17]

Taber also voiced female Jesse in both seasons of the video game Minecraft: Story Mode (2015–17), which was first released by Telltale Games on October 12, 2015.[18][19]

In 2021, Taber reprised her role as Katherine Mulligan from The Loud House in the live-action film A Loud House Christmas.[20]

Filmography[edit]

Animation[edit]

Television series[edit]

List of voice performances in animation
Year Title Role Notes Source
2004 Stroker and Hoop Miss Hoe Cakes [17]
2005 The Backyardigans Cheerleader Girl #2 [21]
2008–14, 2020 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala, others [16][22][23]
2012–2022 Robot Chicken Various [24]
unreleased Star Wars Detours Princess Leia [25]
2015 Bear in Underwear Quinn Tweet[26]
2015–19 Guardians of the Galaxy Medusa [17]
2016–present The Loud House Lori Loud, Girl Jordan, Katherine Mulligan, others Main role [17][27]
2016 Star Wars Rebels Numa [23]
2020–2022 The Casagrandes Lori Loud 6 episodes [28][29]
2023 My Adventures with Superman Silver Banshee

Film[edit]

List of voice performances in direct-to-video and television films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala [30]
2010 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Tina [17]
2014 We Wish You a Merry Walrus Jangrah, DJ Cadence [17]
2015 Club Penguin: Monster Beach Party [17]
Club Penguin: Halloween Panic! [17]
List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source
2011 Waltz of the Demon King Cosette Short film
Festival release
[31][32]
2012 A Pig's Tail Ginger Short film for The Humane Society of the United States [12][13][14]
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hangar Control Center Officer, Weapon Technician, additional voices [33]
2021 The Loud House Movie Lori Loud [34]

Video games[edit]

List of voice performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source
2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Mission Vao [6][8][35]
2005 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Rogue [10][17]
2006 Final Fantasy XII Penelo [17]
Baten Kaitos Origins Lolo [17]
2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Princess Leia [36][35]
2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Padmé Amidala [37]
2010 Resonance of Fate Rebecca [17]
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Cécile Cosima Caminades [17]
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Princess Leia [36][17]
2011 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala & Leia Organa [17]
Star Wars: The Old Republic Vette [36][38][39]
2012 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Party Girl [17]
The Secret World Rose White, Cassandra King, Karen Olson, Saccharissa [40]
2013 Marvel Heroes Rogue, Shanna the She-Devil [17]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows April O'Neil [17][41]
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Andoria, others [17]
Disney Infinity 3.0 Padmé Amidala Tweet[42][43]
Minecraft: Story Mode Jesse (Female) [44]
2016 Titanfall 2 Monarch Titan OS Tweet[45]
2017 Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two Jesse (Female) [17]
2022 Tactics Ogre: Reborn Deneb Rove [17]

Audiobooks[edit]

Live-action film[edit]

List of acting performances in film
Year Title Role Notes Source
2000 The Girls' Room Grace [3][4]
2014 A Stitch in Time (for $9.99) Rebecca Short film [36]
2014 The Morningside Monster Mandy Jenkins Film festival release [51][52]
2019 Haven's End Allison
2021 A Loud House Christmas Katherine Mulligan Television film [20]

References[edit]

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    Catherine Taber [@cattaber] (February 14, 2015). "@BigfootandGray Thank YOU for having me be a part of such a great show! #MutualAdmirationSociety #LoveBeingLoud #TheLoudHouse #Nickolodeon" (Tweet). Retrieved July 8, 2015 – via Twitter.
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