Alison Matthews is a Canadian actor and voice artist with a career spanning over three decades, recognized for her contributions to anime dubbing, television, and theatre. Born in Montréal, Québec, and raised on the West Coast of Canada, she has built a diverse portfolio that includes live-action roles in series such as The X-Files, Stargate SG-1, and Battlestar Galactica, as well as films like Snow Dogs and Final Destination 2. In addition to her on-screen work, Matthews is highly regarded as a voice and speech coach, serving as the Head of Coaching for Vancouver's Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival since 2007 and holding a faculty position at the University of Alberta.

In the realm of anime, Matthews is best known for her work with the Ocean Group dubbing studio in Vancouver. Her most prominent and extensive role is voicing Forte Stollen, the gun-enthusiast captain of the Angel Troupe, across the entire Galaxy Angel franchise. She provided the English voice for Forte in the original Galaxy Angel series, as well as its sequels Galaxy Angel Z, Galaxy Angel A, Galaxy Angel S, and Galaxy Angel X, a long-running commitment that spanned 130 episodes. This consistent portrayal across all five seasons stands as a significant achievement in her voice acting career.

Another major highlight of her anime filmography is her dual role in the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED franchise. She voiced the character Ezalia Joule and also served as the narrator for both Mobile Suit Gundam SEED and its sequel, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny. Her other notable anime credits include voicing the iconic cyborg Motoko Kusanagi in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man and Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG – Individual Eleven. She has also contributed to other popular series such as Inuyasha, where she voiced the character Toran (also credited as Koran), and.hack//Roots as Bordeaux.

Matthews's voice work frequently involves collaborations with the same Vancouver-based talent pool, which often includes actors like Jocelyne Loewen, Nicole Bouma, Anna Cummer, and Michael Kopsa, with whom she worked extensively on the Galaxy Angel and Gundam series. Beyond these signature roles, her career demonstrates a pattern of providing voices for authoritative or narratorial figures, as seen in her work as the narrator for Gundam SEED and Tetsujin 28, and her portrayal of the strong-willed Motoko Kusanagi.

In addition to her acting, Matthews holds a Master of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of British Columbia and is a founding faculty member of the Arts Club Actor's Intensive Training Program. Her extensive work as a voice coach and educator for prestigious theatre institutions and university programs represents a parallel career of notable achievement, underscoring her expertise and authority in the field of vocal performance.