Elley Ray Hennessy is a Canadian actress with an extensive career spanning over four decades in film, television, radio, and stage, who has also built a significant body of work in voice acting for animation and video games. Her professional credits are often listed under the names Elley Ray Hennessy, Elley Ray, or Ellen-Ray Hennessy. She studied theatre at the University of Windsor, which later awarded her an Honorary Doctorate of Laws in recognition of her contributions to the arts and humanities.

In the realm of anime and animated English dubs, Hennessy has contributed her voice to a variety of projects. As you noted, she provided the voice for the role of Mother in the English dub of the Cannon Fodder segment from the acclaimed anime anthology film Memories. This dub was produced by Sound Cadence Studios and released by Discotek Media. Her other credits in anime English dubs include the role of Jormungandr in Dragon Goes House-Hunting, the Dorm Mother in Kageki Shoujo!!, and a role in Suppose a Kid From the Last Dungeon Boonies Moved to a Starter Town. Earlier in her career, working under the name Ellen-Ray Snow, she was heard in series such as Bakugan Battle Brawlers: New Vestroia and Spider Riders.

Beyond these specific anime credits, Hennessy's voice acting career is extensive and includes a wide array of characters in Western animation and video games. She is known to fans of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic for voicing the character Mistmane. Her other animation voice roles include characters in Super Why, The Bagel and Becky Show, Corn & Peg, Hotel Transylvania, Care Bears, The Neverending Story, and Dullsville and the Doodleverse. She also voiced a character in the video game CookieRun: Kingdom. Her voice work is characterized by an extraordinary range, from a young child to a 55-year-old man, and includes fantastical creatures such as unicorns and dragons.

Throughout her career, Hennessy has been involved in recurring collaborations with various studios and casting directors. Notably, she worked with voice director Melissa Altro on projects like Dullsville and the Doodleverse, and they have also collaborated professionally as educators in the voiceover industry. Her work on the Memories dub also placed her alongside frequent voice actors in the industry, such as Mike Pollock.

Hennessy's achievements are recognized across multiple facets of the entertainment industry. For her on-camera work, she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performance in a Web Program or Series for her starring role as Warden Morgan Dungworth in the series Pink Is In, a role for which she was also previously nominated for a Canadian Screen Award. Her stage work has earned her four Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations. She has also served as a juror for the Gemini Awards, the Dora Awards, and the Emmy Awards for Best Animated Series and Best Voice. In addition to her performance career, she is a published children's author and an educator who mentors the next generation of performers through coaching and university-level teaching.