Jennifer Hale is a highly respected Canadian-American voice actress whose career spans animation, video games, and anime dubbing. She began her voice acting career in the early 1990s, with one of her first major animation roles being Ivy on the series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? in 1994. A graduate of Birmingham-Southern College with a business degree, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Her early work quickly established her as a prolific talent in the industry.

Hale has an extensive list of voice roles in animation that have been inspired by or directly adapted from Japanese anime. She is well-known to fans of the series Avatar: The Last Airbender for voicing the formidable and stoic Avatar Kyoshi, a past incarnation of the titular character. She also portrayed the bounty hunter June in the same series. She reprised the role of Kyoshi in the sequel series, The Legend of Korra. In the anime-inspired French-produced series Totally Spies!, Hale provided the voice of the lead character Samantha "Sam" Simpson and the recurring rival Mandy.

In the realm of English dubbing of Japanese anime films and series, Hale has several notable credits. She played the role of Electra Ovirowa in the English dub of the animated feature film Cowboy Bebop: The Movie. Her work also includes the role of Sheena Fujibayashi in the English version of the video game Tales of Symphonia, which is part of the Japanese Tales series known for its anime presentation.

Hale is also a prominent voice in Marvel animation, often working on series that feature anime-influenced visual styles or are based on Japanese collaborations. She portrayed Jean Grey, the powerful Phoenix, in multiple series, including Wolverine and the X-Men and the later continuation X-Men '97, which continues the story of the classic 1990s series. Her collaboration with Marvel began much earlier when she voiced Felicia Hardy, also known as the Black Cat, in Spider-Man: The Animated Series. She has also voiced Ms. Marvel/Carol Danvers in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Spider-Woman in Iron Man.

Her voice acting career is distinguished by numerous accolades and recognitions. For her extensive body of work, she held a Guinness World Record for being the most prolific female video game voice actor. The New Yorker magazine has dubbed her "a kind of Meryl Streep of the form" in recognition of her versatility and skill. She has received multiple award nominations for her performances, including a BAFTA nomination for her role as Rivet in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, as well as nominations at the Spike Video Game Awards and D.I.C.E. Awards for portraying Commander Shepard in the Mass Effect series.