Paula Tiso
Description
Paula Tiso is an American voice actress based in Los Angeles who has been active in the voiceover industry since 1989. While she has an extensive career spanning documentary narration, commercial voiceover, and video games, her work in anime includes several notable roles from the early 2000s. In the anime adaptation of the tactical role-playing game Disgaea, she voiced the character Jennifer. Her credits also include the role of Mir Lotus, as well as Alice and Karen, in the science fiction anime series Geneshaft. Within the.hack multimedia franchise, she provided the voice for the character Ohka in the series.hack//Legend of the Twilight.
Beyond the specific roles mentioned, Tiso has appeared in a variety of other English-language anime dubs. Her filmography includes roles such as Ruby in Burn-Up Excess, Kasumi Kimihara in Vampire Princess Miyu, and Maki in Kaze no Yojimbo. She has also contributed voice work to western animation, appearing in series like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy as Atrocia, Dexter's Laboratory as Agent Honeydew, and As Told by Ginger as Polly Shuster.
Tiso is perhaps most widely recognized by video game audiences. She is renowned as the English voice of the Gothic black mage Lulu in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. Another signature game role is the flamboyant assassin liaison Sylvia Christel, a character she has voiced across the No More Heroes series including the 2021 installment No More Heroes III. Her extensive list of game credits also includes Jihl Nabaat in Final Fantasy XIII and its sequel, the Laughing Octopus in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Duchess in Fallout 76, and Camilla and Orochi in the Fire Emblem franchise.
Alongside her character work for animation and games, Tiso has a substantial career as a television narrator, particularly for documentary and true crime series on networks such as Oxygen, the Smithsonian Channel, and the History Channel. She has also served as the American parade and safety announcer for Tokyo Disneyland in collaboration with Disney Imagineering since 2001. Her professional affiliations include membership in the Television Academy and service on the administrative board of NAVA, the Nonunion Alliance of Voice Actors.
Beyond the specific roles mentioned, Tiso has appeared in a variety of other English-language anime dubs. Her filmography includes roles such as Ruby in Burn-Up Excess, Kasumi Kimihara in Vampire Princess Miyu, and Maki in Kaze no Yojimbo. She has also contributed voice work to western animation, appearing in series like The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy as Atrocia, Dexter's Laboratory as Agent Honeydew, and As Told by Ginger as Polly Shuster.
Tiso is perhaps most widely recognized by video game audiences. She is renowned as the English voice of the Gothic black mage Lulu in Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2. Another signature game role is the flamboyant assassin liaison Sylvia Christel, a character she has voiced across the No More Heroes series including the 2021 installment No More Heroes III. Her extensive list of game credits also includes Jihl Nabaat in Final Fantasy XIII and its sequel, the Laughing Octopus in Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, Duchess in Fallout 76, and Camilla and Orochi in the Fire Emblem franchise.
Alongside her character work for animation and games, Tiso has a substantial career as a television narrator, particularly for documentary and true crime series on networks such as Oxygen, the Smithsonian Channel, and the History Channel. She has also served as the American parade and safety announcer for Tokyo Disneyland in collaboration with Disney Imagineering since 2001. Her professional affiliations include membership in the Television Academy and service on the administrative board of NAVA, the Nonunion Alliance of Voice Actors.