Ashly Burch

Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990 ) is an American actress, writer, and singer. Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, Enid Mettle in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Molly McGee in The Ghost and Molly McGee, Ash Graven in Final Space, Cassie Rose in Minecraft: Story Mode, the Rutile Twins in Steven Universe, Rachel Meyee in Mythic Quest, Cassie Cage in Mortal Kombat X and Ray in Fortnite.

Early life Burch grew up in Phoenix, Arizona, and has an older brother, Anthony. Her mother is an immigrant from Thailand whom she describes as spiritual, giving food to spirits and praying to them. She credits her career path as a voice actress to playing Metal Gear Solid at age 12. Upon seeing voice actor David Hayter's name alongside that of the main characters, she looked him up and realized that there were actual people who voiced the characters, as she realized that was what she wanted to do as a career.

Career Burch started Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, a sketch comedy show focused on video games, with her brother Anthony in 2008. She got her first voice acting role when Anthony was hired as a writer for Borderlands 2 and suggested she try out for the role of Tiny Tina.

Burch was a writer on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. She co-wrote episodes such as "The Hall of Egress" and "Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources", the latter winning a Primetime Emmy Award.

Her work in Life Is Strange and Horizon Zero Dawn won her the 2015 and 2017 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Performance. She was also the host of Geek & Sundry's Unplugged series. Since 2020, she has portrayed Rachel Meyee on the Apple TV series Mythic Quest, in which she also serves as a writer. She later described her voicing of Tiny Tina, Chloe, and Aloy as "three seminal step ups" that helped her "become a better actor". Enid Mettle and multiple other characters in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, and the Rutile Twins in Steven Universe. She voiced multiple characters in Bee and PuppyCat, Ash Graven in Final Space, Lainey in The Loud House, and characters in other productions. In 2018, Burch left her voice acting role of Mayuri Shiina for the English dub of Steins;Gate 0, who she had voiced from episodes 1-13 and credited as "Jackie Ross", citing scheduling conflicts, and apologized to fans. She voiced Sasha Braus in the English dub of the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.

In 2020, it was announced that she had signed on to write for the animated show, The Legend of Vox Machina. Burch revealed that she has a recording booth in her home which she used to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic. That same year she voiced Danika Hart in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, She sings the series theme song, with co-star Dana Snyder, and musical numbers in other episodes. The show's creative team based the character around her life. Burch praised the series for "showcasing different aspects of Thai culture" and said that voicing Molly McGee was the first time she had voiced a character that reflected her heritage.

In December 2022, Burch was announced as a co-creator and writer of the Mythic Quest spinoff series Mere Mortals, later renamed to Side Quest, and was released in March 2025.

Personal life Burch dated Must Come Down co-star David Fetzer until his death in 2012 by accidental opioid overdose. She discussed this event as well as her own personal mental health problems during her appearance on Paul Gilmartin's The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast and on Brian W. Foster's show Between the Sheets on Critical Roles YouTube channel. She suffers from chronic anxiety and credits her love of video games to playing Harvest Moon as a child as it was the only thing able to calm her down. She has spoken several times about her anxiety and the positive impact video games had on it. On July 1, 2022, Burch came out as queer and pansexual, saying that coming out felt important "for reasons I can't really explain" and that she had been dating a man for five years. She said it probably is not a shock because "half the characters I play are members of the rainbow fam", with some calling her every "queer nerd's favorite nerd".

Burch is married to comedian Mort Burke. Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina, The Bane

Aliens: Colonial Marines Lisa Reid TowerFall Last of the Order Saints Row IV Herself (Ashly Burch) Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? DLC

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Rei Team Fortress 2 Miss Pauling Also wrote the short for Expiration Date Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Tiny Tina, Schmidt Gravity Ghost Iona, Pepper, Sorrel The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel Millium Orion Life Is Strange Chloe Price, Stella Hill, Taylor Christensen, Sarah There Came an Echo Val Mortal Kombat X Cassie Cage The Magic Circle Coda Soliz Persona 4: Dancing All Night Rise Kujikawa Replacing Laura Bailey Fallout 4 Tina De Luca, Rowdy, Cricket

Rise of the Tomb Raider Nadia Baba Yaga DLC The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel II Millium Orion Lego Marvel's Avengers Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel Battleborn Orendi Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan April O'Neil Minecraft: Story Mode Cassie Rose Episode: "A Portal to Mystery" Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness Hana World of Final Fantasy Quacho Queen Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series Nebula Pit People Sofia, Hailey, Vampiress, Spidaur Fortnite Ray, Desiree, Dark Ray Save The World Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite Chun-Li Replacing Laura Bailey Dota 2 Dark Willow Life Is Strange: Before the Storm Chloe Price Episode: "Farewell"

OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes Enid Mettle Final Fantasy XV Sarah

Afterparty Sam Hill Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order Nebula The Blackout Club Isabela Madi-Shaw ("Bells"), Prank Call Voice The Outer Worlds Parvati Holcomb

Valorant Viper The Red Lantern Musher Spider-Man: Miles Morales Danika Hart

Horizon Forbidden West Aloy, Beta, Elisabet Sobeck Tiny Tina's Wonderlands Tiny Tina

Horizon Call of the Mountain Aloy Spider-Man 2 Danika Hart 2025 Date Everything! Zoey Bennett

We're All Gonna Die Thalia Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths Nightshade, Mera Direct-to-video 2013–2022 Bee and PuppyCat Cass, Cicada 2014–2018 Adventure Time Various voices Also writer 2017–2018 Steven Universe Rutile Twins 2017–2019 OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes Enid Mettle, Punching Judy, Ms. Mummy, Rippy Roo, Plazamo,Shy Ninja, Mikayla, Glitter Starlight, additional voices Also shorts and television series 2019 Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Meadow Springs 2019–2021 Final Space Ash Graven Hailey's On It! Hailey Banks Pilot only 2021–2024 The Ghost and Molly McGee Molly McGee, additional voices Lead role

The Legend of Vox Machina Writer Live-action Year Title Role Notes 2008–2019 Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'? Ash Also creator, writer and executive producer 2015 The Mask You Live In Herself Documentary Muzzled the Musical Malfalia Musical Critical Role (campaign two)KegGuest role; 4 episodes 2017 Dimension 404 Shannon Episode: "Cinethrax" 2025 I'm Happy You're Here Herself Main cast It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Director: "Overage Drinking: A National Concern"

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