Mica Burton

Michaela Jean Burton is an American actress, cosplayer and host. She is known for her contributions in the gaming space, having hosted for Achievement Hunter, The Know, the Overwatch League and voicing a character in 100ft Robot Golf.

Burton has been referred to as a "nerd renaissance woman" by The New York Times and has been noted as one of only a few professional black cosplayers by Essence.

Career

Acting In 2015, Burton portrayed the role of Jules in the film Lazer Team (2015). Burton is known for her roles in actual play RPG web shows such as Wizards of the Coast's Destiny & Doom (2017) and Nights of Eveningstar (2020). Burton also guest starred in Critical Role 's second campaign and in L.A. by Night.

Cosplay Burton began cosplaying in high school after attending a convention with a friend. She was commissioned by Riot Games to create League of Legends cosplay in 2019. She has also received praise for cosplays of characters from The Legend of Zelda.

Hosting Burton, who had been a fan of the company since she was a child, joined Rooster Teeth in 2016 after meeting the founders and other employees. but later moved to the entertainment news division The Know. She left Rooster Teeth in 2018, stating in 2020 that this was due to racial issues at the company.

In 2019, Burton joined the Overwatch League as a "League Insider", conducting interviews with the players. She left in 2020.

Burton has hosted multiple Dungeons & Dragons events for Wizards of the Coast such as D&D Live 2019: The Descent and D&D Live 2021. Burton began cohosting the web series Critter Hug in 2020 for Critical Role Productions.

She was a speaker at Ubisoft's monthly Black Game Pros event in 2020. She hosted a cosplay competition at Glitchcon 2020. Burton was a cohost for a Star Trek anniversary stream in 2020 and multiple Star Trek streams on Paramount+ in 2021.

Burton hosted The PC Gaming Show during E3 2021 and during Summer Game Fest 2022. She cohosted an episode of 10 Minute Power Hour (10MPH) with the Game Grumps, entitled “HEDBANZ but it's making us doubt our sense of self...w/ Mica Burton!” The episode was published on March 18, 2024.

Personal life Burton is the daughter of makeup artist Stephanie Cozart-Burton and actor LeVar Burton.

Burton graduated from the University of Michigan in 2016 with a BFA in acting. The Ready Room Herself Episode: "The Bounty"

2016–2017 Achievement Hunter Herself Cast and host 2017–2018 The Know Herself Co-host 2017 Destiny & Doom Freyja Varondal Actual play series; main role

Critical Role (Campaign 2) Reani Actual play series; guest role; 3 episodes

L.A. by Night Delilah Actual play series; guest role; 2 episodes Narrative Telephone Herself Guest role; 2 episodes Critter Hug Herself Co-host

Critical Role (one-shots) Indra Actual play event for BlizzCon; Episode: "Diablo One-Shot" D&D Strixhaven - Curriculum Of Chaos 2024 Dirty Laundry Herself Episode: "Who Blamed Their Sex Noises on a Videogame?" Voice-over filmography +List of voice-over performancesYearTitleRole(s)NotesSource2016100ft Robot Golf VahniVideo game