Introduction
Catherine Anne "Cat" Taber (born December 30, 1979) is an American actress who has appeared in films, television and video games. She is noted for her roles in the Star Wars franchise, specifically the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series where she voiced Padme Amidala.
Biography
In 2000, the Georgia native made her feature film debut starring alongside Soleil Moon Frye and Wil Wheaton in the coming of age dramedy The Girls' Room, where she and Frye play college roommates with contrasting lifestyles.
Taber got her break into video game voice-overs in Knights of the Old Republic in 2003, where she played Mission Vao. She voiced Penelo in Final Fantasy XII, for which she was nominated for a National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Award for Supporting Role in a Drama in 2006.
She was the voice of Padmé Amidala in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film and television series that aired on Cartoon Network from 2008 to 2014. Although she auditioned for the part, she credits her video game roles in the Star Wars universe as helping her become a fan and landing the part. She also voiced Amidala in the related Star Wars video games, as well as the character Vette in Star Wars: The Old Republic. She voiced Princess Leia in the Star Wars: Force Unleashed video games, and provided voices during production of the now cancelled animated comedy series Star Wars Detours. Meanwhile, in live-action roles, she had a starring role in the horror movie The Morningside Monster which screened at the Phoenix Film Festival in April 2014.
Outside of science fiction films and games, she voiced Ginger the Pig in A Pig's Tail, an animated 2012 short film made by Aardman Animations for The Humane Society. She also runs a charity website called Games for Soldiers where she collects video game donations for U.S. soldiers overseas.
Taber does the voice of Lori Loud on Nickelodeon's The Loud House.
Filmography
Live action
- The Girls' Room (2000) – Grace
- Just Like Heaven (2005) – Karen
- A Stitch in Time (for $9.99) (2014 short film) – Rebecca
- The Morningside Monster (2014) – Mandy Jenkins
Animation
- Stroker and Hoop (2004) – Miss Hoe Cakes
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 film) – Padmé Amidala
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008–2014 TV series) – Padmé Amidala, Numa
- Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! (2010 film) – Tina
- Star Wars Rebels – Numa
- Waltz of the Demon King (2011 short film) – Cosette
- A Pig's Tail (2012 short film) – Ginger
- Mad (2013) – Various characters
- Robot Chicken (2012, 2014) – Gadget, Raptor #2
- Star Wars Detours – Princess Leia
- We Wish You a Merry Walrus (2014) – Jangrah, DJ Cadence
- Club Penguin: Monster Beach Party (2015) – Jangrah, DJ Cadence
- Club Penguin: Halloween Panic! (2015) – Jangrah, DJ Cadence
- Bear in Underwear (2015) – Quinn
- The Loud House (2016–present) – Lori Loud
Video games
- Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (2003) – Mission Vao
- X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse (2005) – Rogue
- Final Fantasy XII (2006) – Penelo
- Baten Kaitos Origins (2006) – Lolo
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (2008) – Princess Leia
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Jedi Alliance (2009) – Padmé Amidala
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes (2009) – Padmé Amidala
- Final Fantasy XIV (2010)
- Resonance of Fate (2010) – Rebecca
- Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker (2010) – Cécile Cosima Caminades
- Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (2010) – Princess Leia
- Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (2011) – Padmé Amidala, Additional Voices
- Star Wars: The Old Republic (2011) – Vette
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (2012) as Party Girl
- The Secret World (2012) – Rose White, Cassandra King, Karen Olson, Saccharissa
- Guild Wars 2 (2012) – Countess Anise
- Marvel Heroes (2013) – Rogue, Shanna the She-Devil
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2013) – April O'Neil
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII (2014) – Additional voices (as Cat Taber)
- Final Fantasy Type-0 HD (2015) – Andoria, others
- Disney Infinity 3.0 (2015) – Padmé Amidala
- Minecraft: Story Mode (2015) – Jesse (female)
Audio books
- Gods in Alabama (2005)
- Star Wars: Empire & Rebellion: Razor’s Edge (2013)
- Crow, Jonathan. "The Girls' Room (2000)". New York Times. Rovi (All Movie Guide). Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ "A Stitch in Time (for $9.99) – Electronic Press Kit" (PDF). Stitchintimefilim.com. 2014.
- "The Morningside Monster". Festival Genius. Phoenix. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Ethridge, Chris (2012-08-14). "More fun casting for "The Morningside Monster"". Nothing is Self-Evident. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ "Catherine Taber". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved November 27, 2016. Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources
- "Fans out in force for 'Clone Wars'". Variety. 2008-08-11. Retrieved 2014-06-21.
- Jones, Jason B. (September 10, 2010). "Padmé Speaks out: GeekDad Interviews Catherine Taber". Wired. Wired (magazine). Archived from the original on September 12, 2010. Retrieved August 27, 2013.
- Goldman, Eric (2010-10-14). "The Clone Wars: Padme Fights On". IGN. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ Star Wars (February 17, 2016). Rebels Recon #2.15: Inside "Homecoming" – Star Wars Rebels. YouTube. Event occurs at 3:00.
- "CALIFORNIAN: Synopsis of films at Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival – Part 2". U-T San Diego. 2011-09-14. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- "Waltz of the Demon King – Media Kit" (PDF). New Filmmakers. Los Angeles. p. 2. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Bonanno, Luke (2013-10-08). "Robot Chicken: Season 6 Blu-ray Review – Page 1 of 2". Dvdizzy.com. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Goldman, Eric (2012-08-24). "First Footage Shown from Seth Green and Matt Senreich's Star Wars: Detours Animated Series". IGN. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Catherine Taber [cattaber] (June 26, 2015). "Please check out the new animated kids pilot on Amazon Video US BEAR IN UNDERWEAR! I play "Quinn" (Lucky... fb.me/4wzZmgYon" (Tweet). Retrieved June 30, 2015 – via Twitter.
- Chris Savino [Bigfootandgray] (February 13, 2015). "@cattaber OMG I love Lori Loud so much!! you killed it today!!! thank you thank you thank you." (Tweet). Retrieved July 8, 2015 – via Twitter.
Catherine Taber [cattaber] (February 13, 2015). "@BigfootandGray Thank YOU for having me be a part of such a great show! #MutualAdmirationSociety #LoveBeingLoud #TheLoudHouse #Nickolodeon" (Tweet). Retrieved July 8, 2015 – via Twitter. - McIver, Brian (2010-03-30). "Star Wars: The Clone Wars actress Cat Taber loves being a sci-fi geek". Daily Record. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- ^ Vilmur, Pete (October 17, 2008). "Cat Taber: Voicing Padmé". StarWars.com. Lucasfilm. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008.
- ^ Veekhoven, Tim (July 2010). "An interview with Catherine Taber | TeeKay-421 vow". TeeKay-421 (53). Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Final Fantasy XII Playstation 2 Instructional Manual. North America: Square Enix. 2006. p. 36.
- Krome Studios (October 6, 2009). Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes. LucasArts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:30 in, Voice Talent.
- Square Enix. Final Fantasy XIV. Square Enix. Scene: Closing credits, 4:50 in, Cast.
- Channell, Mary (October 17, 2011). "Star Wars Fan Days". Richland Chronicle. Richland College.
- BioWare (2011-12-20). Star Wars: The Old Republic. Electronic Arts, LucasArts. Scene: closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast.
- The Secret World – voice actor credits
- Carsillo, Ray (2013-09-04). "EGM Review: TMNT: Out of the Shadows". Electronic Gaming Monthly. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
- Square Enix. Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Scene: Closing credits, 5 minutes in, Voice Actors, Additional Voices.
- James Arnold Taylor [JATactor] (May 5, 2015). "Now you all know why @MattLanter @cattaber and the rest were back in the studio! (picture of Game Informer article on Disney Infinity 3.0)" (Tweet). Retrieved June 30, 2015 – via Twitter.
- Avalanche Software. Disney Infinity 3.0 Edition. Scene: Closing credits, 5:29 in, Featuring the Voice Talents of.
- Marchiafava, Jeff (August 28, 2015). "Minecraft: Story Mode". Game Informer. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
- "Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson audio book". Simply Audiobooks. Retrieved 2014-06-28.
- Walker, Jodi (2013-09-24). "Check out a sneak peek of 'Star Wars: Razor's Edge' with Princess Leia". Shelf Life – Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2014-06-28.