In addition to the previous blogs, re: Commander Shepard and Ashley Williams, and as I had been quite specific in other characters' posts, I feel it remiss of me not to mention the actors who voice them.
The female Commander Shepard is voiced by Canadian, Jennifer Hale, a big voice acting name in the gaming industry these days and often used by BioWare for various characters in their franchises. As an Englishman, I will say she does a great clipped English accent as Rosalind Lutece in Bioshock: Infinite, and I was thoroughly flabbergasted when her name went past in the credits. Jen gives Shepard the agency and urgency needed for a woman charged with saving the galaxy, spitting fire in Renegade mode, defiant as a Paragon, and enough to rouse anyone's spirit when she gives rhetoric to the troops. My top Shepard moment is a bitter-sweet one, being the speech if you choose to refuse the Citadel's choices and ultimately allow the Reapers to win.
"I fight for freedom; mine and everyone's. I fight for the right to choose our own fate. And if I die, I'll know I died doing everything I could to stop you, and I'll die free."
And as love interest, I love Liara's bit after that.
Another name we see a lot in recent gaming titles is Kimberly Brooks, and the voice of Ashley Williams. From Oracle (Barbara) in the Arkham series, to 'grunt #2' in XCom: Enemy Unknown, to Daisy Fitzroy in Bioshock: Infinite, Kimberly's voice has become instantly recognisable no matter the role. I suspect it's the ever-so slight lispy rasp that she has, which is not to criticise but merely observe and I would say part of her charm. She does a grand job of keeping the balance of gung-ho marine and learned intellectual right.
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