Wed, Aug 12, 2009 | 16:05 BST

Karen Strassman lending voice to Kerrigan in StarCraft II

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Karen Strassman has updated her resume to include StarCraft II, and the voice actress notes that she was hired to play Sarah Kerrigan, Queen of the Blades.

There are voice clips on her official website, and if you click on the videogame link, you can hear a snippet of her version of Kerrigan at the end of it.

Glynnis Talken Campbell, who originally voiced the character, was present in the reveal trailer for the game at BlizzCon 2008, but will not be reprising the role.

According to Campbell, the voice work done in that trailer was considered an audition for the role and Blizzard chose Strassman instead.

We’ve contacted Blizzard for confirmation.

Thanks, Kotaku.

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3 comments

Jadeskye
12/08/09, 5:03 pm

i had no idea who this woman was until i IMDB’d her: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1022263/

Turns out she’s been in a lot of my favourite stuff including a number of anime dubs, tons of video games.

Her personal website clips are very interesting, in the video game section theres a snippet of her doing her kerrigan thing. She’s very talented.

rainer
12/08/09, 5:39 pm

Strassman’s quite talented at voice work but I still dont get why Blizzard felt the need to replace the original voice actress, it’s an RTS after all & the first one will be focused around the Terrans.

I’d wager this could have all been about money, Strassman was cheaper & probably hired to do more than one voice.

Phoenixblight
12/08/09, 5:47 pm

I wouldn’t go with the cheaper route but more of she can do more then the original Voice actor…