Lani Minella

Lani Minella
Minella at a Sonic Adventure 2 cast reunion in 2024.
Born
Lani Jean Minella

(1950-07-28) July 28, 1950
Alma materSan Diego State University
Occupations
  • Voice actress
  • voice director
  • producer
Years active1992–present
Websitelaniminella.com

Lani Jean Minella (born July 28, 1950) is an American voice actress, voice director, and producer mostly working in the games industry. She is also the founder and owner of the voice-acting agency AudioGodz. As of August 2024, Minella was recognized by Guinness World Records as the most prolific video game voice actress, a title previously held by Jennifer Hale.

Since starting her career and becoming well known for her unique four-octave vocal range, Minella has been in multiple video game franchises such as Diablo, StarCraft, Duke Nukem, Backyard Sports, Warcraft, Baldur's Gate, Unreal, Borderlands, and Darksiders. As well, she has provided many voices for characters in a variety of other video games, most notable roles like Nancy Drew in the video game series, Gabriella in Blood II: The Chosen, Rouge the Bat and Omochao from Sonic the Hedgehog in their debut, Ivy Valentine from SoulCalibur, Eve in Mass Effect 3, and Lucas in Super Smash Bros. Minella has also done multiple roles in a game such as Sindel and Sheeva in the 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, Gloria and the Red Run in Remothered: Tormented Fathers, and the creature voices for Clickers, Bloaters, and Runners in The Last of Us and its sequel.