Catherine Taber is an American actress. She is known for voicing Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Lori Loud and Katherine Mulligan on The Loud House. Taber is also known for her role as the protagonist Jesse (female) in Minecraft: Story Mode.
Career In 2000, Taber 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 Star Wars: 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 video games, she voiced Ginger the Pig in A Pig's Tail, an animated 2012 short film made by Aardman Animations for The Humane Society.
Since 2016, Taber has provided voice work on Nickelodeon's The Loud House, where she voices such characters as Lori Loud, Katherine Mulligan, and Girl Jordan.
Taber also voiced female Jesse in both seasons of the video game Minecraft: Story Mode (2015–17), which was first released by Telltale Games on October 12, 2015.
In 2021, Taber reprised her role as Katherine Mulligan from The Loud House in the live-action film A Loud House Christmas.
Philanthropy Taber runs a charity website called Games for Soldiers where she collects video game donations for U.S. soldiers overseas.
Filmography Animation Television series + List of voice performances in animation Year Title Role Notes Source 2004 Stroker and Hoop Miss Hoe Cakes 2008–14, 2020 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala, others 2012–2022 Robot Chicken Gadget Hackwrench, Various voices 2012 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil Kendall Perkins Episode: "Rocked" 2013 Mad Various voices Star Wars Detours Princess Leia 2015 Bear in Underwear Quinn Tweet 2016 Guardians of the Galaxy Medusa 2 episodes –present The Loud House Lori Loud, Girl Jordan, Katherine Mulligan, additional voices Main role 2016 Star Wars Rebels Numa 2016–2017Avengers AssembleMedusa, Vapor4 episodes 2017–18 Star Wars Forces of Destiny Padmé Amidala, Child 2018Marvel Rising: Secret WarriorsAwkward Girl, S.H.I.E.L.D. AgentTelevision film 2019–2022 The Casagrandes Lori Loud 6 episodes 2020 Glitch Techs Nancy Episode: "Karate Trainer" 2023–2024 My Adventures with Superman Silver Banshee 4 episodes 2025 Lego Marvel Avengers: Strange Tails Tigra Disney+ Television film
Film + List of voice performances in feature films Year Title Role Notes Source 2008 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala 2009 Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey! Tina 2011 Waltz of the Demon King Cosette Short filmFestival release 2012 A Pig's Tail Ginger Short film for The Humane Society of the United States 2014 We Wish You a Merry Walrus Jangrah, DJ Cadence 2015 Club Penguin: Monster Beach Party Club Penguin: Halloween Panic! Star Wars: The Force Awakens Hangar Control Center Officer, Weapon Technician, additional voices The Loud House Movie Lori Loud Seal TeamSeals No Time to Spy: A Loud House Movie Lori Loud A Loud House Christmas Movie: Naughty or Nice Lori Loud, Katherine Mulligan
Video games + List of voice performances in video games Year Title Role Notes Source 2003 Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Mission Vao 2005 X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Rogue 2006 Final Fantasy XII Penelo Baten Kaitos Origins Lolo 2008 Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Princess Leia 2009 Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes Padmé Amidala Resistance: RetributionBoilers 2010 Resonance of Fate Rebecca Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Cécile Cosima Caminades Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II Princess Leia 2011 Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Padmé Amidala Star Wars: The Old Republic Vette 2012 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Party Girl The Secret World Rose White, Cassandra King, Karen Olson, Saccharissa 2013 Marvel Heroes Rogue, Shanna the She-Devil Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows April O'Neil 2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Andoria, others Disney Infinity 3.0 Padmé Amidala Tweet Minecraft: Story Mode Jesse (Female) 2016 Titanfall 2 Monarch Titan OS Tweet Minecraft: Story Mode - Season Two Jesse (Female) 2018Lego DC Super-VillainsGolden Glider2018Spyro Reignited TrilogyZoe2021Psychonauts 2Norma 2022 Tactics Ogre: Reborn Deneb Rove
Audiobooks Gods in Alabama (2005) Star Wars: Empire & Rebellion: Razor's Edge (2013) Gray Mountain (2014) Star Wars: Queen's Shadow (2019) Star Wars: Queen’s Peril (2020) Doctor Aphra: An Audiobook Original (2020) Star Wars: Queen’s Hope (2022)
Live-action film + List of acting performances in film Year Title Role Notes Source 2000 The Girls' Room Grace 2014 A Stitch in Time (for $9.99) Rebecca Short film 2014 The Morningside Monster Mandy Jenkins Film festival release 2019 Haven's End Allison 2021 A Loud House Christmas Katherine Mulligan Television film
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