Patricia Summersett
Summersett at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2023
Born	(1982-03-15) March 15, 1982 (age 41)[1][2] L'Anse, Michigan
Education	Concordia University (BFA) Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (MA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2005–present
Website	Official website

Patricia Summersett (born March 15, 1982) is a Canadian actress known for voicing Princess Zelda in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity, and The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

Life and career

Summersett has appeared in the Darren Aronofsky psychological horror mother!,^[11][12] in series: CBC's Bellevue starring Anna Paquin, CTV's The Disappearance with Peter Coyote, Go90's Lost Generation with Katie Findlay and scored by Tony-winning Duncan Sheik, and NBC's The Bold Type on Free Form.^[13] She also played a lead in the indie feature Maz by festival-winning filmmaker Federico Hidalgo.^[14] Notable past roles include recurring characters in Ron Moore's Helix s2 as well as 19-2 (Bravo/CTV).^[15] She was also the official “On set Smurf” representing Smurfette, Vexy and Clumsy as the reference voice and puppeteer for the making of Sony's The Smurfs 2.^[16]

Education

She holds a BFA in theatre performance from Concordia University and a master's in classical acting from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.^[17] She has also studied acting at Moscow Art Theatre and National Theatre Conservatory. Before attending drama school, she trained for years as a competitive ice dancer, and held the title of Quebec Sectional Champion.^[18]

Video games

Summersett was revealed as the first official English voice of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's thirty-year The Legend of Zelda franchise with her work in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild,^{[19][20][21][22][23]} and its sequel The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom.^[10] She has voiced many games from indie to AAA and provided full performance capture for two assassins in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed series. Within Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege, the character she voices is Ash, a female FBI operator working for Team Rainbow. She voiced Ash in Arknights as well.^[24][25]

Theatre

Patricia has performed in theaters across Canada, the U.S. and the UK. She has been nominated for three META/MECCA (Montreal English Theatre/Critics Circle Awards) for “Best Lead Actress” playing the roles Rosalind in As You Like it and Jacqueline in Trench Patterns (a captain with PTSD).^[26][27][28] She has also been featured in Equus, Pinter plays and as the title role in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler.^[29][30] She was last seen in the Toronto's 2016 Next Stage Festival, performing the Fringe hit Blood Wild by Paul Van Dyck.^[31][32]

Personal life

She grew up in L'Anse, Michigan. In addition to her acting career, she is a songwriter and singer for the band Summersett,^[33][34] and was a competitive ice dancer representing Quebec in 2002 as senior Quebec Sectional Champion with former partner Simon Roberge.^[35] She has three sisters: Annette Summersett (born June 1980), Kathryn Summersett (born June 1985) and Jane Summersett, all artists, who perform music together.^[36]

In 2017, Patricia co-founded a charity called GeekU.P.^[37][38][39]

She is currently based in Montreal and Los Angeles.^[40]

Filmography

Voice acting

Film

Television

Video games

Live-action

Film

Television