Lani Minella

Lani 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.

Career
After college, Minella started on Morning Drive radio for an alternative station in the late 1980s. After hearing her celebrity impersonations, GTE Interactive Media contacted her and asked her to imitate voices from the film FernGully: The Last Rainforest, which was being pitched for a LaserDisc presentation to Magnavox and Philips. She was then referred by the company to their CD-Roms division, where she worked on more voices and assisted script writing on games for children. Minella asked the company if there were others doing similar work, and they suggested that she should go to trade shows, which led her to attend showcases like Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Game Developers Conference in San Jose, and Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, where she gave out business cards but failed to get any offers. This led her to start her AudioGodz, a production company specializing in all aspects of voiceovers from talent to casting, directing, writing and production, in 1992.

In 1996, Minella worked on a major first-person shooter video game, Duke Nukem 3D, as voice director and actress, voicing most of the female characters in the series. She helped cast the voice actor of Duke Nukem, Jon St. John. She met Jon when she was cast as the voice for a commercial he was producing in San Diego. After being impressed by her voices, Jon imitated the voices back at Minella and she asked if he had ever done voice acting for video games. She shortly got him a telephone interview with the game's creator, George Broussard, and eventually got him the part of Duke.

Minella's first major voice role in a video game was for Her Interactive's adventure-mystery series Nancy Drew, starring as the titular character Nancy Drew, debuting with 1998's Secrets Can Kill. Minella reprised her role as Nancy Drew in 31 other video games, with her last being Sea of Darkness in 2015. HeR Interactive's CEO then decided to find a voice actress local to the Seattle area (Minella resides in San Diego).

Since starting her career and becoming well known for her unique four-octave vocal range, Minella has provided voices for many voices for other characters in a variety of video games, including Rouge the Bat in the Sonic the Hedgehog series, Ivy Valentine in the Soulcalibur series, and Lucas in the Super Smash Bros. series.

Personal life
Minella is half-Italian from her father's side. In her spare time, she does vocal coaching, gardens, and takes care of her rescue pets.

Podcast
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 * 7th Legion
 * 40 Winks
 * Advent Rising
 * AirBlade
 * Alien Resurrection – Ellen Ripley
 * America's Next Top Model (video game) – Main Character
 * Amnesia: Justine – Clarice
 * AstroPop
 * Awesomenauts – Nibbs the Dragon, Ksenia
 * Baldur's Gate – Townsfolk
 * Bejeweled Twist
 * Bendy and the Ink Machine – Lacie Benton
 * Big Red Racing
 * BioShock Infinite
 * Blood II: The Chosen
 * Bomberman World
 * BoomBots
 * Casper: The Interactive Adventure – Casper, additional voices
 * Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
 * Champions Online
 * Chrome
 * Clive Barker's Undying
 * Cold War
 * Conduit 2 – Andromeda
 * 2000-06-29 || Diablo II || Andariel, Blood Raven, The Countess || ||
 * Diablo II – Andariel, Blood Raven, The Countess
 * Diablo II: Lord of Destruction – Malah
 * Diablo III – Shadow Vermin
 * Die Hard Trilogy
 * Drakan: Order of the Flame
 * Drakensang: Dark Eye
 * Dr. Muto
 * Duke Nukem 3D
 * Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
 * Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes – Jane
 * Dungeon Lords
 * 2011-03-01 || The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim || Katria || ||
 * 2011-10-11 || Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim || Irileth, The Night Mother, Dunmer Females || ||
 * Escape From Paradise City
 * Everquest: The Legacy of Ykesha
 * Extreme-G 2
 * Final Cut: Death on the Silver Screen – Maid/Half-Sister
 * Final Cut: Fame Fatale – Veronica Malone
 * Forsaken – Nubia, Nim Soo Sun, Lokasenna, Flygirl, Foetoid and Mofisto
 * Fur Fighters – mice
 * Franco Dellaglio DS – Curvis the Cat, The Volley People, Little Gnaughty
 * Ghost Pirates of Vooju Island
 * Half-Life
 * Jack Keane
 * Kingdom O' Magic
 * Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
 * Magical Girls Yuki
 * Maken X
 * Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games – Omochao
 * 2012-03-06 || Mass Effect 3 || Eve, Urdnot Bakara || ||
 * Mass Effect 3 – Urdnot Bakara/Eve, Asari Medic
 * Natural Selection – Voice of the hive mind, Voice of the command chair
 * Natural Selection 2 – Voice of the hive mind, Voice of the command chair
 * Neverending Light – Tour Guide, Daughter, Sprites
 * New Super Mario Bros.- Larry Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa and Lemmy Koopa
 * Wii – Larry Koopa, Morton Koopa Jr., Wendy O. Koopa and Lemmy Koopa
 * Nightmare Ned – Mrs. Needlemeyer
 * Operation Darkness – Cordelia Blake (uncredited)
 * PAIN – Granny
 * Quantum Theory – Dionaea, Seed
 * Paws & Claws: Pampered Pets
 * PopCap Arcade Vol 1
 * PopCap Hits! Vol 1
 * Professor Layton and the Curious Village – Luke Triton and Flora Reinhold
 * Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box – Luke Triton, Flora Reinhold, Katia Anderson, and Sophia
 * Professor Layton and the Unwound Future – Luke Triton, Flora Reinhold, Claire Folley, Young Clive, and Puzzlette
 * Professor Layton and the Last Specter – Luke Triton, Emmy Altava, Arianna Barde, and Tony Barde
 * Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask – Luke Triton, Emmy Altava, and Angela Ledore
 * Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy – Luke Triton, Emmy Altava
 * Quantum Theory – Dionaea, Seed
 * Reset Generation
 * Revenant – Additional voices
 * Rochard – Skyler Hanson
 * Runaway: A Road Adventure
 * Scattergories
 * Shadowbane
 * Shadow Man
 * Shadow Warrior
 * Skylanders: Giants – Sonic Boom, Additional voices
 * Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure – Sonic Boom (formerly), Additional voices
 * Snowboard Kids – (all dub voices)
 * Sonic the Hedgehog (series) (1998–2004)
 * Sonic Adventure – Train Announcer (Station Square)
 * Sonic Adventure 2 – Rouge the Bat, Omochao, Broadcaster
 * Sonic Battle – Rouge the Bat
 * Sonic Heroes – Rouge the Bat, Omochao
 * Sonic Shuffle – Void
 * Soulcalibur series
 * Soulcalibur III – Ivy Valentine (uncredited)
 * Soulcalibur Legends – Ivy Valentine (uncredited)
 * Soulcalibur IV – Ivy Valentine (uncredited)
 * Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny – Ivy Valentine (uncredited)
 * Soulcalibur V – Ivy Valentine
 * SpellForce 2: Dragon Storm
 * StarCraft – Dropship Pilot, Zerg Queen
 * StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty – Medivac Pilot
 * Star Trek Generations (video game)
 * Star Trek Online – Various
 * 2017-05-24 || Subnautica || Sea Emperor Leviathan || ||
 * Super Smash Bros. series – Lucas and Lyn (English version)
 * Brawl – Pit (English version)
 * 3DS and Wii U – |Lucas]]
 * The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – Female Dunmer, Modhna, Night Mother, Nocturnal, Sabine Nytte, Katria and Female Vampire
 * The Golden Compass (video game)
 * The Last of Us
 * The Lord of the Rings Online – Galadriel
 * The Next Tetris
 * The Tales of Bingwood: Chapter I
 * Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
 * Torchlight
 * Torchlight II
 * Twisted Metal 4 – Zanita Corbett, Meg Jones, Mitch Jones, Tammy Jones, Meter Maid
 * Unreal
 * Unreal Tournament
 * Unreal Tournament 2003
 * Unreal Tournament 2004
 * Unreal Championship – Narrator
 * Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
 * Velvet Assassin
 * Warcraft III – Succubus, Banshee, Harpy
 * Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans – Alexstrasza
 * Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command
 * Warzone 2100 – Narrator (?)
 * World of Warcraft – Succubus, Banshee, Harpy
 * World of Warcraft: Cataclysm – Stormcaller Mylra, Zaela
 * World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria – Panda Wraith, Warlord Zaela
 * World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King – a Female Tuskarr, a Geist, a Female Death Knight, Herald Volazj, Brann Bronzebeard (Prior 3.1), Sindragosa
 * Worms 3D
 * Worms Forts: Under Siege

Casting director

 * Amnesia: The Dark Descent
 * Blue Stinger
 * Caesar IV
 * City of Heroes
 * Danger Girl
 * Deadfall Adventures
 * Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
 * Drakan: Order of the Flame
 * Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
 * Duke Nukem: Time to Kill – Additional voices
 * Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
 * D2
 * Frogger: The Great Quest – Fairy Frogmother, Big Mama, Phroi, Big Bertha, Mad Cows, Black Widow, Boxy, Itty Bitty, Tippy, Hoobler Goobler
 * High Seize
 * Heroes of Newerth
 * Illbleed
 * Iron Phoenix
 * Jimmie Johnson's Anything with an Engine
 * Major League Baseball 2005
 * The Mummy – Evelyn Carnahan
 * Neverwinter
 * Rogue Ops
 * Runaway: A Road Adventure – Gina Timmins, Sushi Douglas
 * Runaway 2: The Dream of the Turtle – Gina Timmins, Tarantula, Alpha, Rosa
 * Sonic Adventure – Train Announcer (Station Square)
 * Sonic Adventure 2
 * Sonic Adventure DX: Director's Cut
 * Sonic Battle
 * Sonic Heroes
 * Sonic Shuffle – Void
 * Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars
 * Spy Fiction
 * Star Trek Online
 * State of Emergency 2
 * TimeShift
 * Tony Tough and the Night of Roasted Moths
 * Twisted Metal 4
 * Undying
 * Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict
 * Unreal Tournament 2004
 * Zap Squad and the Sands of Time

Voice director

 * Amnesia: The Dark Descent
 * Burnout
 * Danger Girl
 * Duke Nukem: Land of the Babes
 * Escape from Paradise City
 * Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows
 * The Mummy
 * Sonic Adventure 2
 * Sonic Heroes
 * Tabula Rasa

Director

 * Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
 * Chain of Command
 * Deadfall Adventures
 * Die Hard Trilogy 2: Viva Las Vegas
 * Duke Nukem: Time to Kill
 * Duke Nukem: Total Meltdown
 * Dungeon Lords
 * Gangland
 * Iron Phoenix
 * Kao the Kangaroo Round 2
 * Land Before Time: Big Water Adventure
 * Land Before Time: Great Valley Racing Adventure
 * Major League Baseball 2K7
 * Star Trek Online
 * State of Emergency 2
 * Torchlight

Other
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 * Bomberman World – Staff (Atlus, USA)
 * Daredevil, Vol. 1: Guardian Devil – Supervising Producer
 * Die Hard Trilogy – Voice Actor Coordinator
 * Genso suikoden III – Script Editor
 * Illbleed – Recording Director
 * Lost Book of Nostradamus – Loop Group
 * Revenant – Additional Voice Director
 * Sonic Adventure – Post Recording Director
 * Turok: Son of Stone – Loop Group
 * Unreal Tournament – Sound Designer
 * Unreal Tournament 2003 – Sound Designer
 * X-Men, Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People – Supervising Director
 * X-Men, Vol. 2: Return to Weapon X – Supervising Producer