Sumalee Montano (Thai: สุมาลีรัตน์
มà¸à¸™à¸—าโน; RTGS: Sumalirat Monthano; born August 3, 1972)
is an American actress and voice actress. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she
had worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong
Kong before starting her acting career and is also a writer. She has
acted in ER, Minority Report, The West Wing, Boston Legal, Bones,
Nip/Tuck, Hancock and Commander in Chief. As a voice actress, she has
provided the voices of the President in Saints Row IV, Yerema in Dead
Island, Cali in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Arcee in Transformers:
Prime, Mera in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and Yuna in Ghost of
Tsushima. She resides and works on her career in Los Angeles. She has
also guest-starred on Critical Role as the firbolg druid Nila.Montano
is of Filipino and Thai descent and grew up mostly in the United
States, but also spent a few years in Bangkok, Thailand. During her
high school career, she began acting as an extracurricular
activity.She graduated from Harvard University in 1993 and is a U.S.
Fulbright scholar. After graduation, she worked as an
investment-banking analyst for Morgan Stanley for a few years. After
realizing investment banking wasn't something she was passionate
about, Montano quit and went backpacking through Africa before
realizing she wanted to pursue acting professionally.Montano has taken
on a variety of different roles, both live-action and voice-over. She
is talented in using many different accents, including Chinese,
Filipino, British, Southern, Thai, Vietnamese, Eastern European and
Japanese.
มà¸à¸™à¸—าโน; RTGS: Sumalirat Monthano; born August 3, 1972)
is an American actress and voice actress. Born in Columbus, Ohio, she
had worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong
Kong before starting her acting career and is also a writer. She has
acted in ER, Minority Report, The West Wing, Boston Legal, Bones,
Nip/Tuck, Hancock and Commander in Chief. As a voice actress, she has
provided the voices of the President in Saints Row IV, Yerema in Dead
Island, Cali in Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure, Arcee in Transformers:
Prime, Mera in Justice League: Throne of Atlantis and Yuna in Ghost of
Tsushima. She resides and works on her career in Los Angeles. She has
also guest-starred on Critical Role as the firbolg druid Nila.Montano
is of Filipino and Thai descent and grew up mostly in the United
States, but also spent a few years in Bangkok, Thailand. During her
high school career, she began acting as an extracurricular
activity.She graduated from Harvard University in 1993 and is a U.S.
Fulbright scholar. After graduation, she worked as an
investment-banking analyst for Morgan Stanley for a few years. After
realizing investment banking wasn't something she was passionate
about, Montano quit and went backpacking through Africa before
realizing she wanted to pursue acting professionally.Montano has taken
on a variety of different roles, both live-action and voice-over. She
is talented in using many different accents, including Chinese,
Filipino, British, Southern, Thai, Vietnamese, Eastern European and
Japanese.
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