Patricia Summersett


Patricia Summersett is a Canadian-American actress and singer, best known for voicing Princess Zelda in .

Life and career

Summersett has appeared in the Darren Aronofsky psychological horror mother!, 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. She also played a lead in the indie feature Maz by festival-winning filmmaker Federico Hidalgo. Notable past roles include recurring characters in Ron Moore's Helix s2 as well as 19-2. She was also the official “Onset Smurf” representing Smurfette, Vexy and Clumsy as the reference voice and puppeteer for the making of Sony's Smurfs 2.

Education

She holds a Masters of Classical Acting from the Royal Central School in London and a BFA in Theatre Performance from Concordia University in Montreal. She has also studied acting at MXAT and NTC. Before attending drama school, she trained for years as a competitive ice dancer, and held the title of Quebec Sectional Champion.

Video games

Summersett was revealed as the first official English voice of Princess Zelda in Nintendo's thirty-year Legend of Zelda franchise with her work in '. 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 ', the character she voices is Ash, a female FBI operator working for Team Rainbow.

Theatre

Patricia has performed in theaters across Canada, the U.S. and the UK. She has been nominated for three META/MECCA for “Best Lead Actress” playing the roles Rosalind in As You Like it and Jacqueline in Trench Patterns. She has also been featured in Equus, Pinter plays and as the title role in Ibsen's Hedda Gabler. She was last seen in the Toronto's 2016 Next Stage Festival, performing the Fringe hit Blood Wild by Paul Van Dyck.

Personal life

She grew up in Marquette, Michigan. In addition to her acting career, she is a songwriter and singer for the band Summersett, and was a competitive ice dancer representing Quebec in 2002 as senior Quebec Sectional Champion with former partner Simon Roberge. She has three sisters: Annette Summersett, Kathryn Summersett and Jane Summersett, all artists, who perform music together.
In 2017, Patricia co-founded a charity called GeekU.P.
She is currently based in Montreal and Los Angeles.

Filmography

Film