Sumalee Montano Explained

Sumalee Montano
Birth Date:	August 3,1972 (age 52)
Birth Place:	Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Education:	Harvard University (AB)
Years Active:	1999–present
Known For:	Space Channel 5 ER

Sumalee Montano is an American actress and film producer. Originally, she worked as an investment bank analyst in New York City and Hong Kong before starting her acting career.

For TV and film, Montano has appeared on Close to Home, Days of Our Lives, Nashville, Scandal, The Young and the Restless, This Is Us and Veep. As a voice actress, she has provided the voices of Pudding in Space Channel 5 and its sequel, Arcee on , Cali in the Skylanders series, Katana on Beware the Batman, the President in Saints Row IV, the female Inquisitor in and Yuna in Ghost of Tsushima. She has also guest-starred as Nila on the web series Critical Role.

She resides and works in Los Angeles.

Early life

Montano is of Filipino^[1] 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.^[2] Her great-uncle is Filipino actor and writer Severino Montano.^[3]

Education and acting career

She graduated from Harvard University in 1993 and is a U.S. Fulbright scholar.^[4] After graduation, she worked as an investment banking analyst for Morgan Stanley for a few years.^[5] 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.^[6]

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.^[7] Her first voice acting role was as Pudding in the 1999 music-rhythm game, Space Channel 5. Her first major acting role was playing the nurse Duvata Mahal for three seasons of the TV show ER.

In 2021, Sumalee Montano gained acclaim for her role as Inoue Sato in the Peacock TV series The Lost Symbol.^[8] Following her portrayal as Sato, she had also appeared in the 2021 animated Disney series The Ghost and Molly McGee, voicing Sharon McGee, the titular character's mother, and Grandma Nin.

Filmography

Voice acting

Video games

List of voice performances in video games
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
1999	Space Channel 5	Pudding	First console game	^[9] ^[10]
	SimCoaster	Additional Voices
2002		Additional voices/hostages	Archive footage from Part 1, Pudding's dialogue
	The Sims	Sim
	Space Channel 5: Ulala's Cosmic Attack	Pudding
	Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic	Lashowe, Belaya, Rahasia Sandral, Duel Spectator
	Gladius	Additional Voices
		Pudding/additional voices	Disc 2 (Part 2) only includes archive footage
		Lucy Canelli, Maya Nguyen
		Liz Schmidt, Nicole Simms
	Commander in Chief	Air Force Reporter
2008	Sega Superstars Tennis	Pudding	Voiced alongside Larissa Murray	^[11]
		Mei Lin
		Shane Dickson
	Dead Island	Yerema
		Mystique
		Cali
		Shae Vizla
	Mass Effect 3	Nyreen Kandros	Omega DLC
	Diablo III	Eirena the Enchantress
	Guild Wars 2	Janis, Marjory Delaqua, Sayida the Sly
		Liu Flameheart, Suna Silentstrike, Sun Tenderheart
		Cali
		Arcee
	Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed	Pudding	Voiced alongside Apollo Smile	^[12]
	Saints Row IV	The President
		Cali
	République	Abal Ammash
	The Elder Scrolls Online	Female Redguard, Female Khajiit #1, Additional Voices
	The Amazing Spider-Man 2	Whitney Chang
	WildStar	Tresayne Toria, Vesna Taranoft, Nuriam
		Cali
		Female Inquisitor (American Accent)
		The President
		Cali		^[13]
	Fallout 4	Rachel, Female Gunners, Institute Scientist
		Tal'darim Mothership
	XCOM 2	Female Soldier
	Mirror's Edge Catalyst	Erika Connors
		Terran Advisor
	For Honor	Ayu
		Mantis
	Prey	Morgan Yu (Female), January (Female)
	Destiny 2	Suraya Hawthorne
		Renee Montoya, Casino Patron, Newscaster #2
	Lego DC Super-Villains	Katana, Huntress
	Epic Seven	Aramintha, Maya, Kiris
	Anthem	Aunt Cardea
		Mystique
	The Outer Worlds	Zora Blackwood
		Mari Kosan
	Ghost of Tsushima	Yuna	Also motion capture
		Additional voices		^[14]
	Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege	Aruni	Operation Neon Dawn expansion	^[15]
	Lost Judgment	Reiko Kusumoto
	Return to Monkey Island	Flair Gorey
		Justina Gu		^[16] ^[17]
	Dead Space	Dr. Elizabeth Cross		^[18]
	Starfield	Supervisor Lin		^[19]
		Additional voices		^[20]
		Additional voices		^[21]

Film

List of voice performances in direct-to-video, feature and television films
Title	Role	Notes	Source
	the Wu sisters	Short film
Superman vs. The Elite	Newscaster
	Arcee
	Mera
Only Yesterday	Kiyoko	English dub
10 Cloverfield Lane	Voice on Radio
Justice League vs. the Fatal Five	Emerald Empress, Pharmacist		^[22]
	Additional Voices (US)
	Kindra		^[23]
The Casagrandes Movie	Maria Santiago		^[24]

Animation

List of voice performances in animation
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
–13		Arcee, Raf's Mother	Main role
–14	Beware the Batman	Katana, Additional Voices	Main role
	The Loud House	Maria Santiago
	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Arachne, Harpy	Episode: "Greece Is the Word"
–18	Bunnicula	Fluffy	Episodes: "Vampire Rabbit Season" and "Harold the Vampire Pointer"
		Admiral Sanda, Principle		^[25]
2018–19	Spider-Man	Yuri Watanabe, Nurse
–20	Star Wars Resistance	Agent Tierny
2019	Love, Death & Robots	Young Yan, Woman	Episode: "Good Hunting"
		Shi Long	Episode: "Curse of the Monkey King"
	Amphibia	Additional Voices	Episode: "Reunion"
2019–22	The Casagrandes	Maria Santiago	Main role
2019	Cannon Busters	12welve, Additional Voices	English dub
	Carmen Sandiego	Lady Dokuso	2 episodes
	Cleopatra in Space	Administrant Khepra, Musti
2020	Where's Waldo?	Wizard Flambé	Episode: "Mad About Madagascar"
2020		Fanthom	Episode: "Divewings"
2021	Robot Chicken	Baby Secret, Pinhead's Mother	Episode: "May Cause Lucid Murder Dreams"
2021–2024	The Ghost and Molly McGee	Sharon McGee, Grandma Nin	Main role
2022		Hira	Main role	^[26]
2023	The Legend of Vox Machina	Highbearer Vord	Episode: "The Trials of Vasselheim"
2024		The Handler	Recurring role

Live-action

Television

List of acting performances in television
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Source
–05	E.R.	Duvata Mahal	10 episodes
	Strong Medicine	Med Student #2	Episode: "Vaccinations"
	Judging Amy	Helen	Episode: "The New Normal"
	Medium	Nurse #1	Episode: "Penny for Your Thoughts"
	The Comeback	Producer	Episode: "Valerie Stands Out on the Red Carpet"
–06	The West Wing	Vinick Reporter #1	2 episodes
–07	Close to Home	Melinda Mallari	6 episodes
	Bones	Alexandra Combs	Episode: "The Graft in the Girl"
	Commander in Chief	Air Force One Reporter	Episode: "Happy Birthday, Madam President"
	Shogunate	Lady Sakato Adachi	Television movie
	Cane	Christine Kim	2 episodes
	Lincoln Heights	Nurse Tan	Episode: "The Vision"
	Shark	Arlene Pierce	Episode: "Every Breath You Take"
–08	The Young and the Restless	Dr. Maya Bagano	5 episodes
	Boston Legal	Dr. Linda Corbin	Episode: "Kill, Baby, Kill!"
	Big Love	Dr. Gowan	Episode: "Empire"
	Nip/Tuck	Dr. Wu	Episode: "Briggitte Reinholt"
	Glory Daze	Kim-Ly Franklin	Episode: "Papa Don't Pre-Game"
	Harry's Law	Dr. Erica Christie	Episode: "In the Ghetto"
	The Finder	Lee Scott	Episode: "Little Green Men"
		Yen Tran	Episode: "The Dragon and the Fairy"
	Parenthood	Malea	Episode: "What to My Wondering Eyes"
	Monday Mornings	Lynne Iverson	Episode: "Wheels Within Wheels"
	Touch	Nurse Liz	2 episodes
–17	Days of Our Lives	Dr. Yuen, Dr. Ong	3 episodes
	The Mentalist	Susan Nguyen	Episode: "Green Light"
		Melanie Pratt	Episode: "Touched by the Sun"
–16	Nashville	Dr. Kitley	4 episodes
–17	Veep	Joyce Cafferty	3 episodes
	Rizzoli & Isles	Judge Huang	Episode: "65 Hours"
	Grey's Anatomy	Lena McCallister	Episode: "Catastrophe and the Cure"
	Shameless	Turks	Episode: "Hiraeth"
	NCIS	Nicole Taggart	Episode: "Rendezvous"
	Kevin (Probably) Saves the World	Tracy Haslett	Episode: "Rocky Road"
	Dynasty	Deirde	Episode: "Company Slut"
2018	Scandal	Maria Campo	4 episodes
	Critical Role	Nila	2 episodes
	Animal Kingdom	Melanie Southards	2 episodes
	This Is Us	Dr. Gail Jasper	3 episodes
2018–19	S.W.A.T.	Gwen	3 episodes
	Blue Bloods	Inspector Jane Kimura	Episode: "Trust"
	The Gifted	Dr. Taylor	Episode: "iMprint"
2019	How to Get Away with Murder	FBI Agent Nancy Bayer	2 episodes
	Magnum P.I.	Judge Majorie Kamaka	Episode: "Murder Is Never Quiet"
	SEAL Team	Agent Susan Craver	Episode: "The Ones You Can't See"
	The Resident	Trish Tintoc	Episode: "Out for Blood"
		Dahj and Soji's Mother	Episode: "Remembrance"
	Hawaii Five-0	Yang	Episode: "He kauwa ke kanaka na ke aloha"
2021	The Lost Symbol	Inoue Sato	Main role	^[27]

Film

List of acting performances in films
Title	Role	Notes
Teknolust	Nelia	Uncredited
Cherish	Officer Montano
Minority Report	Talking Billboard	Uncredited
Water Under the Bridge	Sara
Danika	News Reporter
Hancock	News Anchor	Uncredited
	Pam
Losing Control	Breanna Lee

Notes and References

Web site: Farris . Christopher . These Filipinos Are the Voices of Modern Cartoon and Anime Characters . . . June 30, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190708091145/https://www.esquiremag.ph/culture/movies-and-tv/filipino-voice-actors-a00288-20190211-lfrm2 . July 8, 2019 . February 11, 2019 . live .
Web site: Voice Actor Interview: Sumalee Montano BWTF. www.bwtf.com. March 5, 2016. March 8, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160308135527/http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sumalee-montano.
Web site: Bio.
Web site: Sumalee Montano. Sumalee Montano. March 5, 2016.
Web site: Sumalee Montano. Sumalee Montano. March 3, 2017.
Web site: Voice Actor Interview: Sumalee Montano. BWTF. en. March 3, 2017. January 4, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170104015342/http://bwtf.com/interviews/sumalee-montano/.
Web site: Sumalee Montano. Sumalee Montano. March 3, 2017.
Web site: Watch Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol Streaming (2021-) Peacock. October 20, 2021. @peacocktv. en-US.
Montano . Sumalee . Sumalee Montano . sumaleedotcom . 1305601360788729857 . September 14, 2020 . 1st and last console games I worked on https://t.co/sMxnBLyokL https://t.co/ajonLerLqL . en . October 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210916151240/https://twitter.com/sumaleedotcom/status/1305601360788729857 . September 16, 2021 . live.
Web site: Sumalee Montano (visual voices guide). June 27, 2017. Behind The Voice Actors. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.
Web site: Sega Superstars Tennis. September 16, 2021. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US.
Web site: Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed. September 16, 2021. Behind The Voice Actors. en-US.
. . Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors . . 2015.
. Yakuza: Like a Dragon . . Ending credits, 0:46 . 2020.
Montano . Sumalee . Sumalee Montano . sumaleedotcom . 1324182978809847808 . November 4, 2020 . Here's 20 seconds of my newest alter ego from @Rainbow6Game #Aruni #RainbowSixSiege https://t.co/JxydEINJZ8 . en . October 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201124115813/https://twitter.com/sumaleedotcom/status/1324182978809847808 . November 24, 2020 . live.
Web site: Aguilar . Jorge . 2022-06-24 . All voice actors in Naraka: Bladepoint . 2024-11-02 . Dot Esports . en-US.
Web site: Novichenko . Alina . 2023-07-21 . All Naraka Bladepoint Voice Actors Listed . 2024-11-02 . The Nerd Stash . en-US.
Web site: Dead Space (Video Game 2023) - IMDb . .
Web site: Sumalee Montano Confirms Her Role in Starfield.
Web site: Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name (2023 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 5 February 2024.
Web site: Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (2024 Video Game) . Behind The Voice Actors . 23 March 2024.
Web site: 'Justice League vs. The Fatal Five' Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive). Couch. Aaron. The Hollywood Reporter. January 7, 2019. January 8, 2019.
Web site: Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind Movie Release Date and 4K Blu-Ray Pre-Order Details .
Web site: Watch the Casagrandes Movie | Netflix Official Site . .
Montano . Sumalee . Sumalee Montano . sumaleedotcom . 1027981547587043328 . August 10, 2018 . I'm SO thrilled to join this incredible cast!!! Admiral Sanda here, urging you to check out all new episodes of @Voltron Legendary Defender. Now on @Netflix. Whoooo-Hooooo!!! #Voltron #lovemyjob https://t.co/XmVWDQ7zfA . en . October 3, 2021.
'Dragon Age: Absolution' Sets Voice Cast and Unveils New Trailer, First-Look Images for Netflix Animated Series. Deadline Hollywood. November 10, 2022.
Peacock . peacockTV . 1438185913893351424 . September 15, 2021 . Finding a show with an incredible cast of characters has never been so easy. : Dan Brown's #TheLostSymbol https://t.co/Sb6lFlmUmH . en . October 3, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210916110700/https://twitter.com/peacockTV/status/1438185913893351424 . September 16, 2021 . live.