Ashly Burch
{{short description|American actress and television writer (born 1990)}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Ashly Burch
| image = Ashly Burch (14703225936).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Burch at Florida Supercon in 2014
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|6|19}}
| birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
| education = Occidental College
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Actress
- singer
- television writer
}}
| years_active = 2007–present
| notable_works = Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?
| website = {{Official URL}}
| relatives = Anthony Burch (brother)
}}
Ashly Burch (born June 19, 1990{{Cite tweet|author=Ashly Burch|user=ashly_burch|number=1538657553596329984|title=Hi! It's my birthday! More importantly, it's #juneteenth! If you wanna help me celebrate -- buy something from a black owned store, enjoy some art by a black creator, or read some anti-racist lit. Is good and good for ya!}}{{cite web|url=https://igmonline.de/story/igm-01-21-interview-voice-actress-ashly-burch|title=Interview with voice actress Ashly Burch|work=International Games Magazine|date=January 11, 2021|access-date=April 7, 2024}}) is an American actress,{{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/ashly-burch-is-amazing-as-tiny-tina-in-borderlands-2-231163.phtml |title=Ashly Burch is amazing as Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2 |date=July 13, 2012 |publisher=Destructoid |access-date=January 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220510173614/https://www.destructoid.com/ashly-burch-is-amazing-as-tiny-tina-in-borderlands-2/|archive-date=May 10, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.vtxiff.com/internet-superstar-and-must-come-down-actress-ashly-burch-talks-with-ombg/ |title=Internet superstar and 'Must Come Down' Actress Ashly Burch talks with OMBG! | Victoria TX Independent Film Festival |publisher=Vtxiff.com |date=March 23, 2013 |access-date=January 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217232812/http://www.vtxiff.com/internet-superstar-and-must-come-down-actress-ashly-burch-talks-with-ombg/ |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |title=Ashly Burch, gaming icon and Mythic Quest star, has some thoughts |url=https://www.avclub.com/ashly-burch-mythic-quest-horizon-zero-dawn-interview-1850468073 |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=AV Club |language=en-US}} writer, director,{{Cite web |date=2022-12-13 |title=Ashly Burch on Season 3 of 'Mythic Quest,' her directing debut and riding in a tank {{!}} Xtra Magazine |url=https://xtramagazine.com/culture/ashly-burch-mythic-quest-interview-242162 |access-date=2024-07-26 |language=en-CA}} and singer. She is known for her roles as Aloy in the Horizon series, Chloe Price in the Life Is Strange series, Ray in Fortnite, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, Tiny Tina in the Borderlands series,{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXErsfVaOUw|title=Actress Ashly Burch Talks Borderlands 2 Tiny Tina And Video Game Acting – Gamerhubtv|last=GamerHubTV|date=June 24, 2013|via=YouTube|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220423022219/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXErsfVaOUw|archive-date=April 23, 2022|url-status=live}} the web series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, Enid Mettle from OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Molly McGee from The Ghost and Molly McGee, Ash Graven from Final Space, Cassie Rose from Minecraft: Story Mode, the Rutile Twins from Steven Universe and Rachel Meyee from Mythic Quest.
Early life
Burch grew up in Phoenix, Arizona,{{Cite tweet |last=Burch |first=Ashly |user=ashly_burch |number=911293500540428288 |date=September 22, 2017 |title=Thank you @SenJohnMcCain for opposing the #GrahamCassidyBill. Phoenix is my hometown. Proud of your choice. |language=en |access-date=August 8, 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/911293500540428288 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305025347/https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/911293500540428288 |archive-date=March 5, 2022 }} and has an older brother, Anthony.{{cite web|url=http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/07/08/ashly-burchs-favourite-game|title=Ashly Burch's Favourite Game|date=July 8, 2016|publisher=Kotaku|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711061626/http://www.kotaku.co.uk/2016/07/08/ashly-burchs-favourite-game|archive-date=July 11, 2016|url-status=dead}} Her mother is an immigrant from Thailand who she describes as spiritual, giving food to spirits and praying to them.{{cite web|last=Sirikul|first=Laura|url=https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/09/29/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-star-ashly-burch-celebrates-thai-culture-in-her-new-series/|title='The Ghost and Molly McGee' Star Ashly Burch Celebrates Thai Culture in Her New Series|website=The Nerds of Color|date=September 29, 2021|access-date=August 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503214618/https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2021/09/29/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-star-ashly-burch-celebrates-thai-culture-in-her-new-series/|archive-date=May 3, 2022|url-status=live}}{{Citation|title=Cooking Mama - Hey Ash Whatcha Playin'?| date=August 8, 2012 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaEZAkC8BY|language=en|access-date=2021-11-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107161715/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=woaEZAkC8BY|archive-date=November 7, 2021|url-status=live}} She credits her career path as a voice actress to playing Metal Gear Solid at age 12. Upon seeing voice actor David Hayter's name alongside that of the main characters, she looked him up and realized that there were actual people who voiced the characters, as she realized that was what she wanted to do as a career. She graduated from Occidental College in Los Angeles in 2012.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-24-billion-video-game-industry-voice-actors-dont-make-enough-to-live-on/2017/10/27/944a0800-98d8-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|title=In $25 billion video game industry, voice actors face broken vocal cords and low pay|last=Frankel|first=Todd C.|date=October 27, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=December 25, 2017|issn=0190-8286|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180101063939/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-24-billion-video-game-industry-voice-actors-dont-make-enough-to-live-on/2017/10/27/944a0800-98d8-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|archive-date=January 1, 2018|url-status=live}}
Career
Burch started Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?, a sketch comedy show focused on video games, with her brother Anthony in 2008. She got her first voice acting role when Anthony was hired as a writer for Borderlands 2 and suggested she try out for the role of Tiny Tina. For Life Is Strange, she was cast in the role of Chloe Price, after having also auditioned for the roles of Max Caulfield, Victoria Chase and Kate Marsh.{{Citation|last=altFound. com|title=altTalk with Ashly Burch: the voice of Horizon Zero Dawn|date=February 28, 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_oXuINH8s&t=25m1s|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220308185229/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K_oXuINH8s&t=25m1s|archive-date=March 8, 2022|url-status=live}} She later said that she was surprised by what she could do and had the "opportunity to do in voiceover."{{cite interview |last=Burch |first=Ashley |interviewer=Sarah Corsa |title=Ashly Burch '12 |date=2017 |publisher=Occidental College |location= |page= |pages= |quote= |url=https://www.oxy.edu/about-oxy/stories/ashly-burch-12 |format= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923013122/https://www.oxy.edu/about-oxy/stories/ashly-burch-12 |archive-date=September 23, 2020 |access-date=July 8, 2022}}
Burch was a writer on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time.{{cite web|last=Wickline|first=Dan|url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/adventure-time-islands-new-original-graphic-novel-ashly-burch-diigii-daguna/|title=Adventure Time: Islands – A New Original Graphic Novel From Ashly Burch And Diigii Daguna|website=Bleeding Cool|date=October 13, 2016|access-date=March 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126114217/https://bleedingcool.com/comics/adventure-time-islands-new-original-graphic-novel-ashly-burch-diigii-daguna/|archive-date=January 26, 2021|url-status=live}} She co-wrote episodes such as "The Hall of Egress" and "Islands Part 4: Imaginary Resources", the latter winning a Primetime Emmy Award.{{cite web|last=Conditt|first=Jess|url=https://www.engadget.com/2017-03-09-video-game-voice-actor-ashly-birch-horizon-hey-ash.html|title=The strange life of video game voice actor Ashly Burch|website=Engadget|date=March 9, 2017|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325074255/https://www.engadget.com/2017-03-09-video-game-voice-actor-ashly-birch-horizon-hey-ash.html|archive-date=March 25, 2022|url-status=live|quote=Nowadays, Burch is...an Emmy-nominated writer (she helped pen the Adventure Time episode "The Hall of Egress").}}{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/ashly-burch/?sh=61e32e7b10d3|title=Ashly Burch|website=Forbes|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704143616/https://www.forbes.com/profile/ashly-burch/?sh=61e32e7b10d3|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live|quote=She also recently won an Emmy for her writing on Adventure Time.}} She was also a writer of an Adventure Time graphic novel released in October 2016. The same year, she would voice characters in animation including Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel in Lego Marvel's Avengers, April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan, Hana in Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness, and Quacho Queen in World of Final Fantasy.{{cite web |title=Quacho Queen Voice |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/World-of-Final-Fantasy/Quacho-Queen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506113152/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/video-games/World-of-Final-Fantasy/Quacho-Queen/ |archive-date=May 6, 2022 |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=Behind the Voice Actors}}
Her work in Life Is Strange and Horizon Zero Dawn won her the 2015 and 2017 Golden Joystick Awards for Best Performance.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aaalavo.com/ashly-burch-nominated-for-best-performance-at-2015-golden-joystick-awards/|title=Ashly Burch Wins for Best Performance at 2015 Golden Joystick Awards – AAALAVO|website=aaalavo.com|access-date=June 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629102757/http://www.aaalavo.com/ashly-burch-nominated-for-best-performance-at-2015-golden-joystick-awards/|archive-date=June 29, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/news/2017-golden-joystick-awards-winners-have-revealed/|title=The 2017 Golden Joystick Awards winners have been revealed|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=November 18, 2017|access-date=November 18, 2017|last1=Dwan|first1=Hannah|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220612112440/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/news/2017-golden-joystick-awards-winners-have-revealed/|archive-date=June 12, 2022|url-access=subscription}} She was also the host of Geek & Sundry's Unplugged series.{{cite web|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2014/04/03/geek-and-sundry-unplugged-gaming-web-series/|title='Geek & Sundry' Brings Video Games To Life With 'Unplugged'|website=Tubefilter|date=April 3, 2014|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512073235/https://www.tubefilter.com/2014/04/03/geek-and-sundry-unplugged-gaming-web-series/|archive-date=May 12, 2021|url-status=live|quote=Unplugged is hosted by Ashly Burch, known for her surreal, humorous YouTube series Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin'?}} Since 2020, she has portrayed Rachel Meyee on the Apple TV series Mythic Quest, in which she also serves as a writer.{{cite news|last=Sommerfield|first=Seth|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/25/ashly-burch-horizon-borderlands/|title=From 'Horizon' to 'Tiny Tina's,' Ashly Burch is everywhere|newspaper=Washington Post|date=July 25, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704040058/https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2022/03/25/ashly-burch-horizon-borderlands/|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Rivera|first=Joshua|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21177373/ashly-burch-interview-mythic-quest|title=Ashly Burch saves video games by making fun of them|website=The Verge|date=March 13, 2020|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704173209/https://www.theverge.com/2020/3/13/21177373/ashly-burch-interview-mythic-quest|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}} She later described her voicing of Tiny Tina, Chloe, and Aloy as "three seminal step ups" that helped her "become a better actor." In 2023, she reprised her voice acting of Aloy in the video game Horizon Call of the Mountain. She also voiced Tiny Tina in Tiny Tina's Wonderlands and Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and Chloe in Life Is Strange: Before the Storm's DLC, Farewell. She would later voice characters in video games such as Afterparty, Street Fighter character Chun-Li in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite and Teppen, Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order, and Final Fantasy XV.
She has voiced various characters in animation and anime. This included voicing Ridley in Glitch Techs,{{cite web|last=Nur|first=Taimur|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/glitch-techs-season-2-trailer/|title=Meet the new recruit in GLITCH TECHS Season 2 trailer|website=ComicsBeat|date=August 3, 2020|access-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724153429/https://www.comicsbeat.com/glitch-techs-season-2-trailer/|archive-date=July 24, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Dur|first=Taimur|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/glitch-techs-nickelodeon-netflix-premiere/|title=Nickelodeon's GLITCH TECHS coming to Netflix|website=ComicsBeat|date=February 10, 2020|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421170912/https://www.comicsbeat.com/glitch-techs-nickelodeon-netflix-premiere/|archive-date=April 21, 2022|url-status=live}} Enid Mettle and multiple other characters in OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes,{{cite web|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/clip-cn-sets-epic-1-hour-premiere-for-ok-k-o/|title=Clip: CN Sets Epic 1-Hour Premiere for 'OK K.O.!'|website=Animation Magazine|date=June 28, 2017|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310052650/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/clip-cn-sets-epic-1-hour-premiere-for-ok-k-o/|archive-date=March 10, 2022|url-status=live}} Chun-Li from Street Fighter, and the Rutile Twins in Steven Universe.{{Cite tweet|number=788840572811223040|title=Hey y'all, so uh I'm gonna be in Steven Universe|last=Burch|first=Ashly|date=October 19, 2016|user=ashly_burch|access-date=July 4, 2022|url=https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/788840572811223040|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719201044/https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/788840572811223040|archive-date=July 19, 2021|url-status=live}} She voiced multiple characters in Bee and PuppyCat,{{Cite tweet|number=436623473860153344|title=I'm going to be in Bee and Puppycat I'm going to be in Bee and Puppycat I'm going to be in Bee and Puppycat I'm going to be in Bee and Puppy|last=Burch|first=Ashly|date=February 20, 2014|user=ashly_burch|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512041445/https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/436623473860153344|archive-date=May 12, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Polo|first=Susana|url=https://www.themarysue.com/lets-all-salivate-impatiently-over-this-bee-and-puppycat-production-video/|title=Lets All Salivate Impatiently Over This Bee and Puppycat Production Video|website=The Mary Sue|date=April 4, 2014|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516235822/https://www.themarysue.com/lets-all-salivate-impatiently-over-this-bee-and-puppycat-production-video/|archive-date=May 16, 2022|url-status=live|quote=featuring new and returning cast members Ken Osborne, Allyn Rachel, Hannah Hart, and Ashly Burch of Hey Ash Whatcha Playin'.}} Ash Graven in Final Space,{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/first-look-adult-swim-returns-to-final-space-in-2021/|title=First Look: Adult Swim Returns to 'Final Space' in 2021|website=Animation Magazine|date=December 18, 2020|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427014539/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/first-look-adult-swim-returns-to-final-space-in-2021/|archive-date=April 27, 2021|url-status=live}} Lainey in The Loud House,{{cite web|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-Loud-House/Lainey/|title=Lainey Voice|website=Behind the Voice Actors|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220506113323/https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/The-Loud-House/Lainey/|archive-date=May 6, 2022|url-status=live}} and characters in other productions.{{cite web|last=Dur|first=Taimur|url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-showcase-blue-beetle-animated-images/|title=Sufferin' Scarabs! DC Showcase BLUE BEETLE animated short homages Spidey '67 cartoon in latest images|website=ComicsBeat|date=April 26, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220501021518/https://www.comicsbeat.com/dc-showcase-blue-beetle-animated-images/|archive-date=May 1, 2022|url-status=live}} In 2018, Burch left her voice acting role of Mayuri Shiina for the English dub of Steins;Gate 0, who she had voiced from episodes 1-13 and credited as "Jackie Ross",{{Cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-28/funimation-reveals-english-dub-cast-for-steins-gate-0-anime/.130965|title=Funimation Reveals English Dub Cast for Steins;Gate 0 Anime|work=Anime News Network|access-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831173849/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-04-28/funimation-reveals-english-dub-cast-for-steins-gate-0-anime/.130965|archive-date=August 31, 2021|url-status=live}} citing scheduling conflicts, and apologized to fans.{{cite web|last=Ressler|first=Karen|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-06/ashly-burch-leaves-role-of-mayuri-in-steins-gate-0-simuldub/.135144|title=Ashly Burch Leaves Role of Mayuri in Steins;Gate 0 Simuldub |website=Anime News Network|date=August 6, 2018|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302055042/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-06/ashly-burch-leaves-role-of-mayuri-in-steins-gate-0-simuldub/.135144|archive-date=March 2, 2022|url-status=live}} She voiced Sasha Braus in the English dub of the first three seasons of Attack on Titan.{{cite web|url=https://gaymingmag.com/2019/12/ashly-burch-on-voice-acting-lgbt-characters-and-how-video-games-are-becoming-more-diverse-2/|title=Ashly Burch on voice acting, LGBT characters and how video games are becoming more diverse|website=Gayming Magazine|date=December 23, 2019|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211226184536/https://gaymingmag.com/2019/12/ashly-burch-on-voice-acting-lgbt-characters-and-how-video-games-are-becoming-more-diverse-2/|archive-date=December 26, 2021|url-status=live}}
In 2020, it was announced that she had signed on to write for the animated show, The Legend of Vox Machina.{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=2020-02-22 |title=Critical Role's 'Legend of Vox Machina' Names Writing Team for Series Coming to Amazon Prime Video |url=https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/critical-role-legend-of-vox-machina-writers-1203511466/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222164833/https://variety.com/2020/digital/news/critical-role-legend-of-vox-machina-writers-1203511466/ |archive-date=February 22, 2020 |access-date=May 4, 2021 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{cite web |last=McMann |first=Leslie |date=February 4, 2022 |title=The Legend of Vox Machina Episodes 4-6 Review |url=https://gamerant.com/legend-of-vox-machina-episodes-4-6-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518014610/https://gamerant.com/legend-of-vox-machina-episodes-4-6-review/ |archive-date=May 18, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2022 |website=Gamerant}} Burch revealed that she has a recording booth in her home which she used to work remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web|last=Bilsford|first=Trilby|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/how-voice-actors-are-building-remote-set-ups-working-at-home-1289235/|title=How Voice Actors Are Building Remote Setups For Working at Home|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=April 10, 2020|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203231730/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/how-voice-actors-are-building-remote-set-ups-working-at-home-1289235/|archive-date=December 3, 2021|url-status=live}} That same year she voiced Danika Hart in Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Viper in Valorant, Jane in Ninjala, Mel in The Last of Us Part II, Musher in The Red Lantern, and Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) in Marvel's Avengers.
In 2021, she began voicing Molly McGee, the protagonist of The Ghost and Molly McGee.{{Cite web|last=King|first=Jade|url=https://www.thegamer.com/ashly-burch-the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-interview/|title=Ashly Burch On The Ghost And Molly McGee, Acting In The Pandemic, And Diversity In Animation|website=TheGamer|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008155344/https://www.thegamer.com/ashly-burch-the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-interview/|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live}} She sings the series theme song, with co-star Dana Snyder, and musical numbers in other episodes.{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/ghost-and-molly-mcgee-first-look-rob-cantor/|title=Disney's The Ghost and Molly McGee First Look [EXCLUSIVE]|work=Screen Rant|date=October 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220206190603/https://screenrant.com/ghost-and-molly-mcgee-first-look-rob-cantor/|archive-date=February 6, 2022|url-status=live|quote=Snyder and Burch perform the theme song}}{{cite web|last=Moulton|first=Ashley|url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee|title=The Ghost and Molly McGee TV Review|website=Common Sense Media|access-date=July 8, 2022|date=June 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625164532/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee|archive-date=June 25, 2022|url-status=live|quote=Molly sings a catchy tune in each episode}} The show's creative team based the character around her life.{{cite web|last=Ong|first=Giannina|url=https://www.mochimag.com/entertainment/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee/|title=Ashly Burch Brings Heart and Soul to "The Ghost and Molly McGee"|website=Mochi Magazine|date=October 4, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004132235/https://www.mochimag.com/entertainment/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee/|archive-date=October 4, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-a-spirited-friendship/|title='The Ghost and Molly McGee': A Spirited Friendship|website=Animation Magazine|date=September 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110003945/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-a-spirited-friendship/|archive-date=January 10, 2022|url-status=live}} Burch praised the series for "showcasing different aspects of Thai culture" and said that voicing Molly McGee was the first time she had voiced a character that reflected her heritage.{{cite web|last=King|first=Jade|url=https://www.thegamer.com/ashly-burch-the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-interview/|title=Ashly Burch On The Ghost And Molly McGee, Acting In The Pandemic, And Diversity In Animation|website=TheGamer|date=September 27, 2021|access-date=July 8, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008155344/https://www.thegamer.com/ashly-burch-the-ghost-and-molly-mcgee-interview/|archive-date=October 8, 2021|url-status=live}}'
In December 2022, Burch was announced as a co-creator and writer of the Mythic Quest spinoff series Mere Mortals,{{cite web|last=Petski|first=Denise|date=December 15, 2022|title=Apple TV+ Orders 'Mythic Quest' Companion Series 'Mere Mortals'|url=https://deadline.com/2022/12/apple-tv-orders-mythic-quest-companion-series-mere-mortals-1235200235/|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=March 26, 2025}} later renamed to Side Quest, and was released in March 2025.{{cite web|last=Spurlin|first=Brittany|date=November 14, 2024|title=Mythic Quest Season 4 Premieres January 29 on Apple TV+|url=https://news.ubisoft.com/en-ca/article/5fUI7gk13mXrHV9zPlygJt/mythic-quest-season-4-premieres-january-29-on-apple-tv|access-date=March 26, 2025|website=Ubisoft}}
Personal life
Burch dated Must Come Down co-star David Fetzer until his death by accidental opioid overdose in 2012.{{Cite news|url=http://www.ashlyburch.com/blog/2017/12/20/the-boy-in-the-well|title=The Boy in the Well|work=ASHLY BURCH|access-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604163640/http://www.ashlyburch.com/blog/2017/12/20/the-boy-in-the-well|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live}} She discussed this event as well as her own personal mental health issues during her appearance on Paul Gilmartin's The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast{{Cite news|url=http://mentalpod.com/Ashly-Burch-podcast|title=Episode 115: Ashly Burch|work=Mental Illness Happy Hour|access-date=July 13, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512094409/https://mentalpod.com/Ashly-Burch-podcast|archive-date=May 12, 2021|url-status=live}} and on Brian W. Foster's show Between the Sheets on Critical Role{{'}}s YouTube channel.{{Cite news|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixWpWtD0q4|title=Ashly Burch|work=Between The Sheets|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602041619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixWpWtD0q4|archive-date=June 2, 2022|url-status=live}} She suffers from chronic anxiety and credits her love of video games to playing Harvest Moon as a child as it was the only thing able to calm her down. She has spoken several times about her anxiety and the positive impact video games had on it.{{Citation|last=GLITCH|title=Keynote by Ashly Burch (GlitchCon 2015)|date=April 14, 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDCwlyl7FVQ&t=27s|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602041619/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixWpWtD0q4|archive-date=June 2, 2022|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/15/10220118/ashly-burch-talks-stepping-into-the-directors-chair-and-dealing-with|title=Ashly Burch talks stepping into the director's chair and dealing with anxiety|last=Alexander|first=Julia|date=December 15, 2015|website=Polygon|access-date=December 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604163638/https://www.polygon.com/2015/12/15/10220118/ashly-burch-talks-stepping-into-the-directors-chair-and-dealing-with|archive-date=June 4, 2021|url-status=live}} On July 1, 2022, Burch came out as queer and pansexual, saying that coming out felt important "for reasons I can't really explain" and that she had been dating a man for five years.{{Cite tweet|number=1542941961811767297|title=Y'all are fuckin sweetie pies!! Give yourself a treat you sweeties!!|last=Burch|first=Ashly|date=July 1, 2022|user=ashly_burch|access-date=July 4, 2022|url=https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/1542941961811767297|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704152728/https://twitter.com/ashly_burch/status/1542941961811767297|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}} This tweet and the six before it she provides more explanation. She said it probably is not a shock because "half the characters I play are members of the rainbow fam," with some calling her every "queer nerd's favorite nerd."{{cite web|last=Galiz-Rowe|first=Ty|url=https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/ashly-burch-comes-out-as-queer/|title=Ashly Burch comes out as queer|website=Gayming Magazine|date=July 1, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701214627/https://gaymingmag.com/2022/07/ashly-burch-comes-out-as-queer/|archive-date=July 1, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Hogan|first=Heather|url=https://www.autostraddle.com/ashly-burch-pansexual/|title=Pop Culture Fix: Every Queer Nerd's Favorite Nerd, Ashly Burch, Is Pansexual!|website=Autostraddle|date=July 4, 2022|access-date=July 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704185605/https://www.autostraddle.com/ashly-burch-pansexual/|archive-date=July 4, 2022|url-status=live}}
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|Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths - Part Three | Nightshade, Mera |Direct-to-Video |
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