Ashly Burch: 5 things you need to know about the Best Performance nominee before The Game Awards

1. She worked really hard to make sure Aloy was portrayed in the right way.

Burch wasn’t just taking a paycheck when she voiced Aloy — she really put in the extra effort to make sure the character came across the right way. “When we create female characters,” Burch said via Engadget, “I think often there is a tendency to kind of make female characters emotionally bulletproof. You’ve heard people talk about the ‘capital-S Strong Female Character’ who’s sort of humorless and doesn’t really have a spark and is sort of flawless in their execution.

She went on: “They just don’t feel like fully fleshed out, real characters. And I really didn’t want Aloy to feel that way. I wanted Aloy to feel strong and resilient but also have a rich emotional psychology and be able to feel afraid and feel curious.”

I'm so honored and totally flabbergasted that I won best performance and breakthrough award. Thank you so much to everyone that voted and that have supported me for all these nutso years. Thank you thank you thank you

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Clearly, the results paid off. Find out if Ashly Burch winds up taking home the award on Dec. 7 at The Game Awards.