SacAnime Summer 2025 Welcomes Ashley Johnson

Ashley Johnson is a Los Angeles-based actor known for her roles in television, film, animation, and video games, as well as the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role.

Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Ashley plays a pivotal role within the company as the president of the Critical Role Foundation, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Ashley started her career at a very young age and has continued to evolve and grow within the film, television and voice acting industries. In addition
to Critical Role, Ashley is known for her roles as Ellie in The Last of Us franchise, Gordys in Tales From the Borderlands, Terra in Teen Titans and Teen Titans Go!, Gwen Tennyson in Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Omniverse, Tulip in Infinity Train, Petra in Minecraft: Storymode and Gretchen Grundler in Recess.
Film and Television credits include NBC’s Blindspot, AMC’s The Killing, Comedy Central’s Drunk History, Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, What Women Want, The Avengers, Growing Pains, plus countless other projects.

Ashley is the recipient of two Best Performer BAFTA Awards for her role as Ellie in The Last of Us franchise. Among her other accomplishments includes winning four BTVA People’s Choice Voice Acting Awards, two BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Awards, a BTVA Television Voice Acting Award, a Spike Video Game Award, a Young Artist Award, and North East Film Festival’s Best Supporting Actress Award.

Ashley can be found on Twitter at @TheVulcanSalute.

More on Critical Role:
Critical Role is one of the fastest growing independent media companies in the world, starting as a roleplaying game between friends and evolving into a new kind of organization dedicated to storytelling, community and imagination. As Critical Role continues to expand the unique universe it has created, with complex stories set in an ever-evolving world, it also continues to create more ways for fans to experience the brand, including both fiction and nonfiction books on the New York Times Best Sellers list, comic books, graphic novels, collectibles, tabletop and roleplaying games, podcasts, live events, and a highly-anticipated animated series, The Legend of Vox Machina, airing exclusively on Amazon Prime Video. Additionally, Critical Role has launched two major initiatives: an official 501(c)(3) non-profit, the Critical Role Foundation (CRF), and a tabletop game publishing company, Darrington Press. With an

original cast of award-winning veteran voice actors who are also co-founders of the company, including Matthew Mercer, Ashley Johnson, Marisha Ray, Taliesin Jaffe, Travis Willingham, Sam Riegel, Laura Bailey and Liam O’Brien, Critical Role is committed to ensuring anyone can discover its stories, characters and community. For more information on Critical Role go to www.critrole.com.