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TIL that Aloy in Horizon Zero Dawn, Tiny Tina in Borderlands 2 and 3, Chloe Price in Life is Strange, and Miss Pauling in Team Fortress 2, are all voice-acted by the same person. The actress's name is Ashly Burch.

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