Terri Brosius (

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Barous) is an American

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, voice actress, and

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, best known in gaming circles as the voice of

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in the ''

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'' series.

Biography

Terri was a member of the

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band

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as a keyboardist and occasional vocalist. On Tribe's albums ''

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'' and '' Abort'', she sang the song "Rescue Me". On Tribe's album '' Sleeper'', she sang the song "Mr. Lieber". Following the band's separation in 1994, she and Tribe guitarist Eric Brosius married. Terri is currently a keyboardist and backup vocalist for the Boston-based band The Vivs. Brosius and her husband, along with Tribe bass player Greg LoPiccolo, joined video game developer Looking Glass Studios, where they worked on various game projects until its closure in 2000. She and her husband continue to work on various projects with

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. Brosius performed the voice of the character

in the CD enhanced version of ''System Shock'' and later remaster of the game by Nightdive Studios, and also in the Irrational Games co-developed sequel, ''

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'', in addition to several other characters. Brosius voiced the character Viktoria in '' Thief: The Dark Project'' and '' Thief II: The Metal Age'', and did some level and cutscene design for '' Thief: Gold'' and '' Thief II'', and co-wrote '' Thief: Deadly Shadows story with Randy Smith. She also voiced Ava Johnson in '' Deus Ex: Invisible War''. She is set to reprise her role as

in '' System Shock 3''. Brosius was announced to be voicing a character in the upcoming game '' Gloomwood'' in a trailer for the 2022 PC Gaming Show.

Voice acting roles

References

External links

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Tribe Interview

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