Actress Catherine Taber Talks Faith, Family and Animation this Advent Season

I have had the pleasure of speaking with Catherine Taber on a handful of occasions about her film and animation work, but off the record, we would have faith based conversations, Taber having grown up Roman Catholic but now also attends an Evangelical Protestant Church and myself, being under the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Antioch was something we needed to explore more in depth and now, we can.

Taber is a self-professed Sci-Fi Fangirl and through her work on various Star Wars properties as well as Final Fantasy, that career kept her moving forward to where it allowed her to visit our military personnel overseas in Afghanistan and Iraq.

We chatted about Taber's upbringing, how to remain faithful in a western world that has become antagonistic to Christianity and how she was able to not waver from her values in selecting roles.

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Official IMDB Bio:

Georgia native Catherine Taber made her feature film debut starring in the coming of age drama "The Girls' Room". Taber's performance in the film garnered critical praise from industry publications. Daily Variety hailed her performance as "winning, empathetic and intimate." Catherine can also be seen alongside Reese Witherspoon in the romantic comedy, Just like Heaven, as well as 2009's Curious George 2, 2008's Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the film that kicked off the series, and in numerous comedic and dramatic television appearances.

Catherine made her voice-acting debut playing Mission Vao in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. She has since appeared in some of the most popular science fiction and fantasy titles on the market including The Secret World, Guild Wars 2, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker and X Men. Cat also plays the young Princess Leia in the award winning Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and its sequel, The Force Unleashed II. In 2012, Taber has returned to the Star Wars Universe to play Vette in the Star Wars: The Old Republic. Catherine was nominated for a NAViGaTR Award (National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers) for her portrayal of Penelo in "Final Fantasy 12"

Hailed as a Geek Goddess amongst the sci fi, fantasy, and gaming communities, Catherine feels right at home in her current role of Padme Amidala in the critically acclaimed Cartoon Network television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

When this self-proclaimed sci-fi geek isn't living out her childhood dreams on set, she is giving back to her community. Catherine started the organization Games For Soldiers which accepts donations of video games and comic books that she sends to troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq.