Vanessa Marshall (born October 19, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, U.S.) is an American voice and television actress who is most active in films, cartoons and video games. She is the daughter of actress Joan Van Ark and reporter John Marshall.
Mass Effect is set many hundreds of years in the future, after humanity uncovers a device on Mars that allows for faster-than-light travel. This leads to encountering advanced alien species, who had already formed an interplanetary council to promote stability in a chaotic and messy universe.