Courtnee Alyssa Draper (born April 24, 1985) is an American actress, singer, artist, lawyer, and voice actress. She is best known for her roles as Morgan Hudson in "The Jersey", Sam in "The Thirteenth Year", Megan Larson in "Stepsister from Planet Weird", and Elizabeth in "BioShock Infinite". For her performance in BioShock Infinite, Draper was nominated for a British Academy Games Award for Performer and won a Spike Video Game Award (Best Song) for her performance of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" in the game (Draper later additionally recorded a version of "You Belong to Me" for the game's follow-up, Burial at Sea). Draper was also a cast member on The Bold and the Beautiful from April to October 2002 as Erica Lovejoy.

Draper was born at the Naval Hospital in Orlando, Florida. Her mother served in the military. As a result, she has resided in and visited many areas of the United States (including Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Arizona, and Hawaii) and the Far East (including Japan, Okinawa, Korea and Hong Kong). She was introduced to old films and musicals at age five while living in Okinawa, Japan. Courtnee Draper graduated from UCLA Law School.

Biography

Courtnee Draper s'est fait connaître en jouant dans des téléfilms et des séries télévisées produites pour Disney Channel, notamment The Jersey où elle faisait partie de la distribution principale et qui a remporté le Young Artist Award de la meilleure distribution en 2000. Elle a également tenu un rôle récurrent dans le soap opera Amour, Gloire et Beauté.

Elle avait mis de côté sa carrière d'actrice et repris des études de droit à l'UCLA quand elle a obtenu le rôle vocal du personnage d'Elizabeth dans le jeu vidéo BioShock Infinite (2013) pour lequel elle a été nommée au prix de la meilleure interprète aux British Academy Video Games Awards et qu'elle a repris dans la suite du jeu, Burial at Sea.