Episode #191: Zehra Fazal – IN THIS EPISODE:
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The guest for this episode voice actress and comedian Zehra Fazal, known for various voicing roles such as Nadia Rizavi in Voltron: Legendary Defender, Halo in Young Justice: Outsiders, Jupiter/Resolute Spaceship in the Netflix original Lost in Space, Mara in She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and Pocahontas and Boudica in Adam Ruins Everything, along with voicing on video games like Call of Duty, Apex Legends, and Borderlands. Watch her animation reel here.
Recorded at the Grand Rapids Comic Con, we talked about life as a Muslim-American Pakistani woman and the type of stories she would like told in TV and films, how she got into the entertainment business, the animation fandom, allies in the entertainment business and how she connected to her various voicing roles.
Young Justice Outsiders began airing one year ago on DC Universe, so in celebration, Zehra Fazal doing a giveaway contest on her Instagram to win a copy of the complete season of Young Justice Outsiders on Blu-ray signed by some of the cast and crew!
Enter here: instagram.com/zehrafazal
Follow Zehra Fazal:
Web: zehrafazal.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ZehraFazal
Instagram: instagram.com/zehrafazal
Facebook: facebook.com/zehrafazalofficial
Vimeo: vimeo.com/zehrafazal
IMDB: imdb.com/name/nm3469812
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