Zehra Fazal is an American voice actress, known for voicing Nadia Rizavi inVoltron: Legendary Defender andHalo andBluebird inYoung Justice: Outsiders.^[1][2][3]

Prior to her voice acting career, Fazal, who is Arab-American and of Pakistani descent, was known for her irreverent comedy often poking fun at Muslim identity.^[4] Her one-woman musical comedy showHeadscarf and the Angry Bitch which she described as partly fictional and partly autobiographical, created Muslim parodies of holiday comedy songsThe Ramadan Song instead ofThe Hanukkah Song and discussed living in America with a "hyphenated identity."^[5][6] Fazal, who self describes as "the Muslim Weird Al", explains that the show explores the fact that "the definition of what it is to be Muslim is expanding and it's okay to be vocal about it."^[7][8] She created the show's character, Zed Headscarf, as "her tougher, bolder, prouder side" partly in response to post-9/11 Islamaphobia she encountered.^[9] Her performance won the "best solo performance award" at the Capital Fringe Festival in 2009 and was sold out throughout its New York International Fringe Festival run in 2010.^[10][11]

Fazal has also portrayedAdolf Hitler in an adaptation ofYukio Mishima’s play,My Friend Hitler.^[12] She studied with Japan’sTakarazuka Revue Company as a research intern in 2004. On her return to the U.S., she translated and staged Takarazuka Revue'sThe Rose of Versailles at Wellesley College where she was a student.^[13] Fazal explains "I have a knack for taking something that already exists and making it fit into a new mold."^[13] Fazal also portrayed doctor Amanda Jain in the video comedy seriesF#@K I Love U.

During the development ofYoung Justice: Outsiders, co-creatorGreg Weisman wrote the role for Halo with Fazal in mind; she would also play about a dozen other characters featured on the show.^[14]

Fazal has a B.A. fromWellesley College.^[15] She speaks Japanese, French and Urdu.^[16] Fazal is a passionate supporter ofPaani Project, a nonprofit that works with community partners and institutions in the United States and Pakistan to help alleviate clean water inaccessibility, advocate for gender equity, and address a variety of pressing health disparities in rural South Asian communities.^[17]

As a child, she was a fan of the Disney animated showDarkwing Duck; she drew on inspiration on the titular character for her performance as General Yunan on Disney'sAmphibia.^[18]

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