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United States Susan Bennett is an accomplished voice actress and singer, best known as the original American voice of Apple's Siri.
Susan Bennett partnered with UserWay, an Israeli web accessibility company, for a campaign promoting accessibility initiatives.
Susan Bennett was featured in a 'Throwback' social media post by Coca-Cola India, acknowledging her as 'The Woman Behind Siri's Iconic Voice,' though this appears to be a promotional feature rather than a direct partnership.
Bennett made recordings for ScanSoft (now Nuance) in 2005 for a database project involving speech construction. These recordings were later acquired by Apple and used for Siri without her direct knowledge.
Susan Alice Bennett, born on July 31, 1949, in Burlington, Vermont, established a career as a prominent voice actress and former backup singer for artists like Roy Orbison and Burt Bacharach. Her foundational work in voiceover began in 1974 when she became the voice of First National Bank of Atlanta’s ‘Tillie the All-Time Teller.’ Bennett attended Brown University, graduating in 1971, where she studied classics and participated in theatrical productions and musical groups, including the jazz band Conglomerate and the a cappella group Chattertocks. These early experiences contributed to her versatile vocal abilities.
Bennett is widely recognized for her role as the original female American voice of Siri, Apple’s personal assistant, from its introduction on the iPhone 4S in 2011 until the iOS 7 update in 2013. Her recordings for this role were made in July 2005 for ScanSoft, an interactive voice response company, without her prior knowledge that they would be used for Apple’s Siri. This discovery occurred in October 2011 when a friend identified her voice. Although Apple never officially confirmed her involvement, audio-forensics experts affirmed her as the voice. This unintentional high-profile role led to numerous media appearances, including CNN’s “New Day” in 2013 and appearances on “The Jack and Triumph Show” in 2015 and “To Tell the Truth” in 2016.
Throughout her career, Bennett has provided voice services for a variety of major companies and industries. Her voice has been featured in public address systems for Delta Air Lines, e-learning software, GPS navigation software, and telephone systems. She has also voiced a multitude of local and national television advertisements for brands such as Ford, Coca-Cola, Fisher-Price, McDonald’s, The Home Depot, Goodyear, Visa, Macy’s, Hot Pockets, Club Med, and Cartoon Network. In 2021, she contributed her voice to the character EMMA, an artificial intelligence application, in the Atlus video game “Persona 5 Strikers.” She has leveraged her unique position to engage in public speaking and share her experiences in the voiceover industry.
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