Michele Morrow

Michele Morrow (born March 19, 1978) is an American television presenter, host, actress, writer, producer and video game personality.

She is the co-creator, executive producer and lead actor of the single camera sitcom, Good Game, a YouTube Original with Dan Harmon's Starburns Industries and Game Grumps, and is the voice over artist for Alleria Windrunner in Hearthstone.

Morrow was born in Spokane, Washington.

In 1996, she attended Western Washington University before transferring to University of Washington where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Drama and minor in Speech Communication.

After graduating college she moved to Los Angeles, California, where she continued to study acting at Howard Fine Acting Studio, Ivana Chubbuck Studio, Lesly Kahn and Co. and The Second City.

Morrow made her film debut in the independent horror film Slaughterhouse of the Rising Sun (2005), based on the Manson Family.

In 2005, Morrow made television guest appearances in The Young and the Restless and Alias.

In 2007, Morrow starred in horror film The Seer (2007) shot on location in Sardinia, Italy co-starring Bella Thorne as young Claire.

In 2009, Michele co-starred in vampire thriller Bled. She next starred as the final girl in horror slasher Basement Jack (2009), co-starring Billy Morrison and Lynn Lowry.

In 2010, Morrow played a supporting role in Ashley's Ashes, starring Clint Howard, Willie Garson, and Daniel Baldwin.

Since 2012, Morrow has attended the annual video game convention and trade fair E3 as a video game journalist and host.

Performing first in independent films before making her television hosting debut on DirecTV for Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon in 2014, she has since appeared as host of ESPN2's live broadcast of Heroes of the Dorm, daily news host for Bleacher Report's esports show, and on the live broadcast team for ELEAGUE on TBS.

In 2014, she appeared as a guest star in the Syfy reality television series Heroes of Cosplay.

From 2014 through 2016, Morrow appeared as host of DirecTV's coverage of Blizzard Entertainment's BlizzCon, and continued in the position through 2019 on Blizzard's All Access Channel.

For six years, Morrow served as host and desk anchor of Blizzard Entertainment's annual video game convention BlizzCon (2014–2019).

In 2014, Morrow hosted BlizzCon November 7 and 8 which appeared on DirectTV with co-host Geoff Keighley, musical act Metallica, and comedian Chris Hardwick.

In 2015, Morrow was cast as the voice actor for Alleria Windrunner in Hearthstone, and appeared as herself in video game documentary series Unlocked: The World of Games Revealed (2015) with Sean Astin.

She has been a guest on Geoff Keighley's Live at E3 from 2015 through 2018, and appeared as panel moderator at the 2017 E3 Coliseum for God of War: Behind the Curtain where she interviewed the team from God of War.

Morrow then served as stage host for ESPN's Heroes of the Dorm at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles in 2015, which aired live on ESPN2, marking the first-ever esport to be broadcast on a major American television network.

ESPN sports journalist Colin Cowherd made defamatory remarks regarding competitive video games, causing controversy in sports and gaming.

In 2015, Morrow competed as a gamer for the first time at the Heroes of the Storm launch event, Mayhem Begins.

In 2015, during Blizzard Entertainment's 25th anniversary, Morrow returned to host BlizzCon on November 6 and 7 which appeared on DirectTV with co-host Alex Albrecht, musical act Linkin Park, and master of ceremonies Wil Wheaton.

In 2016, Morrow joined Bleacher Report's daily esports news show, Estream, with co-host Malik Forté.

Filming took place at the CNN building in Los Angeles where Morrow and Forté reported on all aspects of competitive gaming with pro gamers and professional athletes.

That same year, Morrow served as executive producer and host of Endgame, a weekly video game culture show for Lionsgate in partnership with Comic-Con for subscription service CCHQ, with co-host Khail Anonymous and executive producers Adam Sessler and Neil Mandt.

Later in 2016, Morrow appeared on HLN as a tech expert for MichaeLA hosted by Michaela Pereira, where they demonstrated the Oculus Rift.

In 2016, Morrow again hosted BlizzCon with Albrecht on November 4 and 5 which appeared on DirectTV with musical act "Weird Al" Yankovic and master of ceremonies Thomas Middleditch.

In 2017, Morrow appeared as Ash in the 6-episode comedy series for YouTube Originals, ''Good Game.

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Morrow also appeared as a video game expert for Dr. Drew on Call hosted by Drew Pinsky, and in 2017 appeared as guest star for Geek & Sundry's Tabletop with Wil Wheaton.

In 2017, Morrow and Albrecht returned as co-hosts for BlizzCon on November 3 and 4 which appeared on Blizzard's new All Access Channel with musical guest Muse and comedian Chris Hardwick.

Morrow and Albrecht also served as stage hosts for closing ceremonies where they interviewed Blizzard Entertainment's three original co-founders, Mike Morhaime, Frank Pearce and Allen Adham.

In 2018, Morrow joined the broadcast team at TBS's ELEAGUE as sideline reporter for the four-part tournament miniseries Tekken Team Takedown.

The show aired on TBS every Friday night, from March 16 through April 6.

Later in 2018, Morrow returned to TBS and ELEAGUE as desk host for the ELEAGUE Street Fighter V Invitational 2018 which aired Fridays starting May 25 for six weeks.

In 2018 and 2019, Morrow hosted two seasons of weekly video game clip show Game Over with Bud Light for Amazon and Twitch.

In 2018, Morrow and Albrecht returned as co-hosts for BlizzCon on November 2 and 3 which appeared on the BlizzCon All Access Channel with musical guests Train, Lindsey Stirling, and DJ Kristian Nairn.

Morrow has appeared as guest host for AT&T's esports news show, The 9's Presented by AT&T (2019) with host Christopher "Monte Cristo" Mykles.

In 2019, Morrow returned to host BlizzCon on November 1 and 2 which appeared on the BlizzCon All Access Channel with co-host Malik Forté and musical guests Fitz and the Tantrums, The Glitch Mob, and Haywyre.

In 2020, Morrow launched video game podcast, The Game Diaries, with professional gamer Stephanie "missharvey" Harvey.