Catherine Halsey/Silver
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Doctor Catherine Elizabeth Halsey is a civilian scientist for the UNSC. She is the creator of the Spartan super soldiers, particularly the SPARTAN-II's.[1]
Biography
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Early life and career
Not much is known of Halsey's early life in the Silver timeline, but she had worked on the planet Onyx in her early days as a UNSC scientist. She later entered a romantic relationship with Jacob Keyes, with whom she had a daughter, Miranda, but due to her focus on her work as a UNSC scientist, Halsey's relationships with both Jacob and Miranda soured.
Finding John and the other SPARTAN candidates
Creating Cortana and dealing with a rogue Master Chief
Return to Eridanus II
At conflict with ONI, Chief and everyone
Desperate power grab attempt and escape
In ONI custody
Reunion with the deserter and the Fall of Reach
Coming to terms with John
Reunion with Miranda on Onyx and cracking Forerunner secrets
Infection by the Flood
Personality and traits
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A brilliant but overly ambitious scientist, Catherine Halsey is devoted to the advancement of humanity, but will often use unethical means to achieve it, such as using and killing a live clone of herself to create Cortana, kidnapping and enlisting children against their will into the SPARTAN-II program before wiping their memories and subjecting them to horrific augmentations, and attempting to replace the human consciousness of the SPARTAN-II's with AI to make them "more controllable", as she attempted to do with John-117 and Cortana. This eventually put her at odds with ONI, the UNSC, and even with her SPARTANs when they discovered the truth of their upbringing and her ultimate intentions.
Despite her seemingly cold and unfeeling exterior and tendency to see things through a purely scientific viewpoint, Halsey was not without affection, as she was devastated by Jacob Keyes' death on Reach and still cared deeply about the well-being of her daughter and the SPARTAN-II's.
Production notes
Catherine Halsey in Halo: The Television Series is portrayed by actress Natascha McElhone.[1] McElhone was originally cast to play both Halsey and Cortana, much like Jen Taylor did for Halo 4, Halo 5: Guardians, and Halo Infinite. However, due to scheduling difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, McElhone was unable to complete her work as Cortana, so Jen Taylor was brought onboard the project to reprise her role from the games.[2]
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Promotional image of Halsey for Halo: The Television Series Season One.
Promotional image of Halsey for Halo: The Television Series Season Two
Catherine and Miranda on Onyx.
Halsey watches as the Flood infection spreads.
List of appearances
- Halo: The Television Series Season One
- Contact (First appearance)
- Unbound
- Emergence
- Homecoming
- Reckoning
- Solace
- Allegiance
- Transcendence
- Halo: The Television Series Season Two
Sources
- ^ a b Entertainment Weekly, Halo TV series casts 2 actors to play familiar characters from game (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2022) [archive]
- ^ IGN, Halo TV Series Recasts Cortana With Original Voice Actress (Retrieved on Mar 19, 2022) [archive]
