Ali Hillis

Ali Hillis

Hillis at the 16th Annual MovieGuide Faith and Values Awards Gala, February 12, 2008
Born Alecia Hillis
Huntington Beach, California, U.S.[1]
Status Married[1]
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Alma mater East Carolina University[1]
Occupation Actress, voice actress
Years active 1999–present
Home town Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, U.S.
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Spouse(s) Matt Swartz (m. 2008)
Website alihillis.com

Alecia "Ali" Hillis is an American actress and voice actress who appeared in television and film roles with a voice character in a number of video games. She is widely known for her work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Biography

When she was six months old, Hillis and her family moved to Normal, Illinois and at age 3, to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. She moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at age 13[2] and performed at The Children's Theater.[3] She auditioned for Broadway plays in New York City with TV shows of Felicity (2 episodes in 1999), FreakyLinks, Undressed (2000), Baywatch, JAG, Boomtown and Less Than Perfect.[4] Her several film roles are All the Wrong Places, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Must Love Dogs, Open Water 2: Adrift, The Ultimate Gift, and The Heartbreak Kid[2] and the Los Angeles play, A Good Soldier. Her video game roles are Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII, its sequels and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Ariel Hanson in Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty, Karin in the Naruto series, Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising and Isabelle "Izzy" Sinclair in Fuse.

In 2012, she starred in a YouTube web series called Fix Me by ModernMom, in which she plays Sydney Lang, a housewife who tries to fix everything around her.[5]

Filmography

Feature films

List of live-action acting performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source[6]
2000 All the Wrong Places Marisa Baron    
2002 The Month of August August    
2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Marleah   [7]
2005 Must Love Dogs Christine    
2005 American Gun Gunshop Patron    
2006 Adrift Lauren    
2006 The Ultimate Gift Alexia    
2007 The Heartbreak Kid Jodi the Bride    
2008 Over Her Dead Body Karen    
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Angela    
2009 Space Buddies Astro Spalding    
2012 Nesting Sarah    
2012 Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups Agnes Bright    
2013 The Ultimate Life Alexia Drummond    
2014 The Road Within Monica    
List of voice performances in feature films
Year Title Role Notes Source[6]
2012 Back to the Sea Teaching Fish    

Television

List of live-action acting performances on television and related media
Year Title Role Notes Source[6]
1999 Felicity Chloe Eps: "Docuventary", "Assassins"  
2000 Undressed Kim Eps: "Crossdresser", "Identical Twins", "Handcuffs"  
2000 MK3   FOX pilot [8]
2000 FreakyLinks Crystal Ep: "Subject: Fearsum"  
2001 Baywatch Hawaii Ivy Latham Ep. "A Good Man in a Storm"  
2001 Inside Schwartz Laine Ep. "Roommates"  
2002 Boomtown Melanie Stone Ep. "The Squeeze"  
2002 Less Than Perfect Tiffany Ep. "The Pole"  
2004 Jessica Holly TV pilot with Jessica Simpson [8]
2004 JAG Rachel Hanna Ep. "Retrial"  
2005 Life on a Stick Jenny Ep. "Things People Stand For"  
2007 Heartland Heather Hartog Ep. "I Make Myself Into Something New"  
2007 My Boys Rachel Ep. "The Estates of Hoffman"  
2008 The New Adventures of Old Christine Denise Ep. "Beauty is Only Spanx Deep"  
2010 Miami Medical Heidi Pelton Ep. "88 Seconds"  
2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Olivia Fowler Ep. "Hitting for the Cycle"  
2011 Memphis Beat Stacy Ekler Ep. "At the River"  
2012 Fix Me Sydney Lang Web series for ModernMom.com [9]
2015 Castle Megan Brooks Ep. "At Close Range  
2015 Bones Lynette O'Malley Ep. "The Senator in the Street Sweeper"  
List of voice performances in television and direct-to-video
Year Title Role Notes Source[6]
2005 Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story Additional voices    
2011-12 X-Men Emma Frost English version  
2013 Naruto Shippuden Karin English version
2013 Stitch! Toriko English version [10]
2013;
201516
Regular Show Various characters   [11][12][13][14][15]
2015 Bear in Underwear Eloise   [16]
2015 Regular Show: The Movie Ship Computer, Rigby's Mother Television Film [17]

Video games

List of performances in video games
Year Title Role Notes Source[6]
2005 Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und Böse Mary Godwin, Shelley Godwin   [18]
2006 Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra Mary Godwin, Shelley Godwin   [18]
2007 Mass Effect Liara T'Soni   [18]
2010 Mass Effect 2 Liara T'Soni    
2010 Final Fantasy XIII Lightning [18]
2010 Dead or Alive Paradise Rio   [18]
2010 StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Ariel Hanson   [18]
2010 Valkyria Chronicles II Audrey Gassenarl   [18]
2010present Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series Karin [18]
2011 Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy Lightning   [18]
2011 Saints Row: The Third Pedestrian voices   [19]
2011 Star Wars: The Old Republic Additional voices   [20]
2012 Final Fantasy XIII-2 Lightning   [18]
2012 Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Akane Kurashiki Uncredited[note 1]  
2012 Mass Effect 3 Liara T'Soni   [18]
2012 Ninja Gaiden 3 Mizuki McCloud   [18]
2012 Kid Icarus: Uprising Palutena [18]
2012 The Amazing Spider-Man Felicia Hardy (Black Cat), additional voices   [18]
2012 Adera Jane Sinclaire   [21]
2013 Gears of War: Judgment Sofia Hendrik   [22]
2013 Fuse Isabelle Sinclair, Female Computer   [18]
2013 Marvel Heroes Black Cat    
2013 Shin Megami Tensei IV Burroughs    
2013 Tales of Xillia Presa    
2013 Saints Row IV The Voices of Virtual Steelport   [23]
2013 Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus Talwyn, Computer, Mrs. Zurkon   [18]
2014 Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Lightning [18]
2014 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Black Cat/Felicia Hardy [18]
2014 Dragon Age: Inquisition Scout Harding, Visha   [24]
2015 Final Fantasy Type-0 HD Emina [18]
2015 Lego Jurassic World Additional voices [25]
2015 Mad Max Additional voices [26]
2015 Skylanders: SuperChargers Additional voices [27]
2015 Halo 5: Guardians Additional voices [28]
2016 Ratchet & Clank Computer, Starlene, Mrs. Zurkon [29]
2016 World of Final Fantasy Lightning [18]

Notes

  1. The English voice actors were not listed in the closing credits.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "ALI HILLIS - Biography". alihillis.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016., also Hillis, Ali. "Ali Hillis – Bio". Alihillis.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Perfect People". perfectpeople.net. Archived from the original on 2012-03-10.
  3. When God Winks on New Beginnings, SQuire Rushnell, Thomas Nelson Inc. 2009 page 3
  4. "Ali Hillis Biography – Ali Hillis Bio".
  5. ModernMom. "Fix Me". YouTube. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Hillis, Ali. "Ali Hillis – Resume". Alihillis.com. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  7. McCabe, Ian (August 24, 2014). "10 Voice Actors You Probably Didn't Notice In Live Action Roles – Page 7 of 11 – 5. Ali Hillis – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang". WhatCulture.
  8. 1 2 "Devwatch". The Futon Critic. Retrieved June 15, 2015. Search for entry Jessica under "J".
  9. Hillis, Ali (July 9, 2012). "Well, I got cast in this cute web series, and i think it turned out pretty well! Check out the first short webisodes of FIX ME on ModernMom.com! I'm not a mom, yet, but i can be one on the net! smile emoticon". Facebook. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
  10. "Stitch! Best Friends Forever". Stitch!. Season 3. Episode 20.
  11. "New Year's Kiss". Regular Show. Season 5. Episode 14. December 31, 2013. Cartoon Network.
  12. "Mordecai and Rigby Down Under". Regular Show. Season 6. Episode 13. January 22, 2015. Cartoon Network.
  13. "Married and Broke". Regular Show. Season 6. Episode 14. January 29, 2015. Cartoon Network.
  14. "Happy Birthday Song Contest". Regular Show. Season 6. Episode 17. February 19, 2015. Cartoon Network.
  15. "Gamers Never Say Die". Regular Show. Season 6. Episode 19. March 5, 2015. Cartoon Network.
  16. "Bear in Underwear - Movie & Television Guide". Movie & Television Guide. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  17. Regular Show: The Movie (film). 2015.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Behind The Voice Actors – Ali Hillis". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved March 13, 2015. – check mark indicates BTVA has verified the entries using screenshots of credits and other confirmed sources.
  19. Volition (November 15, 2011). Saints Row: The Third. THQ. Scene: closing credits, 5:45 in, Character Voice Talent.
  20. BioWare (December 20, 2011). Star Wars: The Old Republic. Electronic Arts, LucasArts. Scene: closing credits, 9:50 in, English Cast.
  21. "Adera blends classic and new puzzle adventure elements, featuring Ali Hillis". nerdappropriate.com. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
  22. "Gears of War: Judgment Credits". Microsoft Game Studios. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  23. Volition, High Voltage Software (August 20, 2013). Saints Row IV. Deep Silver. Scene: closing credits, 5:25 in, Character Voice Talent.
  24. BioWare. Dragon Age: Inquisition. PC. Electronic Arts. Scene: Closing credits, 2:40 in, Additional Voices.
  25. Traveller's Tales. Lego Jurassic World. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 6:00 in, Voice Cast.
  26. Avalanche Studios. Mad Max. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Scene: Credits, 5:40 in, Talent.
  27. Vicarious Visions. Skylanders: SuperChargers. Activision. Scene: Closing credits, 7:13 in, Voice Actors.
  28. 343 Industries. Halo 5: Guardians. Scene: Closing credits, 7:01 in Additional Voices.
  29. Insomniac Games. Ratchet & Clank. Scene: Closing credits, 1:42 in, Cast.

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