Elissa Knight
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| Elissa Knight | |
| Born | April 15, 1975 [1] Santa Cruz, California, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Pixar employee, voice actress |
| Years active | 2006 — present |
Elissa Knight is an employee at Pixar Animation Studios. As a voice actress, her most recent, and first major, role was in the 2008 film WALL-E as a robot named EVE.[1]
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[edit] Biography
Knight has been working as an assistant at Pixar for its recent films, including Cars, Ratatouille[2], and WALL-E. Knight voices animated characters as necessary, occasionally recording scratch tracks for use until a big-name actor can record their dialogue.
She had her first voice role in the 2006 film Cars as Tia,[1] one of two identical twin Mazda Miata "sisters" who become fans of several of the race cars (The other is played by Lindsey Collins; both actors work at Pixar as assistants).
Knight continued to do voice acting in Pixar's latest film, WALL-E.[1] In WALL-E, she plays EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator), a futuristic robot who descends to Earth in search of any life, specifically plants, that still exist in the 2800s. Knight claims that she had never read the script for WALL-E and made few preparations. Sound engineer Ben Burtt modified her recorded voice and director Andrew Stanton decided to keep her voice with the result.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Cars | Tia | Served as assistant |
| 2007 | Ratatouille | Woman in restaurant[citation needed] | Other - Pixar Productions |
| 2008 | WALL-E | EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) | First major role |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Elissa Knight on IMDB". http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264184/. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
- ^ "Elissa Knight hollywood.com". http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Elissa_Knight/3504957. Retrieved on 2008-07-05.
