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Lisa Foiles
Born
Lisa Renee Foiles

(1986-09-29) September 29, 1986 (age 38)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, video game journalist
Years active2001–present
SpouseShawn Cloninger
Children1
Websitewww.lisafoiles.com

Lisa Renee Foiles (born September 29, 1986) is an American actress and video game journalist. Foiles appeared on seasons 7–10 of the Nickelodeon series All That wherein she and three other cast members (Chelsea Brummet, Jack DeSena, and Kyle Sullivan) were the only members to last through seasons 7–10.

Career

Foiles was one of the new cast-members of the relaunch cast of All That in season seven. On the show she had many characters such as Claudia, and Kaffy. She was one of the cast-members who stayed on the show from the beginning of the relaunch to the cancellation of the show. For seasons 7-9 of All That, Nickelodeon a segment was broadcast during commercial breaks called "Snick On Air Dare", which was similar to the television series Fear Factor.

Foiles guest-starred in episode "If Boys Were Girls" of Malcolm in the Middle as Mallory, the female version of Malcolm. She appeared on the American television series Leverage as Trina in the episode, "The Double Blind Job". She also starred in the pilot for Yesterday Tonight, a show based around 1980s and /90s pop culture.[1] She has also played in a YouTube mini-drama series The Street Fighter in the role of Camille, appeared in an Adventures of the League of STEAM short "Tall Tails" as a mermaid, has had a guest appearance in SMBC comics and theatre,[2] appeared in IGN's YouTube parody of Macklemore's "Thrift Shop", titled "Macklemore Thrift Shop Game Shop Parody", and played a character in the Cracked.com skit "If Movie Hackers Were More Like IT Guys". Foiles guest starred in the fifth podcast of the Re-Open Nickelodeon Studios Facebook Page and YouTube channel with three administrators from the channel. In 2012 and 2013, Foiles starred in game news informative podcasts broadcast in the popular YouTube channel, The Game Station[3] In April 2013, Lisa was a guest on the Game Station podcast with John Bain (TotalBiscuit), Eric Hraab (Wowcrendor), and Joe Vargas (Angry Joe).

Foiles runs the video game website Save Point, consisting of game reviews, articles, and videos featuring herself. In 2010, she appeared several times on The Angry Joe Show, a video game program hosted by Joe Vargas for That Guy with the Glasses and its sister website Blistered Thumbs. She has also written columns for the video game news website Kotaku. She has also been featured on The Escapist online magazine, where she formerly hosted Top 5 with Lisa Foiles. The show was temporarily on hiatus due to production difficulties,[4] but the series has been restarted in March 2013.[5] In 2013, during the second run of Top 5 with Lisa Foiles, she co-hosted a podcast entitled "4RunnersUp," which acted as a companion piece to Top 5 where Lisa and her friend, Scott, would discuss that week's Top 5 video, and the reason behind Lisa's choices, and talk about what they have been up to that week. The podcast lasted for 18 episodes.[6] As of May 2014, she is featured on the web show Analog on GameSpot. As of late July 2014, Lisa is the host of the web show UFC Minute.[7]

In 2011, Foiles joined forces with Comikaze Expo, planning the first ever All That reunion with Comikaze Expo CEO Regina Carpinelli. Comikaze has officially announced Lisa Foiles as the conventions official "gamer girl" and spokesperson. In 2012, she was a model for the "Girls of Geek" calendar. Proceeds from the sales went to breast cancer research.[8] Also in 2012, she played Zelda/Sheik in the Legend of Zelda mash-up "Fistful of Rupees".[9] Foiles provides the voice of Jocelyn the Intern on ScrewAttack's The Desk of Death Battle webseries, which premiered in 2015.[10]

Personal life

Foiles is married to Shawn Cloninger, a producer, and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She gave birth to her first child, Chloe, on September 13, 2016.[11]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Even Stevens Carla 2 episodes
2002 The Master of Disguise Lisa (deleted scenes)
2003 Malcolm in the Middle Mallory Episode: "If Boys Were Girls"
2005 All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special Various Characters TV Movie
2002–2005 All That Regular Performer 33 episodes
2010 Leverage Trina Episode: "The Double Blind Job"
2011 Ms. Splosion Man Tutorial Voice Video game
2011 The Street Fighter Camille
2012 Shiver Jennifer Direct-to-DVD
2012 The League of S.T.E.A.M. Shelley the Mermaid Episode: "Tall Tails"
2013 Your Friends Close Aileen
2013 LocoCycle I.R.I.S. Video game
2015 Muzzled Princess TV series (announced)
2016 Game Shakers Teacher Episode: "The Very Old Finger"

Web

Year Title Role Notes
2013–present Desk of Death Battle Jocelyn the Intern

References

  1. ^ 80s & 90s Childhood Nostalgia! Watch 'Yesterday Tonight' [Pilot] on YouTube
  2. ^ Valentine's Day - SMBC Theater on YouTube
  3. ^ The Game Station's channel on YouTube
  4. ^ "Imma Be Straight Wit You, Girl: Truth About "Top 5 With Lisa Foiles" « Save Point". Loadsavepoint.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Top 5 with Lisa Foiles Returns - Top 5 with Lisa Foiles Video Gallery - The Escapist". The Escapist. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ "4RunnersUp on Soundcloud". Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  7. ^ Powerlord [@rbemrose] (2 August 2014). "@LisaFoiles So, are you the permanent host of UFC Minute?" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. ^ [1] Archived February 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ FISTFUL OF RUPEES 1 of 3 "The Wisdom" - Zelda / Western Mash-up on YouTube
  10. ^ Lisa Foiles [@LisaFoiles] (8 January 2015). "Have you seen @ScrewAttack's Desk of DEATH BATTLE? Did Batman create blindness?! Watch NOW! :)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  11. ^ Lisa Foiles Pregnancy Announcement
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