Elissa Knight

Elissa Knight
Born (1975-04-15) April 15, 1975
Nationality United States
Occupation Voice actress
Notable work WALL-E

Elissa Knight is an American employee at Pixar and voice actress. As a voice actress, her first major role was in the 2008 film WALL-E as a robot named EVE.[1]

Biography

The Santa Cruz, California-born 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 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 29th century. 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.

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006CarsTiaAlso served as assistant
2008WALL-EEVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator)First major role
BURN-EShort film
Uncredited
2009TracyEllen Canzini (Junior)
2013Monsters UniversityAdditional Voices
2014Party CentralShort
2015Inside Out

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008–11Cars Toons: Mater's Tall TalesTia7 Episodes

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008WALL-EEVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator)
2009Cars Race-O-RamaTia
2010Toy Story 3: The Video GameLil

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elissa Knight". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  2. ↑ "Elissa Knight profile". hollywood.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
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