Elissa Knight

Elissa Knight
Born (1975-04-15) April 15, 1975 (age 49)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz[3]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active1998–present
Notable workWALL-E
External image
image icon Knight at the event for WALL·E in 2008

Elissa Knight (born April 15, 1975) is an American employee at Pixar and voice actress. As a voice actress, her first major role was in the 2006 film Cars as one of the twins known as Tia and as Eve in WALL-E in 2008.

Biography

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Knight was born in Santa Cruz, California. As a Pixar employee, she worked on numerous films, including Cars, Ratatouille,[4] 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, 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).[5]

Knight continued to do voice acting in WALL-E. 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 stated that she had never read the script for WALL-E and made few preparations. Her recorded dialogue was originally meant to be a placeholder while the casting department looked for an actress that would voice the part, but the producers liked her performance enough to use it in the finished film.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Cars Tia Also served as assistant
2008 WALL-E EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) First major role[7]
BURN-E Short film
Uncredited
2009 Tracy Ellen Canzini (Junior)
2013 Monsters University Additional Voices
2014 Party Central Short
2015 Inside Out

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2008–11 Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales Tia 7 Episodes

Video games

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Year Title Role Notes
2006 Cars Tia
2008 WALL-E EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator)
2009 Cars Race-O-Rama Tia
2010 Toy Story 3: The Video Game Lil
2023 Disney Dreamlight Valley EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) A Rift in Time expansion
Disney Speedstorm Uncredited; archive audio; character added in a 2024 update

References

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  1. ^ "ELISSA KNIGHT". behindthevoiceactors.com.
  2. ^ "filmibeat.com". filmibeat.com.
  3. ^ "elissabknight". linkedin.com.
  4. ^ "Elissa Knight profile". hollywood.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. ^ Murphy, Jackson (February 7, 2022). "INTERVIEW: "Turning Red" Duo Preview Pixar's 25th Feature – Animation Scoop". www.animationscoop.com. Retrieved 2024-08-24.
  6. ^ Sherlock, Ben (17 February 2020). "Eva!: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WALL-E". screenrant.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ "I was the voice of EVE in WALL•E. My favorite part of working on this film was being able to play around in the recording studio with Ben Burtt. If you don't know who he is, look it up – he is a legend!". twitter.com.
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