Elissa Knight

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.[4]

Elissa Knight
Born (1975-04-15) April 15, 1975
Santa Cruz, California[1][2]
NationalityUnited States
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz[3]
OccupationVoice actress
Years active2006–present
Notable work
WALL-E
External image
Knight at the event for WALL·E in 2008

Biography

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

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
2006Cars (video game)Tia
2008WALL-EEVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator)
2009Cars Race-O-RamaTia
2010Toy Story 3: The Video GameLil

References
  1. "ELISSA KNIGHT". behindthevoiceactors.com.
  2. "filmibeat.com". filmibeat.com.
  3. "https://www.linkedin.com/in/elissabknight". linkedin.com. External link in |title= (help)
  4. "Elissa Knight". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  5. "Elissa Knight profile". hollywood.com. Retrieved 2008-07-05.
  6. Sherlock, Ben (17 February 2020). "Eva!: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WALL-E". screenrant.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
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