Ali Hillis

{{short description|American actress (born 1978)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Ali Hillis

| image = Ali Hillis LF2.jpg

| caption = Hillis at the 16th Annual MovieGuide Faith and Values Awards Gala on February 12, 2008

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|12|29|mf=yes}}

| birth_place = Huntington Beach, California, U.S.

| alma_mater = East Carolina University

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1999–present

| spouse = Matt Swartz

| children = 1

| website = {{URL|http://alihillis.com/}}

}}

Ali Hillis (born December 29, 1978){{cite news |last1=Moring |first1=Mark |title=Counting Her Blessings |url=https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/marchweb-only/alihillis.html |access-date=June 16, 2021 |work=Christianity Today |date=March 7, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020081508/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2007/marchweb-only/alihillis.html |archive-date=October 20, 2020|language=en}} is an American actress who has appeared in television and film, and voices a number of characters in video games. She is best known for her video game work as Dr. Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Lightning in the Final Fantasy XIII series, and Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising.

Biography

Hillis was born in Huntington Beach, California on December 29, 1978.{{cite news |last1=Brevet |first1=Brad |title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY: December 29, 2007 |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/523118-happy_birthday_december_29_2007 |access-date=June 16, 2021 |work=ComingSoon.net |date=December 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616174247/https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/523118-happy_birthday_december_29_2007 |archive-date=June 16, 2021}} When she was six months old, Hillis and her family moved to Normal, Illinois and at age 3, to Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin. She moved to Charlotte, North Carolina at age 13{{cite web|url=http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/12641/ali-hillis.htm|title=Perfect People|work=perfectpeople.net | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310054756/http://www.perfectpeople.net/biography/12641/ali-hillis.htm | archive-date=2012-03-10 | url-status=dead}} and performed at The Children's Theater.When God Winks on New Beginnings, SQuire Rushnell, Thomas Nelson Inc. 2009 page 3 She auditioned for Broadway plays in New York City with TV shows of Felicity (2 episodes in 1999), FreakyLinks, Undressed (2000), Naruto, JAG, Boomtown and Less Than Perfect.{{cite web|url=http://www.celebs101.com/biography-2830-Ali+Hillis+Complete+Biography.html|title=Ali Hillis Biography – Ali Hillis Bio}} Her several film roles are All the Wrong Places, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Must Love Dogs, Open Water 2: Adrift, The Ultimate Gift, and The Heartbreak Kid and the Los Angeles play, A Good Soldier. Her video game roles are Lightning in Final Fantasy XIII, its sequels and Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy, Liara T'Soni in the Mass Effect trilogy, Ariel Hanson in StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, Karin in the Naruto series, Palutena in Kid Icarus: Uprising and Isabelle "Izzy" Sinclair in Fuse.

In 2012, she starred in a YouTube web series called Fix Me by ModernMom, in which she plays Sydney Lang, a housewife who tries to fix everything around her.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL47B91724E97E7934|title=Fix Me|author=ModernMom|work=YouTube|access-date=March 13, 2015}}

Personal life

Hillis is married to Matt Swartz.{{Cite web|url=http://www.wireimage.com/celebrity-pictures/Actress-Ali-Hillis-and-husband-Matt-Swartz-arrive-at-the-Walt-Disney/110717721|title = Actress Ali Hillis and husband Matt Swartz arrive at the Walt Disney... | WireImage | 110717721}} The couple have one daughter together.{{cite web|title= Playing Mass Effect Legendary with Shepard and Liara's voice actresses, Jennifer Hale and Ali Hillis|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg1IMIQGV0M&t=699s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/Xg1IMIQGV0M |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|publisher=Washington Post|time=1:25:50|access-date= 12 June 2021}}{{cbignore}}

Filmography

=Voice-over roles=

==Television==

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{{dts|2005|09|27|format=y}}Family Guy Presents Stewie Griffin: The Untold StoryMeg singingResume
{{dts|2011|10|21|format=y}}–12Marvel Anime: X-MenEmma FrostEnglish versionResume
{{dts|2013|01|12|format=y}};
{{dts|2016|07|05|format=y}}–19
Naruto ShippudenKarinEnglish versionResume
{{dts|2013|format=y}}Stitch!TorikoEnglish version{{cite episode|series=Stitch! | series-link=Stitch! | title=Stitch! Best Friends Forever | season=3 | number=20 | time=Closing credits}}
{{dts|2013|12|31|format=y}};
2015–16
Regular ShowTracey, Pam, others 
{{dts|2015|06|26|format=y}}Bear in UnderwearEloise {{cite web|url=http://mtvguide.com/movies/233419-bear-in-underwear|title=Bear in Underwear - Movie & Television Guide|work=Movie & Television Guide|access-date=April 5, 2016}}
{{dts|2019|format=y}}Apple & OnionCinnamon Twist {{cite episode|series=Apple & Onion | series-link=Apple & Onion | title=Appleoni | season=1 | number=31 | time=Closing credits}}
{{dts|2019|format=y}}Boruto: Naruto Next GenerationsKarinEnglish version{{cite tweet |author=Kitsune |user=Kitsunes96 |number=1109668612015558656 |date=March 24, 2019 |title=This episode confirmed who voices. Look like Henry Dittman and @missalihillis are back to voices Kabuto & Karin once again!! https://t.co/2JEfi2vD82 |language=en |access-date=February 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190408170824/https://twitter.com/kitsunes96/status/1109668612015558656 |archive-date=April 8, 2019 |url-status=live}}
2022

|Exception

|Nina

|English version

|{{cite magazine |last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |date=September 13, 2022 |title=Exception: Sci-Fi Horror Anime Readies to Launch with New Trailer, Images |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2022/09/exception-sci-fi-horror-anime-readies-to-launch-with-new-trailer-images/ |magazine=Animation Magazine}}

==Film==

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{{dts|2012|01|31|format=y}}Back to the SeaTeaching Fish
{{dts|2015|11|25|format=y}}Regular Show: The MovieShip Computer, Rigby's Mother

==Video games==

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{{dts|2005|02|15|format=y}}Xenosaga Episode II: Jenseits von Gut und BöseMary Godwin, Shelley Godwin
{{dts|2006|08|26|format=y}}Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach ZarathustraMary Godwin, Shelley Godwin
{{dts|2007|11|20|format=y}}Mass EffectLiara T'Soni
{{dts|2010|01|26|format=y}}–11Mass Effect 2Liara T'SoniResume
{{dts|2010|03|09|format=y}}Final Fantasy XIIILightning
{{dts|2010|03|30|format=y}}Dead or Alive ParadiseRio
{{dts|2010|07|27|format=y}}StarCraft II: Wings of LibertyAriel Hanson
{{dts|2010|08|31|format=y}}Valkyria Chronicles IIAudrey Gassenarl
{{dts|2010|10|19|format=y}}–presentNaruto: Ultimate Ninja seriesKarin
{{dts|2011|03|22|format=y}}Dissidia 012 Final FantasyLightning
{{dts|2011|09|06|format=y}}Resistance 3Glenda, Norma
{{dts|2011|11|15|format=y}}Saints Row: The ThirdPedestrian voices{{cite video game | date=November 15, 2011 | developer =Volition | publisher = THQ | title = Saints Row: The Third | scene=closing credits, 5:45 in, Character Voice Talent }}
{{dts|2012|01|31|format=y}}Final Fantasy XIII-2Lightning
2012

|Resident Evil: Revelations

|Jessica Sherawat

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{{dts|2012|03|06|format=y}}–13Mass Effect 3Liara T'Soni
{{dts|2012|03|20|format=y}}Ninja Gaiden 3Mizuki McCloud
{{dts|2012|03|23|format=y}}Kid Icarus: UprisingPalutena
{{dts|2012|06|26|format=y}}The Amazing Spider-ManFelicia Hardy / Black Cat
{{dts|2013|03|19|format=y}}Gears of War: JudgmentSofia Hendrik{{cite web | url = https://www.microsoft.com/games/mgsgamecatalog/GOWJudgmentCredits.aspx | title = Gears of War: Judgment Credits | work = Microsoft Game Studios | access-date=November 19, 2014 }}
{{dts|2013|05|28|format=y}}FuseIsabelle Sinclair, Female Computer
{{dts|2013|08|20|format=y}}Saints Row IVThe Voices of Virtual Steelport{{cite video game | date=August 20, 2013 | developer =Volition, High Voltage Software | publisher = Deep Silver | title = Saints Row IV | scene=closing credits, 5:25 in, Character Voice Talent }}
{{dts|2013|11|12|format=y}}Ratchet & Clank: Into the NexusTalwyn, Computer, Mrs. Zurkon
{{dts|2014|02|11|format=y}}Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIIILightning
{{dts|2014|04|29|format=y}}The Amazing Spider-Man 2Black Cat/Felicia Hardy
{{dts|2014|11|18|format=y}}Dragon Age: InquisitionLace Harding, Valta{{cite video game | title = Dragon Age: Inquisition | scene=Closing credits, 2:40 in, Additional Voices | developer = BioWare | publisher = Electronic Arts | platform = PC }}
{{dts|2015|03|17|format=y}}Final Fantasy Type-0 HDEmina
{{dts|2016|04|12|format=y}}Ratchet & ClankComputer, Starlene, Mrs. Zurkon
{{dts|2016|10|25|format=y}}World of Final FantasyLightning
{{dts|2017|03|21|format=y}}Mass Effect: AndromedaLiara T'Soni{{cite video game | scene=Closing credits, 5:22 in Additional Voices | title = Mass Effect: Andromeda | developer = BioWare | year = 2017 }}
{{dts|2017|07|24|format=y}}Mobius Final FantasyLightning{{cite AV media |date=September 16, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=in812gE1pBk |title=Final Fantasy Mobius Boss Lightning |publisher=BuffMaister |via=YouTube |access-date=February 18, 2022}}
{{dts|2018|01|30|format=y}}Dissidia Final Fantasy NTLightning
{{dts|2021|05|14|format=y}}Mass Effect Legendary EditionLiara T'Soni
{{dts|2021|05|24|format=y}}Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD RemasterOld Woman, Lady of the Fount
{{dts|2021|06|11|format=y}}Ratchet & Clank: Rift ApartMrs Zurkon, Ms. Fungal
{{dts|2023|05|23|format=y}}Star Trek: ResurgenceBedrosian
{{dts|2024|10|10|format=y}}ArknightsAscalon{{Cite web|title=Ascalon EN Voice Lines {{!}} Arknights| website=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3yvVuJAEpk|access-date=2024-10-10}}
{{dts|2024|10|31|format=y}}Dragon Age: The VeilguardLace Harding{{Cite web |title=The Voices of the Veilguard |url=https://www.ea.com/games/dragon-age/dragon-age-the-veilguard/news/voices-of-the-veilguard |publisher=Electronic Arts |access-date=August 26, 2024}}
{{dts|2025|06|17|format=y}}Date Everything!Maggie

=Live-action roles=

==Television==

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{{dts|1999|04|20|format=y}}FelicityChloe2 episodesResume
{{dts|2000|02|14|format=y}}UndressedKim3 episodesResume
{{dts|2000|format=y}}MK3 FOX pilotResume
{{dts|2000|10|06|format=y}}FreakyLinksCrystalEpisode: "Subject: Fearsum"Resume
{{dts|2001|02|19|format=y}}Baywatch HawaiiIvy LathamEpisode: "A Good Man in a Storm"Resume
{{dts|2001|12|06|format=y}}Inside SchwartzLaineEpisode: "Roommates"Resume
{{dts|2002|10|13|format=y}}BoomtownMelanie StoneEpisode: "The Squeeze"Resume
{{dts|2002|11|05|format=y}}Less Than PerfectTiffanyEpisode: "The Pole"Resume
{{dts|2004|05|14|format=y}}JessicaHollyTV pilot with Jessica Simpson{{cite web | url=http://thefutoncritic.com/devwatch.aspx?sort=network&series=&network=&daycode=2&statuscode=&genre=&studio= | title=Devwatch | work=The Futon Critic | access-date=June 15, 2015 | type= Search for entry Jessica under "J" }}{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
{{dts|2004|10|15|format=y}}JAGRachel HannaEpisode: "Retrial"Resume
{{dts|2005|format=y}}Life on a StickJennyEpisode: "Things People Stand For"Resume
{{dts|2007|06|25|format=y}}HeartlandHeather HartogEpisode: "I Make Myself Into Something New"Resume
{{dts|2007|09|03|format=y}}My BoysRachelEpisode: "The Estates of Hoffman"Resume
{{dts|2008|02|11|format=y}}The New Adventures of Old ChristineDeniseEpisode: "Beauty is Only Spanx Deep"Resume
{{dts|2010|04|09|format=y}}Miami MedicalHeidi PeltonEpisode: "88 Seconds"Resume
{{dts|2011|03|31|format=y}}CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationOlivia FowlerEpisode: "Hitting for the Cycle"Resume
{{dts|2011|06|14|format=y}}Memphis BeatStacy EklerEpisode: "At the River"Resume
{{dts|2012|07|09|format=y}}Fix MeSydney LangWeb series for ModernMom.comFacebook{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=166704570040525&story_fbid=425639064147073|title=Well, I got cast in this cute web series, and i think it turned out pretty well! Check out the first short webisodes of FIX ME on ModernMom.com! I'm not a mom, yet, but i can be one on the net! smile emoticon |work=Facebook | last=Hillis|first=Ali|date=July 9, 2012|access-date=March 13, 2015}}
{{dts|2015|03|23|format=y}}CastleMegan BrooksEpisode: "At Close Range"Resume
{{dts|2015|11|05|format=y}}BonesLynette O'MalleyEpisode: "The Senator in the Street Sweeper"Resume
{{dts|2017|05|2|format=y}}RebelVivian ReevesEpisode: "Partners"Resume
{{dts|2017|04|23|format=y}}NCIS: Los AngelesVA AdministratorEpisode: "Battle Scars"
{{dts|2018|05|15|format=y}}NCISAntonia MorelloEpisode: "Fallout"
{{dts|2018|09|24|format=y}}9-1-1Jen2 episodes
2019Grey's AnatomyLori Carter4 episodes
2022-2023Chicago MedVickie Evans2 episodes
 Being Dunbar FOX pilotResume

==Film==

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{{dts|2000|format=y}}All the Wrong PlacesMarisa BaronResume
{{dts|2002|format=y}}The Month of AugustAugustResume
{{dts|2005|11|18|format=y}}Kiss Kiss Bang BangMarleah{{cite web | url=http://whatculture.com/tv/10-voice-actors-you-probably-didnt-notice-in-live-action-roles.php/7 | title=10 Voice Actors You Probably Didn't Notice In Live Action Roles – Page 7 of 11 – 5. Ali Hillis – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang | work=WhatCulture | date=August 24, 2014 | last=McCabe | first=Ian}}
{{dts|2005|07|25|format=y}}Must Love DogsChristineResume
{{dts|2005|09|15|format=y}}American GunGunshop PatronResume
{{dts|2006|08|10|format=y}}Open Water 2: AdriftLaurenResume
{{dts|2006|format=y}}The Ultimate GiftAlexia DrummondResume
{{dts|2007|10|05|format=y}}The Heartbreak KidJodi the BrideResume
{{dts|2008|10|03|format=y}}Beverly Hills ChihuahuaAngelaYouTube{{cite AV media |date=February 5, 2017 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcjJyjlr9a8 |title=Ali Hillis in BEVERLY HILLS CHIHUAHUA |publisher=Ali Hillis |via=YouTube |access-date=February 18, 2022}}
{{dts|2013|09|06|format=y}}The Ultimate LifeAlexia DrummondResume
{{dts|2014|format=y}}The Road WithinMonicaResume
{{dts|2015|format=y}}The Ultimate LegacyAlexia DrummondResume

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{{dts|2009|02|03|format=y}}Space BuddiesAstro Spalding{{Cite web|url=https://www.moviefone.com/movie/space-buddies/36998/credits/|title=Space Buddies (2009) - Cast and Crew}}
{{dts|2012|11|20|format=y}}Santa Paws 2: The Santa PupsAgnes BrightResume{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.com/event/disney-cheryl-ladd-and-ali-landry-host-santa-paws-2-the-santa-pups-holiday-party-155297586|title = Disney Cheryl Ladd and Ali Landry Host Santa Paws 2 the Santa Pups Holiday Party Photos and Premium High Res Pictures - Getty Images}}

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.alihillis.com/biography.html |title=ALI HILLIS - Biography |work=alihillis.com |access-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412120950/http://alihillis.com/biography.html |archive-date=April 12, 2017 |url-status=dead }}, also {{cite web |url=http://alihillis.com/bio.html |title=Ali Hillis – Bio |first=Ali |last=Hillis |work=Alihillis.com |access-date=March 13, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208144425/http://alihillis.com/bio.html |archive-date=February 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}

{{cite web

| url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Ali-Hillis/

| title=Ali Hillis (visual voices guide)

| work=Behind The Voice Actors

| access-date=July 9, 2017

| type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}

{{cite web|url=http://alihillis.com/resume.html|title=Ali Hillis – Resume|first=Ali|last=Hillis|work=Alihillis.com|access-date=March 13, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311184531/http://alihillis.com/resume.html|archive-date=March 11, 2015|url-status=dead}}

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