{{short description|American actress (born 1975)}} {{notability|Biography|date=March 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Elissa Knight | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|4|15}} | birth_place = Santa Cruz, California<ref>{{cite web |title=ELISSA KNIGHT |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Elissa-Knight/ |website=behindthevoiceactors.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=filmibeat.com |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/celebs/elissa-knight.html |website=filmibeat.com}}</ref> | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (DEATH date then BIRTH date) --> | death_place = | alma_mater = University of California, Santa Cruz<ref>{{cite web |title=elissabknight |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/elissabknight |website=linkedin.com}}</ref> | other_names = | children = 1 | occupation = Voice actress | years_active = 1998–present | known_for = | notable_works = WALL-E }} {{external media|image1=[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264184/mediaviewer/rm1046910720 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== <!--This biography section has claims cited from http://www.livevideo.com/video/HollywoodLive/33A80BF2A05D42B7A4C764690258317E/robot-flick-wall-e-premieres.aspx and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gUpHuvryNA but these may not be legitimate sources.--> Knight was born on April 15, 1975 in Santa Cruz, California. As a Pixar employee, she worked on numerous films, including ''Cars'', ''Ratatouille'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Elissa Knight profile|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Elissa_Knight/3504957|accessdate=2008-07-05|work=hollywood.com}}</ref> 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).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Jackson |date=February 7, 2022 |title=INTERVIEW: “Turning Red” Duo Preview Pixar's 25th Feature – Animation Scoop |url=https://www.animationscoop.com/interview-turning-red-duo-preview-pixars-25th-feature/ |access-date=2024-08-24 |website=www.animationscoop.com}}</ref>
Knight continued to do voice acting in ''WALL-E''. In ''WALL-E'', she plays EVE ('''E'''xtraterrestrial '''V'''egetation '''E'''valuator), 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sherlock |first1=Ben |title=Eva!: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About WALL-E |url=https://screenrant.com/wall-e-pixar-disney-unknown-trivia/ |website=screenrant.com |accessdate=15 September 2020 |date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
==Personal life== Knight has one daughter.<ref>{{cite web |title=A huge CONGRATULATIONS to my recent middle school graduate and a shout out to everyone who worked on Inside Out 2. What a week! |url=https://www.facebook.com/elissa.knight.75/posts/pfbid0xFfGrdq3Y4CJagSaL4BR7LxPhSnWCugQ8he8d2UKu8uc6AEhpcnmi753V2k6yxjzl |website=facebook.com}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2006 ||''Cars'' || Tia || Also served as assistant |- | rowspan=2|2008 ||''WALL-E'' || rowspan=2|EVE (Extraterrestrial Vegetation Evaluator) || First major role<ref>{{cite web |title=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! |url=https://twitter.com/pixar/status/1241031678686105600?lang=en |website=twitter.com}}</ref> |- |''BURN-E'' || Short film<br />Uncredited |- |2009||''Tracy''||Ellen Canzini (Junior)|| |- |2013||''Monsters University''||rowspan=3|Additional Voices|| |- |2014||''Party Central''||Short |- |2015||''Inside Out''||female mind assistant |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable" ! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes |- | 2008–11 || ''Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales'' || Tia ||7 Episodes |}
===Video games=== {| class="wikitable" ! 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 |- | 2024 ||''Disney Speedstorm''|| EVE || Uncredited; archive audio; character added in a 2024 update |}
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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=2264184|name=Elissa Knight}}
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