Lisa Foiles

Lisa Renee Foiles Cloninger (born September 29, 1986) is an American actress, presenter, video game journalist, model and author, who first came to prominence as a cast member of the Nickelodeon series ''All That''.

Career

Foiles was one of the new cast members introduced as part of the 2002 revival of ''All That'', a Nickelodeon-produced alternative to ''Saturday Night Live''. She appeared on the program for four seasons, until its eventual cancellation in 2005. During this period, she made several appearances on numerous other television series, most notably ''Even Stevens''. In 2003, she guest-starred in "If Boys Were Girls", an episode of the fourth season of '' Malcolm in the Middle'', where she portrayed Mallory, a female version of the titular character (portrayed by Frankie Muniz). Foiles subsequently took a break from acting to complete "college writing courses", with a focus on graphic design and video games.

In 2009, Foiles began writing articles on gaming website '' Kotaku''. She later credited her love of video games with "absolutely hangingmy life", and said many of the acting roles she subsequently received were a direct result of her involvement with the gaming industry. She returned to acting in 2010, portraying 'Trina' in an episode of the American television series ''Leverage''. That same year, she began a career in video game journalism, appearing several times on '' The Angry Joe Show''. She was also the production and graphic designer of several books released by Hungry Girl, two of which entered ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. During this time she also began working with the indie video game company Soma Games as a writer for their new games. In 2011, she appeared in the Disney Digital Network 6-episode miniseries ''The Street Fighter'', and in the game-themed movie ''Your Friends Close'', which was eventually released in 2013. She provided a voice in the Xbox Live Arcade game '' Ms. Splosion Man'' (2011).

The following year saw Foiles appear in the '' Adventures of the League of STEAM'' episode "Tall Tails", as well as an episode of SMBC Theater, and in the Cracked.com skit "If Movie Hackers Were More Like IT Guys". She starred in the pilot episode of A. J. Locascio's Spike TV series ''Yesterday Tonight'', a show based on the popular culture of the 1980s and '90s, and appeared as Princess Zelda in The Game Station's live action adaptation of ''The Legend of Zelda'', in the episode "A Fistful of Rupees". Foiles was also a model in the "Girls of Geek" calendar, the proceeds of which were donated to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. She hosted '' The Escapist'' magazine's ''Top 5 with Lisa Foiles'' feature, which was published through MSN TV from 2012 until the publisher's closure in 2014. From 2013, she co-hosted a podcast entitled "4RunnersUp", which acted as a companion piece to ''Top 5''. The podcast ran for 18 episodes. She appeared in IGN's 2013 video parody of Macklemore's "Thrift Shop", and voiced a character in the 2013 video game ''LocoCycle''.

Her presenting career began in 2014, as part of the editorial team for GameSpot's coverage of the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2014, which led to her becoming the host of a regular feature on GameSpot's website, ''Analog''. She began hosting the Ultimate Fighting Championship web series ''UFC Minute'' in the summer of 2014. She provides the voice of 'Jocelyn the Intern' on ScrewAttack's '' The Desk of Death Battle'' web series, which premiered in 2015. She would continue the role 6 years later in ''Death Battle'' and its side series ''DBX'', where she is now a co-host in the latter. In 2016, Foiles reunited with her ''All That'' colleagues for the relaunch of Nickelodeon's programming block The Splat. She has made frequent appearances at the L.A. Comic Con, formerly known as Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo. The 2015 version of the event saw an extensive reunion of the ''All That'' cast. She portrayed Lara Croft in a live action music video for Irish musician Gavin Dunne's 2018 song "Edge of the World". Foiles additionally created the video game website Load Save Point, consisting of game reviews, articles, and videos featuring herself. In 2020, Foiles also became the author of the young adult novel ''Ash Ridley and the Phoenix''.

Personal life

Foiles is married to producer Shawn Cloninger, and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. She gave birth to her first child, a daughter in September 2016, and a son in November 2018.

Filmography

Web

Awards and nominations

* Young Artist Awards

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1986 births
Living people
21st-century American actresses
Actresses from Portland, Oregon
American child actresses
American film actresses
American critics
American podcasters
American women podcasters
American television actresses
American video game actresses
American voice actresses
American writers of young adult literature
American YouTubers
Women video game critics
Women writers of young adult literature