Ali Hillis (born December 29, 1978) is an American actress who has appeared in television and film, and voices a number of characters in video games. She may be best known for her video game work as Dr.

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in the ''

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'' trilogy,

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in the '' Final Fantasy XIII'' series, and Palutena in '' Kid Icarus: Uprising.''

Biography

Hillis was born in Huntington Beach, California on December 29, 1978. When she was six months old, Hillis and her family moved to

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and at age 3, to

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States. Its population was 8,210 at the 2020 census. The city's downtown is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the first Main Street Community in Wisconsi ...

. She moved to

Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Located in the Piedmont region, it is the county seat of Mecklenburg County. The population was 874,579 at the 2020 census, making Charlotte the 16th-most populo ...

at age 13 and performed at The Children's Theater. She auditioned for Broadway plays in New York City with TV shows of '' Felicity'' (2 episodes in 1999), ''

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'', ''

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'' (2000), ''

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'', '' JAG'', ''Boomtown'' and ''

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''. Her several film roles are ''All the Wrong Places'', ''

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang'' is a 2005 American neo-noir black comedy mystery thriller film written and directed by Shane Black (in his directorial debut), and starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, Michelle Monaghan, and Corbin Bernsen. The scri ...

'', ''Must Love Dogs'', '' Open Water 2: Adrift'', ''

The Ultimate Gift ''The Ultimate Gift'' is a 2006 American drama film directed by Michael O. Sajbel from a screenplay written by Cheryl McKay, which is based on the best selling novel by Jim Stovall, who cameos in the film. It stars Drew Fuller, Ali Hillis, Bill C ...

'', and '' The Heartbreak Kid'' and the Los Angeles play, ''A Good Soldier''. Her video game roles are

in '' Final Fantasy XIII'', its sequels and ''

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'',

in the ''

'' trilogy, Ariel Hanson in '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty'', Karin in the ''

'' 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.

Personal life

Hillis is married to Matt Swartz. The couple have one daughter together.

Filmography

Voice-over roles

Television

Film

Video games

Live-action roles

Television

Film

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References

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External links

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