Alésia Glidewell

Alésia Toyoko Glidewell (born December 8, 1978^[1]) is an American video game actress, voice actress, model, and director who served as the base for Chell's face and body.^[2]

BiographyEdit

Glidewell also served as the base for the original model of Left 4 Dead's Zoey, but she was replaced by Sonja Kinski when the characters' designs were changed (she is therefore not credited, although a picture of the model can be seen on her website). In the past she performed the motion capture animations of another video game character, Alma Wade, for F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin.^[2] She also has voiced several video game characters in Sly 2: Band of Thieves, Star Fox: Assault and Super Smash Bros. Brawl.^[1]

Glidewell is of Brazilian and Japanese descent (her father is Brazilian American and her mother is Japanese). She speaks fluent Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, is an animal lover^[1] and a science fiction fan.^[1] She is also the owner of a small film production company, Snagbuddy Films.^[2][3] In 2008 she relocated from Seattle to Los Angeles where she currently resides.^[2]

WorksEdit

Video gameEdit

Motion capture actressEdit

• Portal (2007)
• Condemned 2: Bloodshot (2008)
• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)
• Portal 2 (2011)

Voice actressEdit

• Sly 2: Band of Thieves (2004)
• The Matrix Online (2005)
• Star Fox: Assault (2005)
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008)

FilmEdit

ActressEdit

• Commercial (2004)
• Turnaround (2005)
• Gloria Jesus (2010)

DirectorEdit

• First Date (2008)
• Look at Me (2010)

Misc.Edit

• Snow Day, Bloody Snow Day (2005) (second assistant camera)
• Turnaround (2005) (second assistant camera)
• Elliot's Wake (2007) (production designer)
• The Ballad of Mary Jo (2007) (assistant camera)
• Tanner Hall (2009) (thanks)
• Nothing Special (2010) (director assistant; extras casting)
• Storage (2010) (unit production manager)

GalleryEdit

Promotional picture.

Another picture of Glidewell.

Ditto.

Render of Zoey's original model based on Alésia.

Outfit study for Chell in Portal 2, on a picture of Alésia, revealed during the PotatoFoolsDay ARG.

ReferencesEdit

External linksEdit

• Official website
• Snagbuddy Films - official website of her film production company
• Alésia Glidewell on Facebook
• Alésia Glidewell at the Internet Movie Database
• Alésia Glidewell on MobyGames