Jamil Giovanni Higley (née Mullen) is an American actress and television host who was the base for Alyx Vance's face, body, and animations.[1]
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After graduating from Columbia University, with a degree in cultural anthropology, Jamil decided on a career in television as a means of educating people about diversity. Since then she has had small parts in movies such as 25th Hour, Highway, as well as in the 2004 television series Espionage.[2]
She is perhaps better known for her regular appearances as the host of the NYCTV programs Cool In Your Code and Paradetown USA.[2]
As a model with Ford Model Management she has also appeared in a number of television commercials and fashion ad campaigns.[2] In 2002, she was featured in an advertisement campaign by the investor Harrisdirect as a character named "Elsie Lee", who sparked a small buzz over the Internet at that time.[3][4]
Higley spent several days in a motion capture studio recording running, jumping, and combat animations, which were used as the starting point for Alyx's animation library.[1]
Higley also performed the motion capture animations of another video game character, Cate Archer, for The Operative: No One Lives Forever.[5]
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Companies | Gearbox Software • Junction Point Studios • Valve Corporation |
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Production staff | Artists • Character models • Composers • Voice actors • Writers • Other |
Software | Achievements • Compilations • Demos • Games (Half-Life • Multiplayer • Non-canon • Portal • Third-party) • Game Engines • HL HD Pack • Mods |
Other Media | ApertureScience.com • Books (Lab Rat • Raising the Bar) • Fan content (Films • Games • Mods • Series) • Films • Merchandise • Preliminary Findings • Soundtracks (Songs • Composers) • The Final Hours (Half-Life • Half-Life 2 • Half-Life: Alyx • Portal 2) |
Cut content | Prospero • Half-Life Alpha • Half-Life 2 Beta • Half-Life 2: Episode Three • Half-Life 2: Episode Four |
Misc. | Canon • Development (Commentary • Half-Life 2 • Portal • Next Half-Life game) • Mr. Valve • Retcons |