Jane Perry (actress)

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Jane Perry
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Years active1979–present

Jane Elizabeth Perry is a British-Canadian actress. She is best known for her work as Diana Burnwood in the Hitman series, a role she has played in every game since 2016's Hitman . She also played protagonist Selene in 2021's Returnal , for which she won the BAFTA Award for Performer in a Leading Role at the 18th British Academy Games Awards. [1]

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Personal life

Perry is of Irish and English descent. Her grandfather Frederic Perry was a cousin of scriptwriter Jimmy Perry. She is currently based in London, UK. She attended the University of Victoria, BC where she studied Theatre and Theatre Arts Management, and Studio 58 Vancouver where she gained a Diploma in Theatre Acting.

Professional life

Perry is a classically trained actress who has worked on stage in both the UK and Canada, in TV series and films. She has also worked as a motion capture artist and as a voice actor. As a voice over artist she is best known for her work in computer games Hitman, Wildlands, Alien: Isolation, Squadron 42 and Dreamfall Chapters. [2]

Her TV credits include: Ransom for CBS, A Royal Winter for Hallmark, The Assets, The Reckoning for ITV, Spooks for BBC, Superstorm for BBC, The X-Files and Millennium for Fox. Her theatre credits include Strange Interlude at the National Theatre, Generous at the Finborough Playhouse, Twelfth Night at the Finborough Theatre, and five years as a lead actress at The Shaw Festival in Ontario, Canada.

Filmography

Anime

YearTitleRoleNotes
1979 Galaxy Express 999 ShadowFilm
1981 Adieu Galaxy Express 999 Mimay, Kei YukiFilm
1995 Ronin Warriors KayuraShow
1996 Dragon Ball Z Mrs BriefShow

Video games

YearTitleRoleNotes
1998 Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge Mei Ling / Lin Lin
2010 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Cars description narrator
2011 Kinect Disneyland Adventures Voice
Crysis 2 Tara Strickland
2012 007 Legends Holly Goodhead
Need for Speed: Most Wanted Dispatch voice
Forza Horizon Anna
Hitman Absolution In-game tutorial and mission narrator
2013 Crysis 3 Tara Strickland
Need for Speed: Rivals Dispatch
2014 Alien: Isolation Diane Verlaine
Forza Horizon 2 Anna
Dreamfall Chapters Sister Alessandra / Helena Chang
2015 Grey Goo M.U.M, additional voices
Dirty Bomb Nader
Soma Maggie Komorebi / Nadine Masters / Andrea Suther
2016 Hitman Diana Burnwood
Quantum Break Voice
Steep Monte Rosa
2017 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands Karen Bowman
Mass Effect: Andromeda Additional voices
2018 Lego The Incredibles Jayne Johnson
Hitman 2 Diana Burnwood
2019 Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint Karen BowmanDLC "Operation: Motherland"
2020 Cyberpunk 2077 Rogue Amendiares
Control Additional voicesDLC: "AWE"
2021 Hitman 3 Diana Burnwood
Returnal Selene Vassos
2022 As Dusk Falls Sharon Holt
2023 Baldur's Gate 3 Mystra
RoboCop: Rogue City Gloria Lindberg
DreamWorks All-Star Kart RacingTigress

Films

YearTitleRoleNotes
2005The ScoreDr. Lynne Magnusson
2007 In the Spider's Web GeraldineTV movie
2008 How to Lose Friends and Alienate People Mrs Harding
2011 Foster June
2013 World War Z UN delegate
2015AshesRebecca Soter
2016 Genius Johns Hopkins hospital nurse
A Hologram for the King Ruby
The Autopsy of Jane Doe Lieutenant Wade
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Female customer
2017 Borg McEnroe Kay McEnroe
The BeyondGillian
Phantom Thread Mrs Vaughan

TV films

YearTitleRoleNotes
1997 Perfect Body Mrs Darrington
Indefensible: The Truth About Edward Brannigan Dr. Jan Royce
1999 Fatal Error ATM Teller
Our Guys: Outrage at Glen Ridge Lisa Marie Peterson
2017A Royal WinterJanice

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References

  1. "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022.
  2. "Jane Perry, Spotlight".