Jane Perry (actress)

Jane Perry
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1979–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]

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

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1979	Galaxy Express 999	Shadow	Film
1981	Adieu Galaxy Express 999	Mimay, Kei Yuki	Film
1995	Ronin Warriors	Kayura	Show
1996	Dragon Ball Z	Mrs Brief	Show

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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 Bowman	DLC "Operation: Motherland"
2020	Cyberpunk 2077	Rogue Amendiares
	Control	Additional voices	DLC: "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 Racing	Tigress
2025	Dead Take	Lia Cain	[3]

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2005	The Score	Dr. Lynne Magnusson
2007	In the Spider's Web	Geraldine	TV movie
2008	How to Lose Friends and Alienate People	Mrs Harding
2011	Foster	June
2013	World War Z	UN delegate
2015	Ashes	Rebecca 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 Beyond	Gillian
	Phantom Thread	Mrs Vaughan

TV films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
2017	A Royal Winter	Janice

References

1. "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
2. "Jane Perry, Spotlight".
3. Luke, Cole (August 1, 2025). "Dead Take cast: Full list of actors and where you know them from". Radio Times . Retrieved September 24, 2025.

External links

• Jane Perry at IMDb