Jane Elizabeth Perry is a 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], and Alyssa Ashcroft in the 2026 survival-horror Resident Evil Requiem.
Jane Perry | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | Studio 58 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1995–present |
Personal life
editPerry 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 where she gained a Diploma in Theatre Acting.
Professional life
editPerry 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
editAnime
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Ronin Warriors | Kayura | Show |
| 1996 | Galaxy Express 999 | Shadow | Film, Ocean Studios dub |
| 1997 | Adieu Galaxy Express 999 | Mimay, Kei Yuki | Film |
| 1997 | Grey: Digital Target | Nova | Film[3] |
| 1996 | Dragon Ball Z | Mrs Brief | Show |
| 1998 | Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge | Mei-Ling | Show[3] |
Video games
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit | Cars description narrator | |
| 2011 | Kinect Disneyland Adventures | Voice | |
| Crysis 2 | Tara Strickland | ||
| 2012 | 007 Legends | Holly Goodhead | [3] |
| 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 | [3] | |
| 2014 | Alien: Isolation | Diane Verlaine | [3] |
| 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 | [3] |
| Quantum Break | Voice | ||
| Steep | Monte Rosa | [3] | |
| 2017 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands | Karen Bowman | |
| Mass Effect: Andromeda | Additional voices | ||
| 2018 | Lego The Incredibles | Jayne Johnson | |
| Hitman 2 | Diana Burnwood | [3] | |
| 2019 | Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint | Karen Bowman | DLC "Operation: Motherland" |
| 2020 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Rogue Amendiares | [3] |
| Control | Additional voices | DLC: "AWE" | |
| 2021 | Hitman 3 | Diana Burnwood | [3] |
| Returnal | Selene Vassos | ||
| 2022 | As Dusk Falls | Sharon Holt | |
| 2023 | Baldur's Gate 3 | Mystra | [3] |
| RoboCop: Rogue City | Gloria Lindberg | ||
| DreamWorks All-Star Kart Racing | Tigress | [3] | |
| 2025 | Dead Take | Lia Cain | [4] |
| Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2 | Lou Graham | ||
| 2026 | Resident Evil Requiem | Alyssa Ashcroft | [3] |
| Saros | Sheridan Bouchard | [5] | |
| 2027 | Clutch † | Emery Whitman | [6] |
Films
edit| 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
edit| 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
edit- ↑ "2022 BAFTA Games Awards Winners". March 3, 2022. Archived from the original on April 3, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2022.
- ↑ "Jane Perry, Spotlight".
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Jane Perry (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved February 27, 2026.
- ↑ Luke, Cole (August 1, 2025). "Dead Take cast: Full list of actors and where you know them from". Radio Times. Retrieved September 24, 2025.
- ↑ Haveri, Mikael (December 17, 2025). "Saros: How Housemarque devs are bringing the sci-fi characters to life". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved December 17, 2025.
- ↑ Scullion, Chris (June 5, 2026). "Clutch, the debut title from ex-Forza Horizon devs' studio Maverick Games, gets its first full trailer". Video Games Chronicle. 1981 Media.
External links
edit- Jane Perry at IMDb
