--- name: "Elissa Knight" canonical: "https://film.one/person/elissa-knight" fi1m_id: "elissa-knight" imdb_id: "nm2264184" tmdb_id: 72754 wikidata_id: "Q3723336" roles: ["Actor"] born: "15 April 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-10-01T22:32:50.277603+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Elissa Knight ## Identity Elissa Knight - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elissa-knight - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** elissa-knight - **IMDb ID:** nm2264184 - **TMDB ID:** 72754 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3723336 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_Knight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3723336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72754 Actor. Born 15 April 1975 in Santa Cruz, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 15 April 1975, Santa Cruz, California, USA - **Active:** 2008–2015 - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 92 (1), 2010s 80 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 79 across 3 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 1 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Animation 3, Family 3, Comedy 2, Adventure 1, Drama 1, Fantasy 1 - **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $2,122m across 3 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elissa_Knight, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3723336, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2264184/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/72754 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*WALL·E*](https://film.one/film/walle.md) (92) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Elissa Knight > Elissa Knight’s EVE is a fine piece of restrained voice acting: cautious, eager and moving without ceasing to sound like a machine. Her strongest claim on our attention is a performance built from small sounds. In *WALL·E* (2008), EVE and her companion seem to be working out how much they can say to each other with the sounds available to them. Elissa Knight voices EVE opposite Ben Burtt’s WALL·E, and small variations carry eagerness, caution and the effort of being understood. We were moved by their courtship because those exchanges make that effort matter. Neither voice loses its mechanical quality. Knight gives us enough to hear a feeling without having someone explain it afterwards. Knight’s first credited voice role was Tia in *Cars* (2006). Her work at Pixar included administrative support and scratch recordings, and the recordings she made as placeholders for EVE were retained for the finished film. It is a modest route to a substantial part, but there is nothing makeshift about the result. A character with so few words needs each vocal change to be clear without being overemphasised. In EVE, we can hear both the feeling and the effort to communicate it. Director Andrew Stanton and fellow screenwriter Jim Reardon deserve credit for giving Knight and Burtt a courtship that can carry the story when almost nobody is speaking. The film’s patience makes those small vocal variations worth listening for, and the relationship gives it a clear purpose. Knight’s contribution works because the film allows us time to notice it. The later action is less distinctive, and we miss the concentration on two machines trying to make themselves understood. Subsequent credits include additional voices in *Monsters University* (2013) and *Inside Out* (2015). She also returned to Tia in *Cars Toons* and related shorts through the 2010s. These smaller assignments offer less on which to base a judgement of her acting, so we would not pretend that EVE tells us everything Knight can do. Start with *WALL·E*, and give its quiet exchanges as much attention as its larger commotion. ## Biography Elissa Knight is an American voice actress and employee at Pixar Animation Studios. She began working at the studio as an assistant and provided scratch tracks for several films. Her first credited voice role was as Tia in *Cars* (2006). She voiced EVE in *WALL·E* (2008), a performance originally recorded as a placeholder that was retained after electronic manipulation. Knight has also contributed additional voices to *Inside Out* (2015), *Monsters University* (2013) and other Pixar productions. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, behindthevoiceactors.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) - *Inside Out* (2015), Fi1m 87, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md) - *Monsters University* (2013), Fi1m 72, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md) - *WALL·E* (2008), Fi1m 92, as EVE (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md) ## Complete filmography (18) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Inside Out* (2015), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md) - *Monsters University* (2013), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/monsters-university.md) - *Hiccups* (2013), as Additional Voice Talent (voice) - *Air Mater* (2011), as Tia (voice) - *Mater Private Eye* (2010), as Tia (voice) - *Moon Mater* (2010), as Tia (voice) - *Heavy Metal Mater* (2010), as Tia (voice) - *Monster Truck Mater* (2010), as Tia (voice) - *Unidentified Flying Mater* (2009), as Tia (voice) - *Tokyo Mater* (2008), as Tia (voice) - *WALL·E's Treasures & Trinkets* (2008), as EVE (voice) - *BURN·E* (2008), as EVE (voice) (uncredited) - *Cars Toon Mater's Tall Tales* (2008), as Tia / Additional Voices (voice) - *El Materdor* (2008), as Tia (voice) - *Mater the Greater* (2008), as Tia (voice) - *Rescue Squad Mater* (2008), as Tia (voice) - *WALL·E* (2008), as EVE (voice) — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/walle.md) - *Cars* (2006), as Tia (voice) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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