Game News Billie Eilish’s mother is very well known to gamers without them knowing it: she played this character from a very famous video game
You know superstar Billie Eilish, but without knowing it, you may know her mother even better.
The mother of Billie Eilish, video game star?
Everyone here knows Oscar winner Billie Eilish, but you may know her mother better without even knowing it. Yes, the Eilish family has a very close connection to the world of video games, something many did not suspect. The singer’s mother, known as Maggie Baird, is an actress, voice actress, musician and screenwriter. She is best known for her roles in films such as “Life Inside Out” (in which she plays alongside her son Finneas, also a musician), She also voiced characters in the cult games Saints Row and Mass Effect, to name a few.
It was Guild Wars 2 composer Maclaine Diemer who tweeted the information a few years earlier: “Look, I really like Billie Eilish and I’m not afraid to admit it,” he wrote. “But do I have to admit that I love him even more now that I found out his mother was the voice of Samara, the vigilante in Mass Effect 2 and 3? Maybe…
A busy career
In the Mass Effect 2 and 3 games, Samara is a potential teammate with whom the player can begin a romantic relationship. She subsequently lent her voice to a resident of Stilwater in Saints Row and then to various characters in Saints Row 2. Baird’s first role in a video game was in 1999’s BattleZone II: Combat Commander. She also lent her voice to EverQuest 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption, and her most recent appearance in a video game was in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. She also plays Amni Rhyza in Rogue Squadron.
Perhaps it was this career that encouraged Billie Eilish to try her hand at some video games: her song “ilomilo” is named after a platform video game. We remind you that a few months earlier the artist also performed on the Fortnite Battle Royale stage.
