Game news Billie Eilish’s mother is very well-known among gamers without them knowing it: she played this character in a very famous video game
Published on 09/15/2024 at 8:20 p.m.
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You know superstar Billie Eilish, but you might not know it, but you know her mother even better.
Billie Eilish’s mother, video game star?
Everyone here knows Oscar-winning star Billie Eilish, but you may be more familiar with her mother, without even knowing it. Yes, the Eilish family has a very close connection to the world of video games, which many did not suspect. The singer’s mother, known as Maggie Baird, is an actress, voice actress, musician and screenwriter. She is first known for her roles in films such as Life Inside Out (in which she plays opposite her son Finneas, also a musician), but she has also voiced characters in cult games such as Saints Row and Mass Effect, to name a few.
It was Guild Wars 2 composer Maclaine Diemer who tweeted the news a few years earlier: “Look, I really like Billie Eilish and I’m not afraid to admit it,” he wrote. “But will I admit that I like her even more now that I found out her mother is the voice of Samara the vigilante in Mass Effect 2 and 3? Maybe…“
A busy career
In Mass Effect 2 and 3, Samara is a potential squadmate with whom the player can choose to begin a romantic relationship. She later lent her voice to a Stilwater resident in Saints Row, and then to various characters in Saints Row 2. Baird’s first role in a video game was in 1999, in BattleZone II: Combat Commander. She also lent her voice to EverQuest 2, Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption and her last video game appearance was Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. She also plays Amni Rhyza in Rogue Squadron.
It may be this career that encouraged Billie Eilish to try her hand at some video games: Her song “ilomilo” is named after a platform video game. It should be remembered that the artist also invited herself onto the Fortnite Battle Royale stage a few months earlier.
