Lisle Wilkerson Information

Actor / Interpreter / Podcaster
Los Angeles, CA

Biography:
Lisle grew up in Tokyo, Japan and moved to the US in 2008. She speaks fluent Japanese, and has been hosting radio/tv shows in Japanese/English ever since she was 19 yrs old.

Lisle is best known as the powerhouse behind such kick-ass female video game as Nina Williams, Christie Monteiro and Zafina from the Tekken franchise, Sarah Bryant from Virtua Fighter, quite a few characters from Shenmue II, many of the female voices in CRAZY TAXI 1 & 2, and Christ Monteiro in last year's "Streetfighter vs. Tekken" game.

Lisle was also in the 2003 Academy Award winning Sofia Coppola film "Lost in Translation", and played a principal role in the 2006 award winning indie film "Kamataki".

She is currently based in Los Angeles, and works as a freelance voice over actress, as well as being a local correspondent for the Academy Awards, Emmys, Golden Globes and Grammys for Japan. She also does interpreting for many international companies and big events such as S X SW, SpaceX, Adobe, Google, SONY, Toyota, and more. In February of 2022, Lisle started a podcast "Adventures of a Blonde Geisha", which is about her experience growing up and living/working in Japan.