Hedy Burress

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Hedy Burress (born Heather Burress, October 3, 1973 in Edwardsville, Illinois) is an American actress. She attended Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois, before relocating to Los Angeles, California, in 1995. She has acted in many television programs and motion pictures since 1996. She also co-starred in the short-lived NBC sitcom Boston Common. Burress is known by video game players as the English voice actor of Yuna in the PlayStation 2 games Final Fantasy X and Final Fantasy X-2 (more recently, Kingdom Hearts II as well).

Burress auditioned for the role of Dorothy Wheeler in the motion picture Valentine, but the role went to Jessica Capshaw. However, director Jamie Blanks still wanted Burress to star in the motion picture. During a meeting, they looked each other in the eye and both said, "Ruthie", resulting in Burress playing the part of Ruthie Walker.

1 Filmography
2 Voice acting roles
3 Trivia
4 External link

[edit] Filmography

Seduced By Madness (1996) - Brook Borchardt
If These Walls Could Talk (1996) - Linda Barrows
Foxfire (1996) - Madeline "Maddy" Wirtz
Any Mother's Son (1997) - Kathy
Los Años Bárbaros (1998) - Kathy
Swing Vote (1999)
Getting Personal (1999) - Melissa Parks
Tick Tock (2000) - Anne
Looking for Bobby D (2000) - Belinda
Cabin by the Lake (2000) - Mallory McCall
Valentine (2001) - Ruthie Walker
Bug (2002) - Roy
Death by Committee (2004) - Cindy
Open House (2004) - Gloria Hobbs
Silver Lake (2004) - Julie Patterson

[edit] Voice acting roles

Final Fantasy X (2001) - Yuna, Anima (Human form)
The Animatrix (2003) - Cis (segment "Program"), Yoko (segment "Beyond")
Final Fantasy X-2 (2003) - Yuna
Kingdom Hearts II (2006) - Yuna

[edit] Trivia

Often mistakenly said to be named after actor Hedy Lamarr
In the film Los Años Bárbaros, Burress appears completely nude. The film takes place during the 1960s, so director Fernando Colomo had faux pubic hair attached around Burress' actual pubic hair in order to make her crotch seem unkept. Colomo did this because he believed very few women trimmed their pubic hair in the 1960s.