The character of Ellie won year-end awards for The Last of Us and Left Behind, including Best New Character from Hardcore Gamer [101] and Most Valuable Character at the SXSW Gaming Awards for Left Behind; [102] she received a nomination for Best Character from Destructoid. [103] Ashley Johnson's performance also received various accolades: Performer at the 10th and 11th British Academy Video Games Awards, [70] [104] Outstanding Character Performance the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, [105] Best Voice Actress at the Spike VGX 2013, [106] and Best Performer from The Daily Telegraph. [107] For her role in The Last of Us Part II, Johnson was named co-winner of Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama at the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Awards. [108] She was also nominated for Best Performance at The Game Awards 2020 and from IGN, [109] [110] and Performer in a Leading Role at the 17th British Academy Games Awards; [111] she lost all three awards to Laura Bailey, who played Abby. [109] [110] [112] Ellie was nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Character at the 24th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards. [113] Johnson is currently nominated for Best Voice Performance at the 19th Game Audio Network Guild Awards. [114]

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Ramsey received news of their casting during production on a different project. They said the show feels "like the biggest thing [they have] ever done" [44] and was immediately comforted Pascal would perform alongside them for the entire experience. [45] Ramsey was aware of the game before their audition, [46] but was encouraged not to play it to avoid replicating the original performance, instead watching some gameplay on YouTube to "get a sense of it"; [47] they still had not played it after filming the series. [48] Ramsey wanted their performance to be reminiscent of the games without copying them. [49] Ramsey, who is English, learned an American accent for the role, [50] and had to cut off over 15 inches of hair. [46] They wore a chest binder for 90 percent of production for better focus on set. [51] Character [ edit ]

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