Stefanie Joosten

Stefanie Joosten (/ˈjoʊstən/;[4] Dutch: [ˈjoːstə(n)]) is a Dutch model, singer and actress living in Japan. She first gained widespread public attention when Japanese developer Konami revealed she would be providing the motion capture, voice and likeness for the character Quiet in the 2015 video game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.

Stefanie Joosten
Born
Roermond, Limburg, The Netherlands[1][2]
NationalityDutch
Alma materUniversity of Leiden[3]
Occupation(s)Model, singer, actress[1]
Years active2011–present[1]
Known forQuiet in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Modeling information
Height167 cm (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Hair colorBrown
Eye colorBlue
Websitestefaniejoosten.com

Early life

Stefanie Joosten was born in Roermond, Limburg, in the southeastern Netherlands. She attended the Bisschoppelijk College Broekhin in Roermond, where she followed a bilingual (Dutch and English) course. After growing up obsessed with otaku culture, Joosten decided to study Japanese language and culture at Leiden University.[3] In 2009, she went to Kyoto for a year as part of an exchange program.[1] It was after this experience that she decided she would move to Tokyo after earning her degree back in the Netherlands.[2]

Career

While in Japan, Joosten came into contact with several modeling agencies that happened to specifically seek Western models. She started doing modeling jobs in 2011. After doing numerous small acting roles and commercials,[2] she got a call from a mystery agent who was looking for models to help with an undisclosed video game. Joosten, who had been into Japanese games since childhood,[2] became suspicious when she recognized one of the people during the auditions. She later found out this was the famous video game developer Hideo Kojima, giving her an idea of what she had auditioned for. She was chosen as both the visual and voice model for Quiet, a central female character in the Metal Gear game Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.[1] Joosten also sang the song "Quiet's Theme" from the game's original soundtrack.

In early 2019, Stefanie joined the cast of Spacelords as Sööma.[5] In 2021 she joined the cast of Wanted: Dead, appeared on the soundtrack for the game and also contributed to the project as the Lead Cinematic Director.[6]

In 2022, Stefanie made a decision to explore a career in music. Her debut album Singing to the Sky helmed by Giorgio Moroder as the executive producer features songs written by Moroder himself, Pete Bellotte and Tom Whitlock, famous for their work Donna Summer, David Bowie, Irene Cara and Janet Jackson. It was the first time in 40 years the Academy Award winning Giorgio Moroder put his name on a record by an emerging artist. Matt Sorum and Kenny Wayne Shepherd made guest appearances on the record as well.[7]

Filmography

Video games
Year Title Role Notes
2015 Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Quiet Voice (English and Japanese), facial capture and motion capture
2016 ICEY ICEY Voice (English and Japanese)[8]
2018 Muse Dash Narrator Voice[9]
2019 Spacelords Sööma Voice (English), facial capture and motion capture[10]
2019 Last Labyrinth Katia Voice[11]
2022 Soulstice Briar, Lute Voice[12]
2023 Wanted: Dead Vivienne Niemantsverdriet Voice, facial capture

Feature films
Year Title Role Notes
2017 Hostage X [13]
Alessandra and the Fitter Alessandra [14]
2019 Transit 17 Snow
TBA Implosion: ZERO_DAY Faye Garron voice[15]

Short films
Year Title Role Notes
2016 Tom's Treasure Hunt Vera short film
2016 The Actor and The Model TV show hostess short film
2019 The Road of Repentance Lenora short film

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Tonari no Seki-kun: The Master of Killing Time Herself - Performer Opening Theme (Dutch version)
2015 The Game Awards Herself - Performer
2015–2016 The StefanDonna Show Herself Web series
2017 Tokyayo Herself Episode: "Faberyayo has a date with the beautiful Stefanie in the geek-mecca"
2023 Vivienne's Last Night Chow Vivienne Niemantsverdriet Web series tied to the "Wanted: Dead" game [16]

References
  1. Interview met Stefanie Joosten - Van student tot MGS5-personage (Dutch), XGN (19 september 2015),
  2. Bolton, Adam (2015-10-20). "Interview with Stefanie Joosten". Japan Today. Archived from the original on 2018-10-02.
  3. Stefanie Joosten talks about playing Quiet in MGSV: The Phantom Pain, Metal Gear Informer (18 April 2015)
  4. "Coming to Dutch Comic Con 2016" on YouTube
  5. McWhertor, Michael (2016-04-15). "Castlevania developer MercurySteam reveals new game Raiders of the Broken Planet". Polygon. Retrieved 2016-04-23.
  6. Coskrey, Jason (2022-10-16). "From Quiet to cinematic director, Stefanie Joosten's career is leveling up". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2022-10-16.
  7. "Singing to the Sky at Discogs". independent. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  8. Stefanie Joosten [@stefanieGMJ] (February 27, 2017). "@ICEYtheGame is now available on steam! I had the honor of doing both the English and Japanese VO's for this game. Enjoy the ride everyone!" (Tweet). Retrieved June 28, 2017 – via Twitter.
  9. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Announcement Trailer for Muse Dash by Stefanie Joosten. YouTube.
  10. "Stefanie Joosten joins Spacelords! | Spacelords". spacelordsthegame.com.
  11. "Last Labyrinth, VR Escape-the-Room game - Last Labyrinth(ラストラビリンス)". lastlabyrinth.jp. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
  12. "Soulstice on Steam". Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  13. Stefanie Joosten [@stefanieGMJ] (May 9, 2017). "Very proud to present the newest teaser trailer for Hostage X. A thriller film with a devious twist. Directed by Paul Ruven" (Tweet). Retrieved June 28, 2017 – via Twitter.
  14. "Alessandra and the Fitter [DVD] | TOKYO NOSTALGIC-Home". tokyonostalgic.com. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  15. ""Faye" High, We're Reaching For The Sky". KickStarter. June 8, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2017.
  16. "Vivienne's Late Night Chow is an integral part of the Wanted: Dead experience". 110 Industries. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
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