Stefanie Joosten (/ˈjoÊŠstÉ™n/; Dutch: [ˈjoË stÉ™(n)]; born 5 August
1988) 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 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. Claiming to have been obsessed with the otaku culture
since she was young, Joosten decided to study Japanese language and
culture at Leiden University. In 2009, she went to Kyoto for a year as
part of an exchange program. It was after this experience that she
decided she would move to Tokyo after earning her degree back in the
Netherlands.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, 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, 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.Joosten also sang the song "Quiet's Theme" from the game's
original soundtrack.
1988) 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 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. Claiming to have been obsessed with the otaku culture
since she was young, Joosten decided to study Japanese language and
culture at Leiden University. In 2009, she went to Kyoto for a year as
part of an exchange program. It was after this experience that she
decided she would move to Tokyo after earning her degree back in the
Netherlands.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, 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, 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.Joosten also sang the song "Quiet's Theme" from the game's
original soundtrack.
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