The game was a long project, but a worthwhile one. I mean, it was such a dream job I wish they were open to sequels, but they’re not.” “I worked with Sean and Jake on The Walking Dead, and working with Rich was so easy, it was like a dream to have the reaction that people did when it came out. “I knew Firewatch was going to be special just because of the team involved,” Jones says. Delilah is never shown on screen, so Jones’ performance is a core reason why it all works so well. Their relationship is romantic, tragic, and filled with a chemistry that games just hadn’t explored at the time of its release. Now living in a creaky tower, his only source of company turns out to be Delilah, a dry, sarcastic woman who communicates with him using nothing but a walkie-talkie. So in an act of reasonable cowardice, he escapes to Shoshone National Forest to become a park ranger. He can’t be there for her, meaning one of the only relationships he holds dear is beginning to fall apart. Henry is a man whose life has fallen apart as his wife develops the early symptoms of dementia. “I think if you watch the replay of that show it doesn’t show my reaction because I screamed ‘Holy Shit!’ at the top of my lungs, because I was not expecting it.”įirewatch is a first-person narrative adventure that follows the wayward souls of Henry and Delilah. That received so much praise, it was all over the news and people knew who I was all of a sudden.” Jones’ performance as Delilah in Firewatch saw her win a BAFTA, something that proved hugely overwhelming at such an early point in her career. “The next role that really solidified that I was where I wanted to be was Firewatch. My first audition was for Katya in The Walking Dead and I didn’t realise how big that would become,” Jones explains. Obviously, breaking into the field as video games and animation were proving more diverse and popular than ever was tough, but Jones’ distinct delivery brought her a lot of fortune. Yet it turned out okay, and I've been able to look back without any regrets.” I was 31 when I made the jump, which is a scary time to make a huge change in your life because you’ve followed the path of what you’re supposed to be doing. But I was so desperately unhappy that I didn't think I could live a life doing what I was doing and be fulfilled. I had a real good salary, sweet, sweet golden handcuffs, a 401(k), stock options, and all of that. But happiness should come before financial security, and she took this passionate mindset and ran with it. Such a mammoth career move came with a lot of risks, with Jones turning 30 before she’d even landed her first acting gig. Related: Ricky Cometa On The Art, Design, And Impact On The Owl House She mentioned a voice acting school in the San Francisco Bay Area so I called that day, started taking classes, and two years later I was signed with an agent and moved to Los Angeles to make a go of it.” About two weeks after talking with my husband about The Simpsons, I was listening to the radio in the morning and Nancy Cartwright, the voice of Bart Simpson, was talking about how amazing voice acting is. “I worked for a venture capital firm, I worked for several startups, and I always just felt like a square peg in a round hole. “I have a degree in Business and Spanish, and I spent the first ten years after graduating working in Silicon Valley,” she explains. I just thought you had to be in Hollywood,” voice actor Cissy Jones tells me about the origins of her career, something that spawned from recognising her own unhappiness and striving for something that would give her life meaning. “I was talking to my husband about dream jobs and said ‘I’ve always wanted to be a voice on The Simpsons, wouldn’t that be so much fun?’ but I had no idea there was a thing called voiceover.