Stefanie Joosten

Stefanie Joosten Model -

Born August 5, 1988 in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands

Height 5' 5¾" (1.67 m)

Mini Bio (1) Born and raised in the Netherlands, Stefanie Joosten moved to Japan as a student in Japanese studies. She found a modeling agency that hires western models. She is a fan of anime and video games who unknowingly got to audition for the new "Metal Gear", Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015) and would be cast as the voice and motion capture of Quiet. In addition, the character is modeled after Joosten's likeness.

- IMDb Mini Biography By: Preston Michael Simpson

Trivia (2) 1. Although her native Language is Dutch, Joosten speaks fluent Japanese and advanced English. 2. She was once invited to audition for a video game. However, as the project was handled very secretively, she didn't know for which game. When she saw game director Hideo Kojima, it gave her a hint for what she was auditioning for. Next to her was a crate with prop guns, and she was asked to pick one and pretend to infiltrate an army base. Joosten, being familiar with video games, immediately caught on. It later turned out that she was auditioning for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (2015), where she would play the character Quiet.

Stefanie Joosten (/ˈjoʊstən/; Dutch: [ˈjoːstə(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.

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. 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.

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, 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.