In Real Life

When GLaDOS Asks You To Marry Someone, You Say Yes

Gary Hudston commissioned three spectacular custom-built Portal 2 levels complete with fresh dialogue from the voice of GLaDOS, Ellen Mclain, just to ask his girlfriend to marry him. After watching the glorious spectacle unfold, I’m ready to marry the guy.


August 3, 2011
News

The Voice Of GlaDOS Is Back For More Portal Work

The very talented Ellen McLain, a singer by trade but best-known to you lot for her voice-acting work in Valve games, is apparently returning this week to her most famous role: that of bitchy artificial intelligence GlaDOS from the Portal series.


May 11, 2011
In Real Life

Portal’s GLaDOS And Chell Laugh It Up In Real Life

The voice of evil supercomputer GLaDOS, Ellen McLain, and the face of test subject Chell, Alesia Glidewell, appear to get along just fine in real life – unlike their Portal counterparts – in this photo by Heather “makani” Campbell.


November 2, 2007
Uncategorized

Did You Know The Voice Of Portal Is A Classically Trained Operatic Soprano?

Well she is! Ellen McLain, who voices Portal’s GLaDOS (and also HL2′s Overwatch), isn’t just a smooth talker. She’s a smooth (well…boisterous) singer as well, being classically trained as an operatic soprano with a stellar performing record to boot. So when she was offered the chance to quit talking and sing the unbelievably-awesome “Still Alive” for Portal’s credits sequence, she jumped at the chance. Fascinating! You can read more fascinating Portal stuff over at Rock, Paper, Shotgun, who after their brilliant Old Man Murray piece from the other day have followed it up with a top-shelf interview with Narbacular Drop (and now Valve devs) Kim Swift and Jeep Barrett. Go on, read it, it won’t hurt you. Portal’s Kim Swift and Jeep Barrett [Rock, Paper, Shotgun]