Ashley Graham (Resident Evil)

Ashley Graham
Resident Evil character
Ashley Graham in Resident Evil 4 (2023)
First appearance	Resident Evil 4 (2005)
Designed by	Yasuhisa Kawamura
Voiced by	English Carolyn Lawrence (Resident Evil 4)[1] Genevieve Buechner (Resident Evil 4 remake)[1] Japanese Akari Kitō (Resident Evil 4 remake)[2]
Motion capture	Genevieve Buechner (Resident Evil 4 remake)[3]

Ashley Graham^[a] is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror video game series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was introduced in the 2005 video game Resident Evil 4, in which she is presented as the daughter of the sitting President of the United States. She is briefly held captive by the Spanish cult Los Iluminados as a means of gaining influence over the United States President before being rescued by the game's protagonist, Leon S. Kennedy.

Ashley was originally designed by game designer Yasuhisa Kawamura as an important player character in the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her role was changed into that of companion character who is defenseless following a major structural change in the development team which led to the cancellation of the original version of Resident Evil 4. Her characterization has received a largely negative reception from video game publications, with many questioning her relevance as a stereotypical damsel in distress or usefulness as a sidekick character. In the 2023 remake, she was more positively received after being redesigned to have a more pleasant experience escorting her.

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