General info :
Ellie is a fictional character in Naughty Dog's 2013 video game The Last of Us. She is controlled by the artificial intelligence for most of the game, later becoming playable for a portion. In the game, the character Joel is tasked with escorting Ellie across a post-apocalyptic United States in an attempt to create a potential cure against an infection to which Ellie is immune. Ellie reappeared as the sole playable character in the downloadable content prequel campaign, The Last of Us: Left Behind, in which she spends time with her friend Riley. She was played by Ashley Johnson, who provided the voice and motion capture for the character. Ellie was also the main character in the comic book prequel, The Last of Us: American Dreams.