Jill Valentine (ジル・バレンタイン, Jiru Barentain?) is a player character in the Resident Evil horror franchise by Capcom. The character, widely regarded as one of the most attractive women in video games, gained great popularity and was met with generally very favorable critical reception, also sparking some video game memes.
Jill made her debut appearance in 1996 as one of the protagonists of the original Resident Evil game, in which she is a member of the U.S. special police force STARS and trapped in a mysterious mansion. During the later events of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil: Revelations, Jill escapes from a city overrun by zombies and becomes a founding member and field operative of the fictional, UN-funded paramilitary group BSAA.
The film series' version of Jill, portrayed by Sienna Guillory, was introduced as a protagonist in Resident Evil: Apocalypse, made a brief appearance in Resident Evil: Afterlife and is the main antagonist in Resident Evil: Retribution.
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