Last of Us star Ashley Johnson is playing a character in Tales from the Borderlands

TellTale Games has announced that actress Ashley Johnson will be playing a part in future episodes of Tales from the Borderlands.

News of this comes from TellTale’s Laura Perusco, who announced Johnson’s involvement on Twitter. In a separate tweet, TellTale’s Job J Stauffer claimed that Johnson would be playing a “core character” in episode 3.

Ashley Johnson is best known to the video game community for her role as Ellie in The Last of Us. Johnson’s performance in The Last of Us’ Left Behind DLC earned her our Best Female Performance of 2014 award.

For more on Tales from the Borderlands, check out our impressions of episode 2, as well as our hopes for the game’s portrayal of Handsome Jack.

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