A black dress Joanna wears has an image of a dragon from Killer Instinct. Hollis revealed that they "wanted her to be quite normal, not with supermodel looks, perhaps a little androgynous." Joanna is worn different attire throughout the game, a decision to make her "intrinsically fashionable". The name "Joanna Dark" was taken from the French pronunciation of Joan of Arc as "Jeanne d'Arc". Joanna's design was influenced by a number of fictional heroines, including the seductive spy Agent X-27 in the 1930s film Dishonored, FBI agent Dana Scully from The X-Files television series, and the eponymous femme fatale of the film La Femme Nikita, whom Hollis describes as "iconic, heroic, independent, vulnerable and very damaged." Her haircut and facial features were modelled after actress Winona Ryder. According to him, "Having just made a game starring a man it seemed logical to create one around a woman." He also felt that there should be more games with female leads. Hollis explained that the suggestion of having a female lead in a first-person shooter was inspired by Kim Kimberly, the protagonist of the first two games in the Silicon Dreams trilogy by Level 9 Computing, where the player experiences the shock of discovering that they are a woman fairly late in the first game. Joanna Dark was originally devised by Martin Hollis, the director and producer of GoldenEye 007 and Perfect Dark, before he left Rare in 1998. Joanna Dark is among Rare's most well known characters and has been featured in several "top lists" by the gaming media. Her Perfect Dark Zero model was redesigned by manga artist Wil Overton.
Joanna Dark was originally devised by video game designer Martin Hollis, who found inspiration in a number of fictional heroines such as FBI agent Dana Scully from television series The X-Files, and the eponymous femme fatale of the film La Femme Nikita, among others.
Joanna is an operative for the fictional Carrington Institute, where she was given the code name "Perfect Dark" in honor of her flawless performance in training tests. Outside of video games, Joanna appears as the lead character in all the Perfect Dark novels and comic books. She debuted in the Nintendo 64 first-person shooter Perfect Dark and is a player character in all the games of the series.
Joanna Dark is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Perfect Dark video game series. Michele Merkin (Commercials and in-store promotions) Promotional artwork of Joanna Dark for the Nintendo 64 game