In the Resident Evil film franchise, Milla Jovovich plays the amnesiac heroine named Alice. Alice is the central original character of the live-action film series and does not appear as a main protagonist in Capcom’s original video-game storyline.
The first film, Resident Evil, introduces Alice at a mansion above the underground Hive laboratory. She gradually discovers that the Umbrella Corporation has been conducting dangerous biological research beneath Raccoon City. Her lost memories and combat abilities become important parts of the early story.
Alice develops from a guarded survivor into an exceptionally capable fighter across the sequels. The films give her enhanced abilities connected to the T-virus and Umbrella’s experiments, making her different from game characters such as Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, and Ada Wong.
The character was created for the films by writer-director Paul W. S. Anderson, who also married Jovovich. Because the movies borrow settings, creatures, and names from the games, viewers sometimes assume Alice is a game character. She was created specifically for the live-action adaptation.