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* Naoko Mihama from the first ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' game is a former model and actress reduced to B-list status. She ends up going crazy due to the horrifying situation she finds herself in, and, combined with her vanity, she [[spoiler:willingly allows herself to become a shibito in a misguided attempt to stay eternally young and beautiful. Following her transformation, she is first seen as a regular shibito, before eventually mutating into a dog shibito]].

** Jack Hammer in the third case of ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''. It turns out that [[spoiler:he accidentally killed his co-star and Dee Vasquez--whose husband/boyfriend was the co-star in question--covered it up, forcing him to take on villains' roles in children's shows for low pay as revenge]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Cyberpunk 2077}}'': Kerry still has some star power, as one of the Grand Old Men of Chromatic Rock, but at the time of the game he spends most of his time holed up in his house, surrounded by empty bottles, half-eaten takeout and relics from the past, avoiding his family and pining for the GloryDays.

* Flurrie from ''VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor'', although her acting background isn't mentioned much after she joins your party. Although she [[spoiler: returns to the stage in the epilogue]].
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
** Jack Hammer in the third case of the first game. It turns out that [[spoiler:he accidentally killed his co-star and Dee Vasquez--whose husband/boyfriend was the co-star in question--covered it up, forcing him to take on villains' roles in children's shows for low pay as revenge]].
** Wendy Oldbag was also a star in her younger days (or, as she referred to herself, a little twinkle between the stars). Now she's a security guard for the studio.

* Erick "Chowder Man" Helman from ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' is a washed up rock star working for Merchantsoft. While he was famous back in the day, all he does now is write cheesy (but legitimately catchy) jingles for advertisers. However, he does want to make a big comeback with his band KRUNCHER at the Coolfest '99 concert. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, his comeback ends up becoming a failure. He gets into a helicopter accident at the concert, resulting in Helman losing his leg, the death of his drummer and the three fans he was riding with getting injured.]]

* Gloria van Gouton from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', though her decline was a result of [[spoiler:her mother's suicide]] rather than a harsh industry, though that certainly didn't help. She's incredibly bipolar and delusional (performing for a collection of pots with faces drawn on them) until Raz goes into her mind and helps her control her mood swings. Her mother was also this, and it was Gloria's success outshining her own that led to her [[spoiler:jumping off a building]]. When Raz fixes her mental issues, she decides to retire from acting permanently (which she never really wanted to do in the first place, having been pushed into it by her StageMom).

* Erick "Chowder Man" Helman from ''VideoGame/HypnospaceOutlaw'' is a washed up rock star working for Merchantsoft. While he was famous back in the day, all he does now is write cheesy (but legitimately catchy) jingles for advertisers. However, he does want to make a big comeback with his band KRUNCHER at the Coolfest '99 concert. [[spoiler:However, his comeback ends up becoming a failure. He gets into a helicopter accident at the concert, resulting in Helman losing his leg, the death of his drummer and the three fans he was riding with getting injured.]]

* Gloria van Gouton from ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'', though her decline was a result of [[spoiler:her mother's suicide]] rather than a harsh industry, though that certainly didn't help. She's incredibly bipolar and delusional (performing for a collection of pots with faces drawn on them) until Raz goes into her mind and cures her. Her mother was also this, and it was Gloria's success outshining her own that led to her [[spoiler:jumping off a building]]. When Raz fixes her mental issues, she decides to retire from acting permanently (which she never really wanted to do in the first place, having been pushed into it by her StageMom).

* Evelyn Morrison, B-movie actress turned motel owner, from ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad''. She's actually also a bit of a subversion; while most of the usual trappings of the trope is present (thinks she's still famous and iconic, thinks she was a much bigger star than she really was, acts as if a comeback is right around the corner), she's also a successful business owner, which is a popular destination for Bigfoot, implied to be ''because'' of her b-movie status (she claims she's used to dealing with hairy monsters from her film career).
* [[MeaningfulName Gloria Swansong]] from Creator/{{Sierra}}'s ''[[VideoGame/LauraBow The Colonel's Bequest]]''.
* Naoko Mihama from the first ''VideoGame/{{Siren}}'' game is a former model and actress reduced to B-list status. She ends up going crazy due to the horrifying situation she finds herself in, and, combined with her vanity, she [[spoiler:willingly allows herself to become a shibito in a misguided attempt to stay eternally young and beautiful. Following her transformation, she is first seen as a regular shibito, before eventually mutating into a dog shibito]].
* ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''
** Jack Hammer in the third case of the first game. It turns out that [[spoiler:he accidentally killed his co-star and Dee Vasquez--whose husband/boyfriend was the co-star in question--covered it up, forcing him to take on villains' roles in children's shows for low pay as revenge]].
** Wendy Oldbag was also a star in her younger days (or, as she referred to herself, a little twinkle between the stars). Now she's a security guard for the studio.
* One of the Splicers in the ''VideoGame/BioShock'' series is [[MeaningfulName Baby Jane]], who's clearly one of these from her dialogue: "Came here to be a star! Came here to be a star - Not too late, not too late!" (She might ''never'' have been a star, though, having simply opted to fake until she could make it -- and never did.)
** Bonus points for being clones of the original Baby Jane, due to Adam overdose and memory overwrite. 'Shadow of her former self' is an understatement.
* Bibi Swan from ''VideoGame/DeadRising2'', a former Vegas stage starlet who got old and ended up in Vegas knock-off Fortune City. She's now got a literally captive audience (i.e. the zombies ate most of her audience, she went insane and took several random people as hostage to serve as her new audience, which she also considers the zombies to be a part of), and makes Chuck run "errands" for her to set up her show, threatening to blow herself and her audience up if he doesn't humor her. [[spoiler: If you humor her and help her with her show, she ends up jumping into a crowd of zombies, thinking they're her rabid fans, allowing you to either leave her there to be eaten by them or save her after you free her hostages, at which point she finally comes to her senses.]]
* ''VideoGame/HuniePop2'' reveals that this has happened to Jesse Maye. Now that she is approaching her 40s, offers for her in adult movies have reduced drastically and she was forced to quit. She's described as being depressed about it and yearning for some attention through flirting, hoping to be shown that she is still attractive.
* Momoka in ''VideoGame/OmegaQuintet'' is on her way to becoming one, retiring after the [[ATasteOfPower first episode]], her hand being forced not by lack of appeal (though [[MissionControl Ayumi]] claims they had been avoiding close-ups without telling her) - she still gets plenty of fans. It's [[OlderThanTheyLook old age]], which not only gives her trouble in the physical combat against [=MADs=], but it's a small miracle her MagicMusic has continued to function this far beyond the CompetenceZone as it is. She's self-aware of all this, and rather than denying it, she's ''incredibly'' bitter, bullying her replacements, refusing to give them any training whatsoever, and generally acting like a diva despite having no life skills in a CrapsackWorld. [[spoiler:It turns out to be at least partially rooted in self-loathing after she overestimated her abilities as a mentor and nearly got her first pupil killed making her debut too early. She starts to mellow out - eventually - when she's convinced Takt and the Quintet can look after themselves.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/HuniePop HuniePop 2]]'' reveals that this has happened to Jesse Maye. Now that she is approaching her 40s, offers for her in adult movies have reduced drastically and she was forced to quit. She's described as being depressed about it and yearning for some attention through flirting, hoping to be shown that she is still attractive.