Iris

Iris is a guest who is staying in Room 216 ("Success"). Her conflict is centered around the disappearance of her older half-sister Grace Woodward, and her own inner feelings of inadequacy.

Background
Iris was born in 1952. Her last name is never mentioned throughout the game, although in some websites she is identified as "Iris Maxwell". She has a half-sister named Grace who is four years older than her, and a mother whom she described as "beautiful but weak", always needing a man by her side. It is possible that she doesn't know who her biological father is, and she doesn't know who Grace's father is either.

Her childhood was spent in a car, traveling from one place to the other with her sister and mother. Her mother's boyfriends would usually take the little money the family had and then leave, forcing them to move frequently. She was practically raised by her sister, who she is very fond of as a result.

Iris's life took a turn for the worse when her mother died in a plane crash in Las Vegas in 1960. Her mother's boyfriend at the time collected the payment from the airline gave the girls for himself and separated them, putting them in different orphanages. Iris would end up being adopted, but never felt any connection to her adoptive parents and ran away at age 15. She spent her adolescence working as a waitress in Santa Monica and taking small roles in tv series and modeling gigs.

Around her time as a waitress she encountered Grace again by chance. She recognized her right away, but it took Grace some time. They talked about their current situations, with Grace telling her she had gone to college, was working at a gallery and was engaged to a doctor (Kevin Woodward). They promised to meet again soon, but Iris ran away in shame for her sister's success in life in contrast to her own situation.

She spent the next years furthering her career as a model and actress going by the name "Cecilly Lee". It was through her pictures in a magazine that Grace found her again years later and they were reunited once more, although now the tables had turned. Iris had a promising future and Grace looked desperate and sad. She explained that her family needed money desperately and asked Iris for it, but she refused, since it was an enormous amount and Grace wouldn't tell her the reason why she needed it. After that, Grace broke down in tears, apologizing to Iris for asking her such an impossible favor and reassuring her that she would get the money elsewhere. She told her all that really wanted was to see her again, and then left running. Iris tried to follow but lost her.

Six months before the events on Hotel Dusk, Grace sent her a letter and a tape, telling her to bring the tape to the hotel in the exact date the game takes place on and to give it to "the man who paints angels"(later revealed to be Dunning Smith/Osterzone).

Personality
Iris is first presented as snob and obnoxious, instructing Dunning Smith to keep the rooms in front and to the side of her own empty, and treating both Kyle and Louis as if they were below her status. While Louis doesn't mind and is instantly smitten with her, Kyle can't stand her and nicknames her "princess". She also refers to the hotel as a dump multiple times.

As the game progresses, her attitude towards Kyle changes, confiding in him that she was distraught after Melissa threw her doll at her (which Kyle thinks it's an exaggerated reaction) and even inviting him to drink with her at the bar, which he refuses to do.

After the tape her sister gave her goes missing (the reason she came to the hotel on the first place), she asks Kyle for help, but then immediately changes her mind and throws him out of her room. It is only after Kyle finds the tape and confronts her about the content that she explains how she has had a troubled upbringing and is determined to be a success in life, but she is really insecure, using her snobbishness as a façade. She is nicer afterwards, although we will only see her one more time before leaving the hotel in Chapter 10 (she will be on the roof).

In the end she will reveal to Kevin that she is his wife's half-sister and explain to him the circumstances of their childhood and how family is the most important thing to Grace, reassuring him (and herself) that she will come back home someday.

Appearance
Iris is a tall, thin and voluptuous woman with blonde shoulder-length hair and sunglasses. She wears white jeans and a pink turtleneck sweater.

She appears in the front page of one of the items Kyle has to collect, the magazine, wearing a red bikini.

Trivia

 * Iris will accept the lipstick from the vending machine (only available in a starred game) if offered. She will turn down any other gifts.