I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
I did my first professional VO at the age of thirteen and have spent much of my life since then as a performer, on stage, behind the microphone - and both in front of and behind the camera as a television continuity announcer and as a documentary programme producer for ITV.
Alongside this, my tonsils have been hired to voice commercials, audiobooks, animations, business films, corporate and sponsorship items, stings, promos, idents, telephony systems, video games, welcome messages, audio description and over fifty broadcast television documentaries.
I am an Equity member (British Actors' Equity - the UK Actors' Union).
RECENTLY BOOKED PROJECTS
Audiobooks
‘Falling Into Bed With a Duke’ by Lorraine Heath – Romantic Fiction - October 2015
‘Love Hunt 2 – The Love Game’ by Ruby Allure – Chicklit - October 2015
'Love Hunt 1 – The Dating Game' by Ruby Allure – Chicklit – September 2015
'To Be a Woman: The life of Jill Craigie' Political / Historical Biography by Carl Rollyson – July 2015
'Money Farm' by Ruby Allure - Contemporary Fiction - July 2015
'The Paris Lawyer' by Sylvie Granotier - Psychological Thriller – April 2015
'Scandalous Gentlemen of St James’. A 3 Part Romantic Fiction Series by Lorraine Heath, Book 1 'When the Duke Was Wicked' Book 2 ‘Once More My Darling Rogue' Book 3 - The Duke and The Lady in Red'
‘A Regency Charade' by Elizabeth Mansfield - Romantic Fiction - March 2015
'When I was Otherwise' by Stephen Benatar - Character based fiction - February 2015
'Spero' by Ursula Westmacott - Non-fiction / Memoir - January 2015
'Bosnian Chronicle' by Ivo Andrić - Historical fiction - December 2014
'The Lodger' by Louisa Treger - Biographical fiction - October 2014
'Sanditon' by Jane Austen & Juliette Shapiro - Classic fiction - May 2014
'The Obsidian Tower' by Freda Warrington - Fantasy fiction; 'The Jewelfire Trilogy' Book 3 - April 2014
'The Sapphire Throne' by Freda Warrington - Fantasy fiction: 'The Jewelfire Trilogy' Book 2 - March 2014
'The Amber Citadel' by Freda Warrington - Fantasy fiction; 'The Jewelfire Trilogy' Book 1 - March 2014
'A Gentleman Till Midnight' by Alison deLaine - Romantic fiction - Published 2014
'The Books of Blood Volume 4' - 'Down Satan' by Clive Barker - Horror fiction - Published 2013
'The Marriage Wager' by Jane Ashford - Romantic fiction - Published 2013
'Visionary Mountains' by Jesse Craignou - Short stories - Published 2013
'Keeping me Company' by Jesse Craignou - Short stories - Published 2013
Oxford Fertility Unit’ – e-learning film narration – for Oxyfire Productions
‘AGE UK’ Keep Warm Keep Well Animations – Multiple Character voices for Nutmeg Productions
‘Balfour Beatty’ presentation for Broadmoor Hospital – Corporate for Magic Pictures Ltd
Citroën’ online commercial – for Lilou Voice Productions (Paris)
‘Glenhill Torrent’ – Corporate Film VO – for Libra Media
‘Thomas Cook Tours’ – e-learning film narration – for Cine Learning Productions US
‘Hansons Estate Agents’ – Corporate Film VO – for Wisteria Films
PHS Services - Animation VO for Matinee Multilingual
AGE UK Animation - Character voices for Nutmeg Productions
Taken Care Of - Audiobook autobiography read for Pitstop Productions
Bath - non fiction Audiobook narration for Pitstop Productions
The Queens and the Hive - Audiobook narration for Pitstop Productions
The Rochdale Pioneers - Audio Description for Matinee Multilingual
In the Garden of Temptation - Audiobook narration
Matinee Multilingual - Presentation video narration for Balfour Beatty
Peak Time Productions - Marketing Video Narrator
Server Centre - Various on hold & Telephony prompts
Magic Pictures - Marketing campaign
The Kilgoris Project - Short Film Narration
Fantasy Video Game - Stainless Games
Volunteer Reading Help - Business Film
The Shropshire Triangle - Short Independent Film
IVR system - The Health Store
IVR system - Server Centre
Baby Hospital - Series Narrator ITV
LANGUAGES
British English (RP)
Member of British Actors' Equity
Member of APA
Professional Member of WoVO
VOICE DESCRIPTION
British English accent - Accurate, warm, compelling, credible. flexible and mature. My voice is particularly suited to documentary and factual content, business and training material, e-learning and EASL projects. I also provide voices for audiobooks, animations and video games and have a wide range of character voices and British regional accents. A voice of experience!
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
A good range of British regional accents.
Character voices from elderly to dramatic.
My voice is very flexible and as a trained actor with fourteen years experience 'treading the boards' in theatres across the UK, I am able to voice in a wide number of styles and for all genres.
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Senior Female, Middle Age Female
Union Affiliation
Non-affiliated
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
Sony Soundforge 11
Audio Technica 4400 mic
Focusrite Forte Interface
Izotope RX5 Advanced
Izotope Alloy 2
Izotope Nectar 2
Dedicated isolated recording booth, treated with 75mm Pro Studio acoustic audio foam
Comments
Hey, Helen.
Just heard your narration for the Kilgoris project. An important highlight of humanitarian effort, shot beautifully, and it's endearment was deepened by your exceptional delivery.
Thanks for doing such a great job that keeps the standard of quality in the VO community high, to continue to both challenge us and ensure we all give our clients the best we can do.
Cheers,
Daniel Pierce
Hi there, Helen!
I am delighted to be among the first to welcome you to VoiceOver Universe! You have joined a great community filled with talented and very generous people. You'll love it here!
I'd also like to invite you to join my VU Group, Positive Thinkers UNITE. It's a great place to get positive reinforcement and encouragement. We welcome all forward thinking voice actors to join. We hope you will count yourself among us!
And check out the other groups as well by rolling over FORUM at the top of the page and selecting GROUPS from the drop down menu. There are so many GREAT ones!
Also, be sure to check out VOICE 2012 – the one and only convention especially for voice actors! We’ll be holding our 4th event at the Disneyland Hotel and Resort!
I wish you the best of luck in your VO career. If I can be of any help, please let me know.
Warmly,
Penny
The VoiceActing Academy
www.voiceacting.com