Gender
Female
Gender
Female
I WORK IN THE VOICE OVER INDUSTRY AS A(N)
Voice Actor
HERE'S A LITTLE ABOUT ME AND MY VOICE OVER EXPERIENCE
Ever since I started walking at a mere 6 months, I've enjoyed being a performer. Although I had a well-rounded childhood, filled with art, academics and music, (including singing at church and a violin performance at the Kennedy center at age 6) I chose gymnastics as my true passion. As an elite gymnast on track for the Olympics, I traveled coast-to-coast for national competitions. Ultimately my Olympic hopes were shattered at 12 when I tore several ligaments in my knee, ending my gymnastics career. Numb from the loss, I devoted myself to academic pursuits and graduated from the University of VA with degrees in Math and Commerce, but I felt empty. I wanted to find a new outlet for the burning passion I knew existed inside me. An avid reader, my imaginative, empathetic nature makes it a joy to explore new characters and the situations that make them unique, so I auditioned at a community theater. It turned out that my musical upbringing gave me a facility for accents and I landed my first lead in a comedy, as a fish with a Scottish brogue! It was like the world suddenly changed from grayscale to full color and my inner light was re-ignited. I found my joy. My athletic ability opened new doors and I took every performing opportunity available to me; dance of all kinds, acrobatic, aerial, stunt and harness work. I expanded into musicals and professional singing. Then, after seeing me on stage, a local director offered me the lead in a stunt-filled adventure/thriller feature film, complete with horseback riding and fight choreography. I LOVED IT! I've since branched out into Voice Acting and have done a variety of types including, TV, radio, infomercials, commercials, phone messages, audiobooks, training audio and more! It's incredibly invigorating how every performance brings new opportunities to experience life. I’m ecstatic to be doing what I love again.
LANGUAGES
English only
VOICE DESCRIPTION
My voice is described in these ways: Authentic Beautiful Bright bubbly Care Careful Caring Clear Commanding Conversational Cool Crisp Cute Dramatic Emotional Emotions Emphatic Energetic Enthusiastic Excited expressive Flexible Fresh Friend Next Door Friendly Fun Funny Hard Hip honest intelligent Inviting Kid Kind Melodic Melodious Mischief Mischievous Natural Neutral No accent quirky Real Sad Sadness Sarcastic serious Sexy Singsong Soft Soothing Sultry Sweet Sympathetic Sympathy Teen Theatrical trained Unique upbeat Versatile Wanton Warm Young Youthful Authoritative Authority I have a very versatile voice with great inflection and vocal emotion. I can portray a bright excited youthful voice, a warm and deep narration, a clear mature female voice or sexy, breathy and fun. I have a talent for accents as well. I have a professional inflection and neutral American accent naturally. Having no accent allows me to put on other accents more easily. I have authority, sadness and commanding tones as well as ease with technical scripts and fantastic diction.
DIALECTS, Character voices and vocal impressions
English accents: no-accent neutral British Irish Australian Scottish French Italian Russian more! I'm great with characters and voices. I generally do middle-aged and young adult, but can do teen and child voices as well.
VOICES I AM ABLE TO PERFORM
Middle Age Female, Young Adult Female, Teenage Girl, Child Female
Union Affiliation
SAG
AUDIO DELIVERY METHOD
FTP, AIF, MP3, WAV
EQUIPMENT
MXL 24BIT/96KHZ USB Condenser Mic
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Dear Maya,
As you celebrate the creative being that you are, may you revel in the joy of those you cherish and love... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
Cheers,
David
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Best wishes for your continued success!
Penny Abshire

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