Barbara Ann Davison

British (Upper-class, Cockney, Yorkshire, etc.), Scottish, Irish, Middle-European, Russian, French, Slavic, German, Italian. New York (Brooklyn/Bronx, upper East Side Manhattan, Long Island "lockjaw"); Tidewater (Baltimore, Philadelphia); New England (Boston, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont) Southern (New Orleans, Appalachian, Piedmont, Southern aristocracy or dirt poor); Midwestern (Chicago, Minnesota)... I have an especially accurate and quick ear for dialects. If there's one you'd like that's not listed, just ask--I'm sure I can provide it for you.

In-house training, sales presentations: TIAA-CREF (3) On-Camera Promo: VH-1 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ADR/Looping: "We Own the Night," "Don't Mess With the Zohan" Telephone Answering/Voicemail: Integrated Business Systems; Capital Markets, Inc.; Riverside Symphony Narration: Trinity Wall Street (Post 9/11 Film), Fire Islander Fashion Show Voice-overs for: Protecting America's Seniors (AFL-CIO), Cornell College of Human Ecology. Plavix, CVS, Daffy's, 1-800-Flowers, Prevacid, Nexium, Liberty Mutual, Capital Health Care, Connecticut Department of Social Services, Uniontown Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital, 1010 WINS/Accuweather, Burlington Coat Factory, Fire Islander Fashions, The Penguin of Burlington (VT), Advanced Internet, and others... I have a friendly, professional telephone voice for hold messages, voicemail greetings, menus. etc. With over 30 years as a computer professional, I am very adept at clearly (and naturally) interpreting complex technical material. As a professional singer, I have excellent breath control for negotiating long, complex sentences and paragraphs for narrations, audiobooks, industrials, etc. ********************************************************* I currently free-lance with the following voice-over agents and managers: Sue Winik (Sheplin-Winik Artists) Eileen Haves (Eileen Haves Talent) Ann Wright (Ann Wright Representatives) Ingrid French (IFM) Phil Cassese (Talentworks) Naomi Kolstein (KTA) Suzelle Enterprises The Take One Company Carol Scarano (HH Talent) Model Services Agency Michael Katz Rita Powers (Booked) Ginger Dicce Talent Sid Gold (Goldstar Talent) B.A. - Drama/French - Bennington College Voice-Over: David Zema "Voice of Success" Program Acting: Uta Hagen, William Hickey, Charles Nelson Reilly Singing: Marianne Wells, Parker Scott, Vivian Lord (Jazz) Cabaret: John Wallowitch, Helen Baldassare For auditions: From my computer, using a professional-quality microphone and Audacity software, I can submit auditions in either .mp3 or .wav format. For bookings: I have access to a fully-equipped, broadcast-quality recording studio with a professional sound engineer As a professional actress/singer for over 35 years, I have appeared Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway and in regional theatre up and down the East Coast. Recent films include "You Don't Mess With the Zohan," "Spider-Man 2," "We Own the Night," "Aquarium," and the upcoming "All Good Things" and "Choose." On television I can currently be seen on "Law and Order," "Delocated," "Important Things With Demetri Martin," and MTV2's irreverent take-off on educational children's television, "Wonder Showzen." In recent years, I have done two solo cabaret shows in New York, one of which was nominated for a MAC Award.