Carla Briscoe

Voice Description

My natural speaking voice is warm and deep, and has been described as "sultry." In addition, my natural speaking voice conveys a certain confidence and authority: ideal for narration.

That being said, I am a trained improvisor and I specialize in character voices. I'm extremely adept at shifting pitch, creating "character," and producing a number of accents/dialects. I'm a pretty fantastic mimic, with a great ear.

I also have training in mid-Atlantic (a.k.a. "Standard American") speech; so I am able to deliver a rather refined, smooth, and elegant sound: ideal for presentations.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:

• English - British
• English - North American
• English - Other

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SAG (US)

My Recording and Delivery Capabilities

• I will go to any designated studio in my area
• I can record and then deliver the audio files via Email
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects and accents include: Standard American; Southern; Mid-Western; Brooklyn/Jersey/Bronx; British (Northern, Cockney, BBC, and "Proper"); Irish ( "posh," West Dublin, and Northern); Italian; Spanish; Russian; Polish; German, and French.

Impersonations and Characterizations: Jennifer Tilly; Eric Cartman; "On Golden Pond years" Katherine Hepburn; Suze Orman; Mercedes Reuhl; and "those girls" on their cellphones (you know the ones).

Also:
The child of immigrants, I have the rare ability to mangle and stumble over language like a legit (still learning) foreign-speaker; also, I can sound like a man (convincingly).

My Voice Experience

I provided the voice for: an animation entitled "Rise and Fall" (available online at atomfilms and elsewhere; mid-Western accent), the comic short "Fetal Fashion" (Italian voice; viewable at ), the comic short "Montang and Meaney" (BBC Interviewer; viewable at ).

I have a demo reel including commercial voice work, which includes "old Hollywood" styled voice work; girl-next-door VO work; as well as "the sophisticated and erudite consumer" VO work.

My Training

I have a BFA in Acting from Tisch School of the Arts (where I also completed majors in Psychology and English & American Literature). I recently completed an MA in Performance Studies, also at Tisch, graduating in September, 2008.

I studied with the Atlantic Theater Company for several years while at NYU, as well as Stonestreet Studios school for Film & TV (also a part of NYU).

Thereafter, I trained in improvisation and sketch-writing with The Upright Citizens Brigade in New York and in LA, later performing with the group "Livestock." I also trained in improv with Shira Piven and Armando Diaz.

I completed a Master Class with LAByrinth Theater Company in Fall 2006, and was an apprentice with LAByrinth in 2007.

I am currently a Teaching Artist with the Women's Project; I trained to teach Script Analysis with Karen Kohlhaas of Atlantic Thetaer, and have also worked as a substitute teacher at TVI Studios in Manhattan.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

I'm an extremely grounded, responsible and disciplined ("drama-free") professional who takes direction well, shows up on time, and always delivers; flexible in my performance and easy to work with.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in any currency
• Wire transfers

Contact Information

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