Christine Shields - conversational, convincing, clear, & engaging,

conversational, convincing, clear, & engaging,

• Christine Shields is registered with Voice123 since Mar 28, 2007.
• Christine Shields started his/her voice over career in 1988.
• Currently Christine Shields is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

If you're looking for a female Voice Over talent who can be conversational, warm, smart, sexy,a professional narrator, smooth,an intelligent web presenter, authoritative, funny, happy, cheerful, trustworthy, fresh, compelling, knowledgeable, natural, full of attitude, silly, sarcastic, upbeat, energetic, interesting, quick, dependable, cool, believable, versatile, down to earth, bright, intimate, a neighbor next door type, enthusiastic, confident, formal, and sincere, then I'm the final piece of your production puzzle.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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

• English - North American

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
• Documentaries
• Podcasts

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

None

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 upload the audio files via FTP

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

None

My Home Base

Portland, Oregon, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Irish
German
British

My Voice Experience

I’m basically an actor. I can be very versatile and become whatever the client wants.
I’ve been a drill sergeant, a steelhead salmon, and a soccer mom. For me, it’s all in a day’s work.I’ve been part of the business for more than 20 years, but my heart has been in it for much longer.
I knew from the eighth grade that I wanted to do this, when I enrolled in a correspondence school for announcers called "Career Academy", and later went on to get a Bachelor's in Radio-TV from Southern Illinois University.
After moving to Boston, I began to “hit the pavement” and look for voice acting jobs. My jobs have included narrating the amenities of new homes on a TV real estate show, announcing movie theater times for voice mail, reading steamy romance novels for audio books as well as radio and TV spots.
Several years ago I moved to Oregon and had to reestablish my career, making lots of new contacts. Thankfully,I was experienced with promoting myself, which helps a lot. They say it's 90% marketing and 10% talent. I have a natural smile to my voice which is highly desirable to most clients. I record projects from my home studio, and have phone patch capabilities from a local recording company. I’m willing to work hard, can do an accent or two or know how to stay in a character for an extended period of time. I find voice acting to be a challenging and rewarding career.

My Training

Michael Mendelson, acting for the stage
Megann Ratzow, acting for film & TV classes
Tom Chantler, voice coaching workshop
Chrisse Roccaro, singing coach
Sandra Peabody, acting coach
Gloria Manon, commercial & character classes
Kate Hawkes, acting coach
In Both Ears, talent work-out sessions

Voice International 2007 conference

B.S. degree from Southern Illinois University
post-grad at Columbia College, Chicago

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Christine Shields

Additional Skills

I'm very active in local theater.I participate, on stage and backstage, in about 3 shows per year. Performing in front of a live audience is a great confidence builder. I love the immediate feedback I get in the form of laughter and applause. This has been my "hobby" for the past 30 years and I'll probably continue it until I'm 90 !