Dawn Upfold

Standard North American accents. Additional accents: Australian, Russian, Scottish, French, French-Canadian. Familiar with many US regional accents and can adapt to such. For example, if you want East Texas, play me a sample and I can do it! I can only be reached by Private Lead, thank you.

Pro since 1990. ACTRA from 1999 - 2011, currently NON-UNION. Ads, post-sync (dubbing), voice acting, narration (documentary and corporate presentations), newscasting, comedy. Client list includes the Canada Mortgage & Housing Corporation, Bell Canada, Highlands Ability Battery, ISSForesight, Vileda, Planétarium de Montréal, Musée du Québec, Mark IV Automotive, The Expatriate Network/Chubb, UBI-Soft (post-sync). Voice mail greetings includes Porsche Financial Srvices (1-800-505-1041), major banks (English voice option on Laurentian Bank and Caisse Pop Desjardins), insurance companies, etcetera. Full list available on request. 20+ years experience, several years of newscasting, acting/improv classes with Company Space (NYC/LA), Booth Savage (Theatre Passe-Muraille, Toronto), and Karl Gerhardt (The Acting Project, Montreal), BA from Concordia University in Communication Studies. I update my skills constantly. Fluently bilingual (English/French), newscasting, singing (soprano), improvisation, on-camera acting. Also Story Consultant/Script Doctor for feature film screenplays, writer (ad copy, screenplays), editor, proofreader. I have a network of qualified translation associates to whom I can refer you as needed for very large jobs.