Jamie Newell

Voice Description

I have a deep distinctive sound that captures the listener's ear. Professionally recording for over 30 years, I have developed a wide variety of vocal characters from the working mom to the demanding boss, from the every-woman "real" person to the broad cartoon characters. Because I have a deep, husky voice, the "sexy" sound is natural but with the right interpretation my voice can become a nagging housewife or an old lady. I'm an actress with loads of credits... give a listen to see if I might be right for your next project.
Words that describe my abilities include
•Accessible
•All-American
•Animated
•Announcer
•Approachable
•Articulate
•Attitude
•Believable
•Cartoon
•Characters
•Child
•Classic
•Classy
•Clear
•Comforting
•Confident
•Conversational
•Cool
•Corporate
•Cosmopolitan
•Crisp
•Cultured
•Dependable
•Direct
•Documentary
•Down to earth
•Dramatic
•Dynamic
•Edgy
•Educated
•Emotional
•Energetic
•Engaging
•Entertaining
•Fresh
•Friendly
•Fun
•Funny
•Gentle
•Genuine
•Girl Next Door
•Happy
•Hip
•Honest
•Imaginative
•Informative
•Instructional
•Intelligent
•Lively
•Mature
•Melodramatic
•Midwest/Midwestern
•Modern
•Mom
•Mysterious
•Natural
•New York
•Non-Announcery
•Non-Salesy
•Not Over the Top
•Nurturing
•Old Lady
•Over the Top
•Perky
•Playful
•Polished
•Powerful
•Professional
•Pure
•Quirky
•Raspy
•Real
•Refreshing
•Reliable
•Resonant
•Rich
•Sassy
•Sexy
•Senior Citizen
•Sharp
•Silly
•Sincere
•Singer
•Smart
•Smooth
•Snarky
•Soft
•Sophisticated
•Soothing
•Straight Forward
•Strong
•Stylish
•Sultry
•Sweet
•Talented
•Textured
•Thought Provoking
•Throaty
•Trendy
•Trustworthy
•Upbeat
•Versatile
•Video Games
•Warm
•Wacky
•Wild

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• 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
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Songs
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• 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 upload the audio files via FTP
• I can record and then deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Accents include mid-western, south-side Chicago, Brooklyn, Texan, Surfer, Jewish, French, Spanish, British, Cockney, Scottish, general U.S. southern, and with a little research, I can do any accent that you request, that I have not already listed here.
Characterizations include sexy, uneducated, snobby, smooth and mellow, lisps, over-enthusiastic, bored, goofy, whimsical, deadpan, ethereal, tough and gritty, ghostly, demanding, crazy and authoritative.
Characters are my strong suit. They include grandma's (both real and broad), storyteller, little kid, country-many variations from hillbilly to cowgirl to redneck, socialite, monsters (the sky's the limit on that one), Jewish mother, best friend, narrator, medical professional and any animal.
Visuals of the character help me to create the ideal voice that is perfect for your project.

My Voice Experience

30 years professional voice artist, on-camera actress, character model and special event entertainer.
AWARD WINNER: AMERICAN ENTERTAINMENT MAGAZINE BEST FEMALE PERFORMER 2006
Advertising Clients include: Bozell Worldwide; DDB Chicago; Ogilvy & Mather; Leo Burnett; Foote, Cone & Belding; Jack Morton Productions; Nightingale-Conant; Harley Davidson; McDonalds Productions; Rynne Marketing Group. Others upon request.
I have voiced nearly every possible "type" of voice-over out there from commercials and industrials to database voice systems, computer and video games, live announcer, pod casting and audio books. Cartoons and characters are my favorite. Straight commercial reads, testimonials and industrials seem to bring in the majority of my work but I think that's because it has the largest market demand. Timing and pace are natural for me and I can take a lot of copy, squeeze it into the mandated time frame and still make it sound natural.
With my own state of the art digital sound studio, I can create your project with the professional quality you desire. My turn around time is quick, usually same day or overnight.

My Training

Master Acting workshop/Uta Hagen-The Actors Studio; Actors Center/Chicago; Act One Studio/Chicago; Audition Center/Chicago; Chatauqua Institution/Cleveland Playhouse; Ohio University - BFA .
Others upon request.

My Studio Equipment

I use Adobe Audition software to record and edit.
I have a Whisper Room sound Booth.
I use an ElectroVoice RE20 microphone.
I utilize a RAMSA mixer.

Additional Skills

I make a full time living as an on-camera and voice-over artist as well as perform in Special Event Entertainment and I do character modeling. I am a professional comedic improvisational actor and owner of an award winning event entertainment agency, Custom Comedy Capers. I am an active member of ProVo, a professional voice-over community of performers, MPI (Meeting Planners International) and I am a Fee-Paying-Non-Member of both SAG and AFTRA and have FICOR status (allowing me to do non-union work) I am the best mother in the universe and I can fix almost anything.
Since I work for myself, I have a flexible schedule. I am free to travel for any booking.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal

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Contact Information

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