Kate Knowles

Voice Description

Smooth, articulate, warm, resonant, captivating, polished. Like exploring accents, dialects,character pieces; what would an old creaky women sound like; what would a bubbly cheerleader say? I can sing.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - British
• 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
• Songs
• 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

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 deliver the files by regular mail

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

sophisticated, cackle, old woman whisper, dry and quavery, mysterious shadowy crone, valley girl catty, smooth operator, confused cockney, working class brit,crowd-pleaser, bubbly and buoyant, husky, sexy temptress, frenchie flirt, news reporter snappy, barking militant, dismissive teen, spunky, hip, bubbly, fresh, fluff-head bambi, hectoring nagging mumsy, cajoling aunt, local yokel, drawling hick, first-class snob, pouty screechy shrieky youth, sweet saleswoman, kind and calm friend, challenging debator, lisping shopaholic, engaging, vivacious, exciting, playful, wise beyond years youth, whinging child, brash announcer, spooky ghost,

My Voice Experience

Stepping into your shoes,
I explore your awkward step,
the worn down heel,
the tattered decal.
I turn into the mirror of
your face, my mask,
primp and preen
inside your clothing...
and when the curtain closes
I remove your pearls,
and grin-
such is life on the stage.

Now I am dancing youth,
voice strong and loud,
and yet muddy kneed,
Now I am crabbed old crone,
moving aching slow,
creaking, rasping,
an old withered wind.
Here, I flash the crimson villain cape,
and laugh like evil genius,
and there, I cringe and cower,
the street urchin stealing
a small supper.

My Training

I am new to voice-acting, though I have been involved with theatre for a long time. I was a young actress on the stage for the now defunct drama company Stage Polaris; I also took many drama and musical theatre lessons with them. I attended Victoria School of Performing and Visual Arts for high school, and I was in drama I.B. for three years. We did a lot of theatre sports-improv, thinking on the fly, creating believable characters quickly with very little input. We had one workshop where we had to choose a children's story and read it to several Kindergarten classes. I was asked to come back and read again for them.

My friends and I used to sit under the stairwells at lunch, writing skits and stories and acting them out for each other. We would figure out characters by trying out different voices. We used to get together for "story parties" where everyone wrote one line and then we each got to read through the whole in as many outrageous characters as we could think of-a snotty aristocrat, a craven hunchback.

I informally sing as much as I can, and I will often imitate the voices of the singers if they're a unique accent to me-Australian, say, or a person from Manchester, England.

In high school, I was involved in as many performing arts and theatre troupes and plays and choirs as I could be.

My Studio Equipment

n/a

Additional Skills

I work hard and learn quickly. I take direction very well. I am always willing to try something new.

I have a young niece and nephew I enjoy reading to. I like to use sound effects (wooshing wind, growling dragons) to make the stories more interactive for them.

I have worked a lot in retail, customer service, and I have a lot of practice talking to all kinds of people. I am adept at finding the right words to draw customers out of themselves, while still being friendly and efficient. I can communicate succinctly, or I can elaborate with lots of little details. I am a cheerful chatterer and personable person to talk to.

I can write extremely well, and I can sing.

Payment Methods Accepted

• 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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