Katharine Leonard

Voice Description

I have a fun, energetic sound for announcer and character spots in commercials, ranging from innocent child to excited teen to sassy 20-something to loving new mother to savvy business professional. I am fluent in North American English and have a great facility for Southern American, Mid-Western, Brooklyn, British, French, Russian, Polish, and Irish accents.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

British, Irish, Southern American, Brooklyn, Mid-Western American, Polish, French, and German

My Voice Experience

Mercedes Benz National TV - "On-Star Operator"

Harps Beer Radio - "Annoying Girl"

Museum Narrative - "Young Pioneer Girl, Days on the Plain"

NYC Publishing Company Radio - "Poetess"

I've also recorded imaging for dance radio stations and done different teenage and parent character voices for product presentations. Answering service recordings are also a specialty.

My Training

Carnegie Mellon University - BFA, Acting

Cynthia Songe Teaching Sue Blue Technique - Animation and Commercial Class

Original Broadway Cast Member: HAIRSPRAY and FOOTLOOSE

Television Appearances: The Office, Bones, The Evidence, Presidio Med, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Films: Live At The Foxes Den, What We Do Is Secret, Stick It In Detroit, In Time (various electronic voices)

Soundtracks: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Enchanted, Hairspray, Pretty Ugly People, The Jay Leno Show

My Studio Equipment

Sterling condenser mic
mp3 conversion software

Additional Skills

I have spent a great deal of time singing and dancing on Broadway, acting in the original casts of "Hairspray" and "Footloose" and singing on several movie soundtracks such as "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", "Enchanted", and "Hairspray".

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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