Kathryn Haywood - energetic, bright, characters, precise, young

energetic, bright, characters, precise, young

• Kathryn Haywood is registered with Voice123 since Jul 18, 2008.
• Kathryn Haywood started his/her voice over career in 2001.
• Currently Kathryn Haywood is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 3
• Kathryn Haywood has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Tots to 30s - Neutral RP/Characters - Energetic & Youthful - Bright, soft, Precise

Very experienced. Kathryn has dubbed loads of cartoons and has a huge range of characters to hand. A great talent for animation and general characters.
She can also deliver incredible 'straight voices' - her tone is crystal clear and with a neutral RP sound.

Clear and warm for narrations, expressive and fun for commercials, articulate.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Teenage Girl
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• English - Other

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 British Equity signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• British Equity

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 can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services
• I have a music library and can add music to any project
• I can add special effects to any project

My Home Base

London, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Natural British RP accent. Can do London, Cockney, Scottish.

American, US, South US, New York.

Australian

Childrens voices. Kids to young teenage boys and girls.

Character voices for cartoons and children's toys.

Very convincing children's voice!

My Voice Experience

Kathryn is represented by Damn Good Voices.

have just moved to London from Hong Kong where I was lucky enough to get 10 years voice over experience. Below is my voice CV.

TV COMMERCIALS

World's Apart new Go Glow range now airing on UK TV channels

ANIMATION

Prima Princessa Presents Swan Lake (UK version), 2009
Prima Princessa Presents The Nutcracker (UK version), 2009
V-Tech
* The Lion King Video Game - Simba, Narrator
* The Little Mermaid Video Game - Ariel
* The Wonder Pets Video Game - Narrator
* Superfriends Video Game - Spidergirl, Storm, Narrator
* Charater voices and songs for numerous other V-Tech products including The Backyardigans, V Smile, Noddy, Baby Einstein and Dora the Explorer.

Leap Frog
* Learn & Groove Mic. - Narrator, Kid, Singer
* Talking book - Mother and baby elephant, The Sun, Trout.

Astralize Design and Animation
* Muslim Insurance Animation - Hawwah

Radio Commercials - Product: Swiss Laundry
Station: Star Cambridge, UKRD
Product: Wensum Pools
Station: KLFM, UKRD

Other Clients include:
* Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)
* Hong Kong Government Public Service Announcements
* “A Fontaine” Bedding
* Watson’s
* Pearl River Bridge Golden Label Light Soy Sauce

Narration
* Hong Kong Museum of Art - Audio Tours
* Hong Kong History Museum - Audio Tours
* RTHK - Documentary series

Movie Dubbing/Cartoon/TV series
* Ninja Boy - Mara, Turtle Tom, Miss Blossom

* Animated C.G.I. Feature Film - Dragonblade - The Apprentice and extras.
* Venezuelan Soap Opera - Mis Tres Hermanas - Numerous characters including: Margharita, Beatrize & Sofia.
* Japanese Manga - Crush Gear Turbo, Captain Tsubasa, Mirmo - Numerous characters including Mirmo.
* Hong Kong Movie Dubbing - Infernal Affairs 2, Police Story 1 & 2, Once Upon a Time in China, Gorgeous.
*French cartoon series – “Kung Foot” and “Lou Lou”

Educational
Clients include:
* Pearson Education Asia (Longman)
* Clarity Language Consultants
* Oxford University Press
* Cambridge University Press
* Little Rainbow Publications
* Greenfield Education, Asia

My Training

I have the Guildhall Certificate in Solo Acting (G.S.M.D. Cert. Act)

I have been working in the industry in since I finished high school and gained a wealth of experience including how to dub and write dubbing scripts as well as all other aspects of doing and producing voice overs to a high standared.

Since moving to London in May 2008 I have continued my work for Vtech toys and have done recordings for other companies.

I am also a singer and have recorded 2 CDs of educational childrens songs and have sung for TV commercials.

As an actress, recent roles include Audrey in Little of Horrors, Rosalind in Shakespeare's As You Like It, Amanda in Noel Coward's Private Lives and Annie Oakley in the musical Annie Get Your Gun.

My Studio Equipment

Here is the equipment in my home studio.

PC running Logic 5

Mic is a Shure SM57 with pop filter.

Can create .WAV, MP3 or AIFF files.

Also have very easy access to a commercial studio with all the latest equipment plus an ISDN line.

Additional Skills

I was born and raised in Hong Kong as an expatriate with British parents. My school friends were from all different countries so I have a good understanding of different cultures and can imitate different accents convincingly.
I have a recorded a lot of English listening tests where knowledge of phonics correct pronunciation is vital.