Kristi Kates - fresh, clever, appealing, versatile & creative

fresh, clever, appealing, versatile & creative

• Kristi Kates is registered with Voice123 since May 17, 2004.
• Kristi Kates started his/her voice over career in 2003.
• Currently Kristi Kates is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Let's start with my standard North American English, seasoned as needed with a British accent. Need a southern belle, a French spy, or a Russian waitress? I can approximate their accents, too.

I feel that, for voice acting, you have to be believeable so I like to make the characters rich and full no matter what the assignment...

... if the script calls for disaffected youth, you'll hear it in my jaded, bored tones. If you want to feel like you're backstage at The Concert Of The Year, I'll be your voice ticket in. If you want to draw in your pro employees, I'll deliver a warm, well-modulated, but serious read that'll make them pay attention... and if it's an enthusiastic product sell you need, I'll pull out the Pixy Stix.

Calling for the speech of a princess or duchess? I'll pull out the cultured diction and regal tones. If I'm fighting in a game environment, you'll believe that I really am swinging that sword or piloting that starfighter... or, if it's simply a friendly conversation you're after, I can deliver a performance that will sound remarkably unscripted.

Just let me know what you need, and we'll work together to get the job done and make your characters real.

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

My Home Base

NYC, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

American standard English, British English, Cockney English, super-stealthy spies, princesses/duchesses/other royalty, espresso-drinking hipsters, fairytale characters of all sorts, sci-fi smarties, Valley girls, the girl-next-door, your best friend, the direct-but-not-screechingly-annoying announcer... or challenge me with a completely unusual and new character, and we'll bring her to life!

My Voice Experience

- Began with summer jobs as a pop radio DJ, working as an on-air personality and cutting regional commercials.

- Graduated to radio theatre, in which I spent the next two summers playing various voice characters from Beauty and the Beast's Belle to The Abyss' scientist Lindsey.

- Recruited by Chicago's Screaming Bunny Productions, and worked with them for 3 years, doing commercials for a wide range of clients, including Pizza Hut, Mailboxes Etc., Honda, AlphaPage, EB Games, Old Navy, Hot Topic, and The Gap.

- Recent voiceover projects have been the usual range of commercial work, plus a role as a headstrong female fighter pilot named Nova in the new Battlestar Galactica: Beyond the Red Line videogame.

- Currently, I'm mostly pursuing documentary and television voiceover, film work, and character voices for animated films and videogames - but I also enjoy promo reads, industrial films, and commercials of all sorts. It's all as challenging and fun as you make it!

My Training

I'd be crafty and say the University of Life, but I think you probably already get the picture from the experience listed above.

My Studio Equipment

I can record my work on either Audacity or Cubase (PC) and can compress as needed into .wav or .mp3 files. I've got a variety of mics, of which the best for VO work are probably my Shure 58s and my AKG condensor mic.

Additional Skills

I'm also a musician and film actress; I'm currently recording a full-length CD of my own indie-pop songs, and have had featured roles in several indie films. Other film contributions have included various stints working as an extra, and eating far too many chocolate biscuits off of the craft services table (burp.)

My VO "dream goals" include more work on videogames and animated features, voice work for documentaries (nature, science, history, travel), and anything else intriguing and challenging that pops up.

Thanks and cheers!