Lara Parmiani - fresh, friendly, sexy, professional

fresh, friendly, sexy, professional

• Lara Parmiani is registered with Voice123 since Nov 18, 2004.
• Lara Parmiani started his/her voice over career in 1989.
• Currently Lara Parmiani is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 21
• Lara Parmiani has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Born and trained as an actress in Italy, Lara lives between Italy and the UK, and her voice has been broadcast internationally in several world-wide campaigns (GHD cosmetics, Kayak.com, Keating hotels, Peroni).
Lara speaks standard Italian with no regional accents, but can also record in English with European accent.
She has 18 years experience in the business, and is one the best known voices on Italian TV and radio.
Her versatility reflects in her wide age range (teens to mid 30s), and ability to change style, pace and mood according to the client's requests - whether is corporate narrations, sensual up market adverts or young and hip promos. Her talent for chracterizations (she's dubbed hundreds of Japanese Anime) makes her also ideal for videogames, audiobooks and cartoons.
Recent corporate clients include Microsoft, IBM, Zara, Nike, Canon, Marriott Hotels, Dell, Blackberry, BMW, Mercedes.
Recent campaigns include: GHD, Kayak.com, Mytable.it, Sketchers for girls, Fantasy Britney Spears, Napolina Pasta, Fila, Victoria Milan, Barbie.
She's done continuity for: Hallmark, Cartoon Network, MTV, Extreme, Horror TV, AXN.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• English - Other
• Italian

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 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 offer translation services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I offer voice direction services

My Home Base

London/Milan, United Kingdom

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

For Italian recordings:
STANDARD ITALIAN
Northen Italian
Tuscan Italian

For English recordings:
General European accent
London accent
Strong Italian accent
French accent

I can do very believable CHILDREN and teenage voices (5 to 18)
Cartoon voices (cute animals, fantasy characters.)

My Voice Experience

I started in Italy as a teenager and never stopped. I teach voice over technique at the Actors Centre, London and at the London School of Performing Arts.
RECENT CREDITS INCLUDE:
Films (dubbed into Italian):Casper (title role), The Little Princess (title role), Shining, In love and war, The Addams Family, With no reason, The Perfect Guy (Christina Ricci), A Good woman, The Merchant of Venice
TV series:Skippy (Sandy), Guiding Light (Lizzie Spaulding), A Life to live (Samantha), Higherground (Jo), Doctor Quinn (Brian), Mr Ed (Sam), Head of Class (Darlene), Full House (Stephanie), Riding High (Bianca), Undressed (Mel), Piccoli Brividi (Lucy), The Ryans(Maggie)
Cartoons:Daria, Mighty Max, Teddy Bear, Ivanohe, Topo Gigio, Calimero, Lamù, Muppets baby, Sabrina, Plastic Little, Magic Terry and Maggie, MAPS, Macross II, Thumbeline, Sakura, The Zodiac Knights, Un fiocco per cantare, The Sound of Music, Minipony, Little Shop of Horrors, Robin Hood, Lodoss War, Un Oceano di avventure, Pippi Longstockings, Little Jeanie, Devilman, Superman, Spiderman, The Guyver, Little Rosey, Teknoman, Patlabor, Ghost Sweeper Mikami, Oscar and the seven notes, Humming Bird, Blak Jack, The Cimitery Tales, What a mess, Casper, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Mimì e le ragazze della pallavolo
Commercials:Kit Kat, Omnitel, Plasmon, Gas, Nintendo, Levi’s, Nike, Parmalat, Tim, Wind, Lip, Pentel, Silkepil, Guy Mattiolo, CocaCola, Fanta, Pringles, Vodafone, Shell, L’Oréal, Pinko, Ferrero, Martini, Procter and Gamble, Banco di Padova, Esselunga, Infasil, Barbie, Mattel toys, Giochi Preziosi,Toys R us, MaxMara, Kinder, Clearasil
Documentaries:for Discovery Channel, Rai, Swiss TV, Channel 4, San Paolo Audiovisivi, Sky
Computer Games:Play Station, Microsoft Consolle, Nintendo, Sega
In 1997 I won the Paola Tovaglia award as Best Italian Voice over Artiste
I also work in theatre, TV and films

My Training

Accademia dei Filodrammatici, Milan, Italy

Guildhall School, London, UK

My Studio Equipment

Protools, with Digidesign M-box.
RODE NT1 Microphone

Additional Skills

Professional actress (stage and film, please refer to Imbd for details).
Voice coach at London's Actors Centre
Script supervisor
Very good singer, trained in classical and musical theatre
Translations (English/ITalian, French/Italian)