Maire Clerkin

Voice Description

Clear, distinctive, warm voice that seems classless yet classy. Sense of authority and education, but also of sardonic humor. Energetic with a good sense of being on your side. Versatile, with impeccable diction and clarity. Facility for finding the emotion in every scenario and knowing how much to use.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• 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 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

Los Angeles, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

ACCENTS: English cockney, middle class, upper class, generic, home counties, Yorkshire, west country, estuary. Irish north, south, east, west, Dublin, Belfast, Kerry, posh, country, educated. Scottish and Welsh. European - French, Italian, Greek. American - New York, generic, southern, west coast. Canadian, Australian, New Zealand. CHARACTERS: Particularly strong on comic characters, vulnerable and overbearing types. Also good on subtlety and the many strata of British society. Having worked as a bus driver and factory assembler, I speak with a range of voices from diverse backgrounds and multiple sections of society. As a former newsreader on BBC radio, I can be that persona in all authenticity!

My Voice Experience

Voiceover in films: 'The Goat' (Pumpkin Lady), and 'Wolfhound' (Healer) films and documentary 'I Saw a Movie' (as self) directed by Karl Hirsch
BBC Radio Suffolk, reporter and newsreader 2002; BBC TV Music Makers for School 1996; BBC World Service, presenter of Revolver music program 2001;
Official Barndance Announcer, Monster Ceili at Greenwich Palace 1997; Truth Seekers TV movie, narration as character Amanda Poole 2005; Dance teacher instruction at Blitz Festival 1997, Royal Festival Hall; Announcer, South Bank dance festival 2000 & 2001; Storytelling for Children at LA Irish Film Festival 2009; Voice / dialect coach for actors 2004, Los Angeles; Master of Ceremonies Clore Studio, Royal Opera House 2000; Performer of one woman show in LA, Chicago, Dublin 2008-11.

My Training

Performing Arts at Middlesex University; Post Graduate Diploma Broadcast Journalism at London College of Printing; Teacher's Diploma T.C.R.G. at Irish Dancing Commission, Dublin; BBC Radio Suffolk, newsreading and reporting; BBC World Service - Revolver presenter; Greater London Radio - Irish show presenter; Character and situation Improv training with Improbable Theatre Company, London; Arts Designation in Teaching with Los Angeles Music Center.

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

I use my voice on a daily basis, teaching dance and drama in schools for several education bodies in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. I also teach literacy with movement and part of that is presenting written work to an audience. I coach students to project and annunciate.
As a writer, actor and former journalist, I am often asked to assist performers and business people in giving presentations.
A Londoner now living in Los Angeles, I have hung on to my natural accent and working as I do in the Irish Dance world (as an international adjudicator, choreographer, performer and teacher), I speak with a variety of different Irish accents as well as British.
Although my theater training and strengths lie in comedy, I am impressive as an instructor and announcer at public events.

Payment Methods Accepted

• Credit cards
• 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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