Marina Kalmykova - flexible: from raspy, sultry alt to clear soprano

flexible: from raspy, sultry alt to clear soprano

• Marina Kalmykova is registered with Voice123 since May 13, 2008.
• Marina Kalmykova started his/her voice over career in 1982.
• Currently Marina Kalmykova is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 32
• Marina Kalmykova has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

warm and deep for narrations, sexy and fun for commercials, smooth and professional presentations, flexible and charachteristic for audiobooks and radio plays. As I am not only a professional actress, but allso a professional singer, I can do recording of songs - from deep alt-voice to a clear soprano. I can allso speak fluently geman, english. Recording in French, Spanish, Italian and Latvian would be no problem for me, providing I have a written text at hand. I can change an accent from very fine to a strong one.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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

• German
• Russian

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

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
• 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

Dusseldorf, Germany

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I can speak fluently geman, english.
Recording in French, Spanish, Italian and Latvian would be no problem for me, providing I have a written text at hand. I can change an accent from very fine to a strong one.
I can change various accents from very fine to a strong one.

Accents: Russian, Latvian, German, French, Spanish, Brasilian Portuguese, Turkish.

My Voice Experience

Beginning with 1982 I have done a lot of dubbing work in Russian language at the Latvian Film Studios (features and documentaries).
From 1993 to 1997 worked as voice actor for the BBC Radio in London doing voice overs, composing and performing specially commissioned musical compositions, naration in numerous literary/poetry recordings and radio-plays for "Russian Features" of Russian Service BBC and the "Marshal Plan" project at the BBC.

At that time I also recorded several comercials and my singing voice was also used by some of studios in the U.K.

In Germany I'm performing in theatre productions and frequently touring with solo concerts as a guitarist, singer and songwriter. In 2006 I did a commercial (in Russian and English) for the internationaly renouned manufacturer "Miele".

My songs are often aired one the Latvian State Radio (Latvijas Radio 4)
Some of my songs can be heard at

My Training

1979-1983 Latvian State Conservatory, Theater & Film Faculty
1980-1983 Riga Russian Drama Theater in Latvia, actress
1983-1992 Riga Youth Theater in Latvia, actress
1993-1997 BBC Radio, London, U.K., voice over, narration, singing, songwriting
1997-2008 Actress in theatres in Duesseldorf, Berlin, Cologne, Essen, Bochum, Witten, Germany.
1999-2008 Concerts in Germany, singer, guitarist, composer
2007-2008 Concerts in Latvia and Russia, singer, guitarist, composer.

My Studio Equipment

Unknown - Click here to ask Marina Kalmykova

Additional Skills

Composer, singer, guitarist.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• 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