Michelle Archer

English RP, Stafford, West Midlands, Liverpool, Black Country, Cockney, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Southern (British)

She has over ten years of experience in voice work and has worked in all areas from Corporate Videos, Commercials, Charity films and Documentaries to Animations, Video Games and Narration. Although she has a warm and rich narrative style and a crystal clear delivery...ideal for Trailers, Commercials, Web Videos, Apps, E-learning, IVR, English Language Training, Narration,Training Videos, Business Presentations, Sales Videos, Web Site Videos Educational Videos, Medical Videos, Explainer Videos and so forth....her speciality is Character Voices for Video Games, Animations, Cartoons, E learning and TV shows or Pilots. Recently she has voiced a singing dog, some exploding cherries (for Playstation), a hippo, a pot of cream called Sid (for Sudocrem), a tooth fairy, a boy called Ravi and a toy train... Someone summed her up as: 'Extremely versatile - with a massive range - she is adept at children's voices, cartoon characters, grannies and witches alike.' Other notable projects are: ILLY Italian video, ADR on 'The Hit Man's Bodyguard', Moonpig's Mother's Day ads on UK TV, a Churchill Advert, Vitalise Shower Advert and Lebara Mobile Charity Video (for TV and Radio). She is also the voice of Hippie Hippo in the 'Hellow Hippo' (Series), Rosetta in the Nutty Series, the English voice for a MAC Make-up Commercial and the voices of letter characters in 'Phonics School' (children's series). Again her crystal clear English (UK) voice is perfect for TV and Radio commercials, Narration, English Language Training, Corporate Videos, On Hold messages and Promos. She is also an actress and so adept at dramatisations and characterisations. (Recently she played Miss Perkins in the film 'Unhinged'.) RECENT VOICE OVER WORK: Action on Hearing Loss - narrative voice over Singing Dog (children's toy) Exploding Cherries for Playstation ADR on 'The Hit Man's Bodyguard' Narration of Trailer for 'Boy on the Bridge' Ravi and Tooth Fairy in Dental Video for Local Councils Beeches Recovery Service - On Hold Messages 'MAC Make-up' online commercial Sid, Nurse and Narrator in Sudocrem Conference/Corporate Training Video The Little Green Sheep - On Hold Messaging 'Hellow Hippo' - voicing Hippie Hippo (young female hippo) in animated children's series Medical Video on Hep B - for National Health Service 'Phonics School' - voiced letter characters for BBC Learning 'Mother's Day Advert for Moonpig.com' - National TV commercial - Wordley Productions 'Hoffman Contrast Modulation Microscopy' - Narrator (medical project) - Inter-Voices 'Global Handwashing Day' - Narrator for corporate - SHV/Plastic Pictures/Unilever 'FOR REAL Beginner Cyber Homework' - E-learning characters - Networks Srl 'ISIS Temporal Pixel Multiplexing' - Corporate - OMS 'Give Me Five' - e-learning - Networks Srl 'Pilot Aptitude Tests' - P.A.T. 'ESQ Recruiting' - corporate - My Web Presenters 'NATO English Language Proficiency Test CD' - Soho Voices Parrot Voice and human voice for Phone App - LittleBearUK 'Medical Coupons' - corporate - AFX Animation 'DIY Kitchens' - on hold message/prompts - Resolution TV 'Custom Glass' (on hold messages/prompts) - On Hold Studio 'NATO e-learning DVD' - Westminster University 'Musher's Checkpoint' - Internet video - Pro Contractor 'A Tale of Moomin Valley'/'We Honestly Can Look After Your Dog' - Narrator of E-Book extracts - Small Productions/Mindshapes 'Solar' (video) - AFXAnimation 'Coupon Docs' - internet Commercial - AFXAnimation 'Stories' - internet ad - Avara 'Get Backlinks' - internet ad - Avara 'Bold 2in1' - advert - Red Pill Productions 'ISIS' - corporate DVD - OMS 'Avara Web Media' - online video VO - Avara 'CAM Health Service' - corporate video - Resolution TV ‘Easy Learning’ (Various English Chars) Network Srl ‘Gionni’s Family’ (V/O for Clara - English Language Training CD) Network Srl ‘RAIL’ (V/O Jade – aged 3 and 10) NTFS/BFI – Animation ‘Premier Care’ (V/O for TV Commercial) ICE Prods - ITV3, Gold, Blighty, Channel 5, Yesterday ‘Project Brightstar - MMR’ (ASDA supermarket instore analysis video) Oxford Media Solutions ‘R Time‘ (V/O for DVD for schools) - ICE Productions ‘Lebara Foundation’ (V/O) – radio & TV commercial - Soho Voices for Nodachi Design ‘R Time‘ (V/O for DVD for schools) - ICE Productions ‘Lebara Foundation’ (V/O) – radio & TV commercial - Soho Voices for Nodachi Design ‘Have You Had Your CV Checked?’ (V/O) - Oxford Media Solutions ‘6600 DVD’ (corporate V/O) - Isis Innovation - OMS ‘Spirit Beds’ (corporate V/O) - Oxford Media Solutions ‘Arro Beds’ (corporate V/O) - Oxford Media Solutions ‘Plump & Shine’ – lip gloss commercial (V/O) - ICE Productions ‘Reading Explorers’ (V/O many chars/narratives) - Hopscotch & Crying Out Loud Productions ‘When Sally Met Selma’ (VO for TV documentary) - Psychology News ‘English Language Training’ – (VO various characters)- Oxford University Press ‘Ocean Sky’ (V/O for DVD 3) - Concise 'TV Pilot – animation series’ (V/O various chars) -Insolent Candy Floss ‘The People’ (V/O Narrator) - Blipstation 'The Big Ball Machine' - Lottie the Bingo caller - intermedia 'The Bible in Vision' - trailer - Haycoh Film Company 'Video Zoo' (TV Pilot) - Portia the Parrot - Intermedia Lab 'Cherry on the Cake' - animation characters: Baby Berry (2 years), Cherry (6/7 years) and mother for NFTS/BFI 'Sign Man' - animation character (young male) for Televisual. 'Today Only' - animation (played Kyle, 8 year old cockney girl, and the Fat Fairy!) - screening at BFI ‘Ocean Sky’ - corporate DVD for Concise 'Burberry' - Corporate DVD for Concise 'APM Terminals' - Corporate DVD for Concise 'Air Mauritius' - corporate video for Caravan Film 'Doric Green Power' - corporate video for Caravan Film Billy and Freda in Pigeon Story - animation 'Two Left Feet’ - feature - BBC Radio Stoke ‘The Scourge of the MPs’ documentary Voice over for NKVDP ‘The Emslie Horniman Pleasance Park’ - North Ken Arts (documentary) THEATRE WORK: Trixie Martin in ‘Daisy Pulls it Off’ - Theatr Clwyd. Mary Barton in ‘The Ballad of Mary Barton' - Chester Gateway Theatre. Maisie in ‘The Boyfriend’ - Southwold Theatre. Princess Kirsten in ‘King’s Rhapsody’ - Churchill, Bromley. Fairy Snow in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ - Cheltenham Everyman. Minerva Kemp in ‘Mr Cinders’ - Perth Theatre. Duck, Hedgehog in ‘Wind in the Willows’ - Mermaid, London. Annie in ‘Chicago’ - Liverpool Playhouse. Veruca Salt in ‘Charlie & the Chocolate Factory’ Nuffield, Southampton & Sadler’s Wells Theatre. Harold Rabbit in ‘Toad of Toad Hall’ - Fortune Theatre. Mary Hennessey in ‘Once a Catholic’ - Tour. TELEVISION, FILM & VIDEO Susan (wife) in ‘First Aid Campaign DVD’ - British Red Cross Sheila (wife) in ‘National Homebuyers’ - RJDM Jane (mother) in ‘Modigraf 'How To' Video’ - Big Pink Janine (lead) in Carpe Diem - Independent Helen in 'High' - Sudden Productions Helen in 'Seams' - short film - Leanne Savill Productions Lisa in 'The Return' - online series of films for NHS Zita Clarke in 'White Christmas' - Shepperton Studios Nurse in ‘Woof!’ - Central Television Pox (Dble) in ‘Legend’ - Pinewood Studios Louise (lawyer) - ‘Theft at Work’ - Blue Sky Productions Jane Hudson in ‘Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?’ - in ‘Channel Surfing’ - TVC Mother in ‘24 HOURS’ (Barnardo’s Commercial) - Paul Weiland Film Co. My voice over training began when I worked as a production assistant for a sound studio! Each week we produced audio books, web casts, audio for video games, TV animations, Commercials and so forth. The owner of the studio suggested I made a voice reel...and the rest is history! I have also worked for over ten years as a professional actress in TV, film and theatre! As well as working as an actress I have worked as a VT Op, Vision Mixer and Editor for various TV companies. Also I have a degree in Divinity and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education! Home Studio: MBox2, Protools, AT4040 mic, Reflection filter etc. Easy access to ISDN (just down the road!) English (British) voice over artist. Cherry on the Cake (animation): Best Animation Award - Shanghai International Film Festival. Best Student Short Film - Chicago International Film Festival NAHEMI prize for creative film making - Encounters International Short Film Festival Gold Lion award at Cannes for MOST SHOCKING SECOND A DAY VIDEO for SAVE THE CHILDREN in which I played the mother Extremely versatile. Superb at young character voices...and animated characters with lots of accents.... Also ideal for Corporate, Narrative and Commercial Reads with a clear voice and concise pronunciation. As well as doing voice over I have worked in TV as a vision mixer and an editor. This comes in useful when editing my own material. Also I have written scripts and had one optioned for TV.