Queen Esther - Friendly, Warm, Sultry, Versatile, Real

Friendly, Warm, Sultry, Versatile, Real

• Queen Esther is registered with Voice123 since Feb 10, 2008.
• Queen Esther started his/her voice over career in 2004.
• Currently Queen Esther is a Premium subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 36
• Queen Esther has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

Approachable, professional, accessible, friendly, upbeat, earthy, genuine, natural, smart. I am told that my voice is rangy and filled with a warm glow that makes it versatile, fun and surprisingly sexy. Whether it's a goofy cartoon character or a straightforward corporate professional that you need, I'm an actor and a vocalist (with a four octave range) that knows how to "become" whatever the text requires.

Because I am from the South (Atlanta, GA), attended college in the Southwest (Austin, TX) and presently live in the Northeast (New York, NY), I can do a surprisingly wide variety of accents, both male and female. Those include: Texarkana, east Texas, and the Panhandle; South Georgia, the Carolina piedmont; various voices from Brooklyn, Jersey, and the Bronx.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female
• Senior Female

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

• English - North American

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, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• SAG (US)

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

My Home Base

New York, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

I can do almost any American southern accent -- the Texas panhandle, the Carolina piedmont and just about anything in between those extremes. I can also do various New York/New Jersey accents (both male and female, old and young) that are wonderfully on point and real.

My Voice Experience

As a child, I was a regular mynah bird. I prided myself on being able to imitate anyone's voice and accent. I perfected this with a cassette tape recorder, the radio/tv and my overactive imagination. Needless to say, acting, voiceovers and jingles were a natural progression. More than anything else, I really enjoyed becoming that voice and somehow convincing the listener that it wasn't me that they heard.

I did jingles and radio promo work while singing in a girl group cover band as an undergraduate at UT (Austin). Once in NYC, I continued to sing (Grammy-nominated songwriter JC Hopkins' Biggish Band, "Underneath A Brooklyn Moon"; Grammy-nominated producer Aaron Levinson, "The Harlem Experiment"); work in theater/musical theater professionally (Original Cast/first national tour, RENT); and demo jingles at several production houses, including Sacred Noise. The latest news is that in June, I won the 2008 Jazzmobile Vocal Competition!

My first voiceover work was for the HBO film "Lackawanna Blues" with director George C. Wolfe. In one afternoon, I was a playful child, a wildly orgasmic woman, an irate and confrontational neighbor, a drunken party-goer and a distracted elderly patient. (And yes, it was as much fun as it sounds!)

On-camera work includes national commercials (Prego, Jack Link Beef Jerky, Ocean Spray) and independent film. Recent corporate voiceover work includes Dermabond as well as Ethicon/Shaping Futures. My latest work? Several episodes as "Elephant" on the critically acclaimed PBS children's cartoon "WordWorld."

My Training

BA Liberal Arts, Screenwriting/The New School
Commercial Workshops & One-on-one Coaching/Dan Duckworth, Voiceovers Unlimited
Operatic Voice Training/Craig Wich, Opera Theater Lab (Boston MA)
Jazz, Music Theory, Piano/Nancy Marano
Shakespeare Workshop/Worth Street Theater Company
New York Reality TV School/Robert Galinsky

My Studio Equipment

Currently, I am using a professional microphone with my Mac, and can produce and send MP3s, among other sound files. I'm working hard to build a much larger home recording studio. Stay tuned for further developments.