Rachel Robinson

Voice Description

Velvet gravel; hot cocoa with a shot of whiskey. Deep, rich, refined throatiness with a wink wink nudge nudge when necessary. She has taken on following incarnations: Trustworthy, sincere, alluring, relaxed, sensual, exuberant, youthful, tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic, knowledgeable, and grave.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• English - Australian / NZ
• English - British
• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• 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)

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• AFTRA (US)

• 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks
• I have a music library and can add music to any project

My Home Base

Hancock Park, Los Angeles, California, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Dialects:
British (var.), Scottish, Irish, Southern Amer. (Var), Midwest, Australia/NZ, Korean, Thai, Russian, Polish, Spanish (Castilian), Spanish (Mexican), Italian, German/Austrian, Indian, Boston, Puerto Rican, New York (var.), Rural New England

My Voice Experience

TV/Film:
“The Thing About my Folks” (2005)
D: Raymond de Felitta; S/W: Paul Reiser
Featured; Voice of “Young Muriel” Nuance Prods./HBO Films

The Discovery Channel: “I Shouldn’t Be Alive” (2005)
Featured; Narrator. Episode #1 – ‘Shark Survivor’

Animation:
Feature, “Universal Remote”: *
D: Gary Hardwick
Segment, ‘That Darn Jesus’ (2007)
Featured, “Mary”

MTV2’s “Celebrity Death Match” (July 2006)*
D: Jack Fletcher
Season 5, Episode #85 - Featured; Pamela Anderson/Verne Troyer

VH1: “Games are Cool” Campaign Interstitials: S. Pax Franchot/G-Net.tv
Prince of Persia – Ubisoft Darkwatch – Capcom
The Sims II – Electronic Arts

ADR/Looping:
“Captivity” (2007)
Featured, Radio Interviewer, VO D: Roland Joffe / Lionsgate


“The Young and the Restless” (2007) CBS/Sony Pictures Television
TV Announcer, VO

“The Return” (2006)
D: Asif Kapadia
Voice match, “Joanna” (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Rogue Pictures/Focus Features

“Down and Derby” (2005)
D: Eric Hendershot
Additional Voices Excel Ent. Group/Freestyle Releasing

Commercial – TV/Radio/IVR
The Coca-Cola Company
Verizon Wireless
Netflix
Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Omni Hotels*
XM Satellite Radio
Sam’s Choice Foods / WalMart
MinuteClinic
Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas
Macy’s Dept. Store
WhyRadio
TahitiNow website
White Hen Pantry*
Letstalk.com*
Proflowers website
Zila Pharmaceuticals
Twist and Sprout™: ConAgra Foods / Tamarillo Inc.


Awards Shows – Announcer/Narrator
Announcer, NARAS in-house presentation,
Lifetime Achievement Awards: (General) 2006, 2005; Brian Wilson; James Taylor
Announcer, NARAS Awards:
Memphis, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles
Announcer, NARAS/Latin Grammys, “Person of the Year” Award: Carlos Santana
Narrator, NARAS presentation; GRAMMY Archive, “A Day in the Life”

Interactive/Industrial/Educational:
Armed Forces Radio & TV Services: “ Pool Game”*
CNN – Internal: “Anycast”*
Motorola/iRadio
Texas Instruments/DLP technology
Mediaologie and Seepoint companies

My Training

Training
Aug - Oct ’06
Bob Bergen’s Animation Workshop

Mar ’06
Pat Fraley’s The Disney Way ADR/Looping Course

Jan ’06
Pat Fraley’s Accent on Dialects feat. Larry Moss

Mar-Dec ’05
Nancy Wolfson’s Braintracks Audio

Jun-July/Nov-Dec ’05
Ginny McSwain’s Animation Voice Workshop

Feb ’05
Pat Fraley’s Emergency Room Improv for Auditions

Apr ’04
Bob Bergen / Bill Holmes Animation Seminar

Mar ’04
Bridget Burdine Animation Looping course

Oct–Nov ’03
Bill Holmes’ Audition Workout

Jul–Aug ’03
UnCabaret’s UnCab Lab: Stand-up/improv training

Jun ’02
Pat Fraley’s Books on Audio

Apr ’02–Aug ’03
Robb Holt’s VO Workout: Commercial training

Jun – Aug ’02
Kalmenson and Kalmenson Voice Casting
Intermediate for Actors, #676

Jun – Jul ’97
Dolores Diehl’s Voice Over Connection

1990 – ’94
Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY College of Visual and Performing Arts.
B.F.A. degree in Film/Fine Art. Concentration on writing.

Aug ’89
Larry Moss’ VO workout and dialect gym

My Studio Equipment

Marshall 990 Condenser mic. MobilPre USB preamp. PowerBook G4.
PEAK recording software. Can email MP3s, AIF or .Wav files. Fast turnaround (1 hour to 1 day, depending on length.)

Additional Skills

SKILLS
Range, range, range. Can provide calm announcer paradigm, celebrity voicematch, and have a whole host of self-created characters. Voice talent archetypes also include:
Young mom, older woman, pre-teen boy, Gen-X girl, vampy fatale. Voice to picture. ADR/Walla. Also sing (in character or not).
10 years classical piano training.
Also a nonfiction writer, and occasionally step in front of the camera.
Read foreign languages.
Speak basic conversational Spanish.

Payment Methods Accepted

• PayPal
• Personal checks, cashier's checks, or money orders in my local currency

Contact Information

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