SAG / AFTRA (Financial Core) on-camera and voice over actress. I have played various kid voices on "The Chipmunks" video, radio ads, voiceover for television commercials, voices for Online gaming / CD ROMS , telephone voicemail greetings, voice mail messages and on hold messages for several corporations as well as audio books and looping/ADR. I've recorded employee manuals / guidelines for mortgage brokers and technical instructions for student borrowers. Beyond voiceover I've acted onstage, on-camera in television, films and commercials and as a host, both taped and live. Additionally, I've performed long- and short-form improv, both on stage and in film.
Voiceover in L.A.:
Cynthia Songe at Sue Blu--her Intermediate Animation class and private coaching. She also directed my demo reel.
Richard Tatum--private coaching in Animation
Nancy Wolfson--private coaching in Commercial voice over
Kalmenson and Kalmenson--Commercial voice over with Kathy Grable
Dolores Diehl--Extended Animation, Advanced Animation, Comedy Characters for Commercials, Advanced Commercials with numerous guest teachers including voice over directors, casting directors, agents, producers and actors.
Studied acting, singing and stage speech at the University of Montana.
Received B.A. in Drama, Magna Cum Laude from the University of Washington.
Two year graduate of Joanne Baron/DW Brown Studio for Meisner technique.
Improv at Groundlings and Second City Training Center, L.A. (graduate)
Ongoing: Many on-camera, commercial, cold reading and film technique courses and workshops in Los Angeles as well as private coaching.
MXL 990 mic, MobilePre USB interface, GoldWave recording software
Excellent comic timing and cold reading, including long form. Very good with classic texts, difficult lingo/jargons and complex phrasing, vocabulary and/or ideas. Comfort with medical vocabulary. Farm background as a teenager. Professional childcare background. Federal loans, student loans and mortgage background. Special events expert, such as weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs. Past jobs: accountant assistant, loan officer, bookkeeper, childcare provider, doggy daycare attendant, janitor, waitress, customer service telephone rep, casting database assistant, proofreader, model, actress, journalist, muralist, sign painter and art editor. Well versed in many professions and interests.