Sallie Beckner - Professional, poised, technical, smooth, friendly

Professional, poised, technical, smooth, friendly

• Sallie Beckner is registered with Voice123 since Jun 22, 2007.
• Sallie Beckner started his/her voice over career in 1978.
• Currently Sallie Beckner is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0
• Sallie Beckner has been active on Voice123 during the past 48 hours

Voice Description

" A voice worth hearing" which combines obvious skill and experience with a richness and depth for both narration and conversation. Whether you are listening to a crisp, professional announcer or a voice with an immediate, intimate urgency, both are marked with presence and poise. This flexible voice-over pro can go from rich, deep-toned documentary narration to an excited, energetic shopping mom with a snap of your fingers. Award winning narrator of government and corporate films. Ability to make technical and wordy scripts sound conversational with ease. Energetic and warm commercial voice. Smooth, direct and intelligent for narrations. Inviting and professional for promos. A unique and adaptable voice.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Baby
• Child
• Young Adult Female
• Middle Age Female

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

• English - North American

I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes

• Commercials
• Promos
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Others (on-camera, informercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• 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 have ISDN in my studio
• 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

None

My Home Base

Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Southern accent, news announcer style

My Voice Experience

Sallie’s Voice can be heard on projects for:

National Geographic, Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, C-SPAN, CBS, The Defense Department, Internal Revenue Service, Federal Election Commission, U.S. Postal Service, National Institutes of Health, Booz Allen Hamilton, Citicorp, Pfizer, MCI, Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, the Maryland State Lottery, Giant Food, Washington Hospital Center, Marriott Corporation, American Federation of Teachers, Computer Sciences Corporation and national and state political candidates

My Training

* BS Speech and Drama University of Texas

* 20 years in Broadcast Journalism (Mutual Radio, CNN, and C-Span)

* Dick Orkin voice-over workshop

* Commercial and On-Camera workshops

* Member of The Washington DC Actors Center