Tess Rillo

Voice Description

Friendly and warm or sexy and smooth for commercials. Cool and professional for presentations. Honest and fresh for narrations. Can speak some Italian (Florentine accent) and a little Spanish (high school Castilian). Able to sing on key (mezzo-soprano) and good with cartoon voices, i.e. little kids and cute animals. At ease with California Valley girl,general British accent, general Southern accents, and various Filipino accents. Also familiar with Hawaii's Pidgin English dialect.

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

• Child
• Teenage Girl
• 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
• 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, 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

Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer

• I offer copywriting services

My Home Base

New York City, New York, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Hawaii's Pidgin English dialect, ditzy Valley Girl accent, sweet as molasses Southern accent, Filipino accent, FOB Latino accent, sexy & classy British accent

My Voice Experience

Recorded a series of voice-overs for HGTV web videos. Also recorded voice-over for Espresso Book Machine industrial. Extensive theatrical credits (including regional work with the George Street Playhouse), some film and television, industrials, and improv experience.
Have played roles ranging from vixens to ingenues, mothers to teenagers to young children, working-class to upper crust, ghosts to goddesses.

My Training

Private voice-over training with Marla Kirban, formerly of ICM-LA.

On-camera training (including classes with Ruth Nerken), acting training, singing training (including study with Helen Gallagher).

B.A., Sarah Lawrence College

My Studio Equipment

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Additional Skills

Acting experience on stage and screen in New York

Payment Methods Accepted

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

Contact Information

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