Violet Mathieson - Character, engaging, mature, instructive, girley

Character, engaging, mature, instructive, girley

• Violet Mathieson is registered with Voice123 since Jan 18, 2009.
• Violet Mathieson started his/her voice over career in 2001.
• Currently Violet Mathieson is a Standard subscriber.
• Auditions and proposals submitted through Voice123 during the past six months: 0

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Voice Description

Great animation voice can sound like a baby or a Grandma, like a rough farm worker or a sweet starlet!

Also very serious, melodic and engaging for documentary

Mature, instructive and very well-spoken for hi-brow business spots.

Articulate, engaging and warm for audiobooks

Fun, sweet and engaging for commercials

Sexy and dramatic for theatrical

lovely tone and good understanding of rhythm and story for narration

Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform

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

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

• English - British
• 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
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)

Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)

• Non-Union Jobs

• Jobs for ACTRA (Canada) signatories

• Jobs for AFTRA (US) signatories

• Jobs for British Equity signatories

• Jobs for SAG (US) signatories

• Jobs for Union des Artistes (Canada) signatories

My Union Affiliations and Memberships

• British Equity

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 offer copywriting services
• I can deliver edited and finished voice tracks

My Home Base

LOS ANGELES, California, United States

Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects

Love and embrace accents and dialects and can pick new ones up currently all British Isles e.g. Scottish, Irish, Welsh, West Country, Yorkshire, Lancashire, Geordie, Liverpudlian, Stoke on Trent, Midlands, Northampton, Home Counties, Suffolk, London, Estuary, Cockney, RP, Standard English, Southern, Cornish, Devonshire

Lived and worked in France for a year and have a great grasp of the language also German

General American, Valley Girl and Southern States American

Great animal voices, dogs, cats and parrots

Can speak Chaucer's Old English quite naturally and have a strong theater resume so can perform all of Shakespeare, verse and poetry at a professional performance standard

My Voice Experience

UK Commercials - National Television - Dove Beauty, British Airways,

Christmas Radio Campaign - "Winter Wonderland"

Documentary - The Cartinero's (Inside Brazils slums)

Theatre - Live poetry, Chaucer(Old English) Shakespeare voice-over, The Wild Party at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival

My Training

BA Hons Drama with English - The University of Birmingham
The Actors Company, The London Centre for Theater Studies
Voice Over Training and Work in London (5 years experience)
Marc Graue, Los Angeles

7 Years professional experience in British Theater, including The Royal National Theater
The Edinburgh Festival (5 stars)
Weekly shows at Los Angeles leading improv venue LA Connection

My Studio Equipment

I have an apple-mac, Garage band, Audacity and microphone at present and fast broadband. I can send out MP3 files and negotiate good rates at local studios in LA

Additional Skills

I am British theater actress now living in LA focusing on animation work/commercial/audibook and narration work. I have excellent writing skills and perform weekly stand up/improv. I am also a trained dancer and create a physicality for my characters which means you get a unique, engaging and engaging spot that pops.

I have a great ear for accents and dialects and can pick up new ones quickly and work between the two

I am not afraid to take risks and make big bold choices with regards to character work and I can sound very young and very old and all inbetween

I have a great grasp of the English language and understanding and meaning of text from my University education

I also have a British theatre trained voice which I work out every day