amy margolis

I do great characters from little boys to old ladies to teens to soccer moms... I also do a variety of accents: including Boston, New York, European French, British, and Spanish

My first on air voice over job was on was to play a cookie for Brachs. I was so excited! Over the years, I have done commercial voice overs for Pizza Hut, Campbells, JC Penney, Long John Silvers, Tasticakes, Lunchables, Disney Stores, to name a few. My longest running campaign was playing the blonde on the Quilted Northern TV spots that ran for 11 years. My most exciting voice over experience was recording a Chiquita Banana spot at nine months pregnant! I have also done animation voice overs for The Wild Thornberrys on Nickelodeon, Jo Jo's Circus on Playhouse Disney as well as a promo for Special Agent Oso also on Disney. I have done on camera guest spots on Law and Order and House. I am a graduate of a two year Meisner Acting Program called Esper Studios in NYC I studied cold reading and scene study with Naked Angels in NYC, Weist Barron in NYC and The Three of Us Studios in NYC. I have also studied acting/comedy/improv at The Lembeck Comedy Workshop in LA and the Edgemere Theatre in Santa Monica. I am presently an Intermediate at the Groundlings, an Improvisational acting program in Los Angeles. I have trained in commercial voice overs at Kalmenson and Kalmenson and Blupka Productions in Los Angeles I studied animation voice over work with Cynthia Songe and Ginny McSwain in Los Angeles. I have a BS in Elementary Education and Psychology and an MS in Social Work. These degrees give me a knowledge and sincerity when reading about education, healthcare, etc. I have a home studio with an mbox, protools etc. I do all my auditioning from home for my agents -- Innovative in Los Angeles and Arcieri and Associates in NYC. I can edit my own work and email it in mp 3, Mpeg 4 format. I am a clinical social worker (a therapist) with specialties in Eating Disorders, Adoptions and child, family and couples therapy. I have also been a preschool teacher. I am a mom of three children, 10, 7 and 2 and happily married going on 13 years. I am professional, enthusiastic and have a lot integrity. I am a hardworker, very honest and give everything I do my all. Voice overs are my passion and I love people!