Amber Gainey Meade

Midwestern, Southern, Deep South, Valley, Surfer, Chicago, British

After several years of national tours and Equity theatre in the Midwest, I packed up and headed to LA. In early 2008, I booked my first feature film. For eight weeks I honed my British accent, rocked a dead baby, sang carols in Jim Carrey’s face, and threw invisible snow balls at unsuspecting children. All of this excitement was for “A Christmas Carol,” the motion capture remake directed by Robert Zemeckis for Disney. Further exploring my love of voice over and motion capture acting, I then played Gribble’s Mom and the Siss Guard Captain (yes, a captain in the martian army) for “Mars Needs Moms,” directed by Simon Wells for Disney. I now speak martian, as well as jive. And I would be ecstatic to continue embodying and voicing animated characters from this universe and beyond. The motion capture and voice over work proved to be such a jolly good time that I buckled down and dove into more extensive training with Nancy Wolfson at Brain Tracks Audio. Nancy then produced my commercial demo. I have also worked for several years as a Product Specialist for Nissan, voicing product content on the auto show circuit. My voice has been used in live theatre productions and on several weekly radio programs to provide intros and outros, curtain speeches, and intermission announcements. Bachelor of Science in Theatre from Northwestern University Acting training with David Downs (Northwestern University) Voice Over training with Nancy Wolfson (Brain Tracks Audio) Sight singing training with Gerald White Improv training at Second City Chicago Irish Theatre and Shakespeare training at the Gaiety School of Acting (Dublin) For auditions at home, I use a condenser mic and pre-amp with a Mac laptop and Garageband. For most bookings, I use a state-of-the-art local studio (Voicetrax West) that offers ISDN and Phone Patch services and can guarantee superior sound quality. I have been a professional singer for more than a decade with experience ranging from regional theaters and cruise ships to cabaret clubs and national parks. I sing everything from show tunes to standards to pop to opera.