Christina Jamili | Voice over actor

While from a young age, I always liked performing, I didn't jump into the professional world of acting until later in life. My first performance ever was reciting a poem in front of my 2nd grade class. The poem was called "How not to have to dry the dishes". I had an apron and an actual dish. The message of the poem was basically, if you break a dish, maybe you won't have to dry the dishes anymore. I had my lines memorized and gosh I felt so interesting standing up there in front of everyone. They were enthralled! At least in my memory they were. I also think they really wanted me to drop that dish then and there. How titillating and naughty that would have been, but I dared not take any risks. I was not a risk-taker. Not at the time. I found that I had some talent when I joined Theater in high-school. I learned a lot and I like to think I did okay. But high-school can sometimes be a scary place where you feel like screaming and hiding most of the time. Fast-forward to college where I had a hell of a time trying to figure out what I wanted to major in. I did do some Theater at university, but at some point, I haphazardly chose Classical English Literature because I loved reading so much. I minored in Teaching because my young self liked the idea of trying to inspire a few kids here and there the way a few of my teachers did here and there. Well, college put me in a whole lot of debt so of course I took the first full-time job that came along after graduation. I was hired at a payroll outsourcing firm where my sister worked (she got me the referral). From there, the years flew by as I lived a fast-paced city girl life. My career in payroll was stable and there were always opportunities to learn more and move up. After doing payroll at various different tech companies in Silicon Valley, 12 years later I decided that payroll just wasn't for me anymore. You see, I still wanted to perform. So, I quit my job and pursued teaching. In France. Teaching has some roots in performance, right? So I spent some time assisting at an elementary school, got a TEFL certification, and yeah, didn't teach again at all after that. From there, I spent 2 years traveling the world. I learned so much about people and relationships and love and myself. And the throughout it all the thought of voice acting always cropped up in my head... So, here at last, I have the energy, motivation, and enthusiasm to get back to something I love doing. I am a performer. I am a voice actress. Now, I am a risk-taker.

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