Elle Spencer-Lewis

US: Southern Canadian Irish (Dublin) British (BBC, North London) French Spanish French Canadian

It started with my first film, a comedy slasher film called "Don't Get Up After You're Dead" in which the murder weapon was a breadstick covered in ketchup. Things got serious after that with the role of Voice in Sam Beckett's "Not I". Since then I've done kids' books and cartoons, earthquake reading reports, emergency proceedures, car commericals and a radio programme on french erotica. As a voice teacher I have learned the mechanism of the voice and how to control and vary it's resonance, pitch timbre and enunciation. As an actress who has played mostly character roles, in the realms of both classical theatre and contemporary film, I have learned how to take direction and to infuse my performance with freshness, depth and credibility. Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Diploma from Los Angeles Music Academy (affiliated with Musician's Institute) for voice Artcast - Summer Broadcast arts program The Guild Theatre -Dublin - Summer theatre program Protools 7 - MBox (Reason, Melodyne etc) Cubase Garageband Microphones: Rode, SM57, Shure Beta 87 Tannoy Speakers Mac g5 tower For several years I have been a voice coach and pronunciation coach for ESL students. I have recorded music and voice-over demos in my home studio for several years. I have worked in Kids' entertainment for 5 years and have written two children's books and written and recorded songs for animated shorts. I am a French-speaker from Quebec but my accent is not firmly French Canadian. I've been told by French from France (particularly Paris) that my accent is "charming". I also speak Spanish. I sing in Portuguese so although I speak it, I understand and can pronounce it.