Jacqueline Samuda

Dialects include Eastern European, Russian, British, English, Southern U.S., French, Caribbean, Jamaican, Southern US, Middle Eastern, Israeli, Parisian, French Speak European French at a conversational level.

PARTIAL CLIENT LIST FROM THE LAST YEAR ALONE: Finish Dishwashing (TV national campaign); Pure Silk (TV/radio national campaign); CNN (TV doc series); Sylvan Learning Center (TV/radio national campaign); AAA (TV/radio national campaign); HGTV (“Design School” narration); Hewlett-Packard; Crime Stoppers (radio); MySpace; California Milk Advisory (TV); Lysol (TV); Banner Health; Metropolis at Metrotown (campaign); BC Hydro (TV/radio campaign); United Way; Southlands (radio campaign); Vancouver Aquarium; Aminogenesis (TV campaign); ACS Wireless (radio); Wine Experts.com (radio); Federal Home Loan Bank of New York (web); Pacific Press (radio); McKay Insurance; Mann’s Jewellers; Canada Gold; TaxACT; Molycorp; Branam Smile; BC Nurses Union; Hardy Point Real Estate; Kidsport PSA; Daybreak Homes… and many more! Jacqueline Samuda, a finalist for Best Female Voice for the 2008 Voicey Awards, has been the voice for several major commercial campaigns, promoting retail, housing, health care, auto, utility and banking products among many others. A specialist in ADR (lip synching), she has replaced the voices of models and actresses in TV ads and dramatic programming. She has worked extensively on the web, for example as the client care/tutorial voice for a major bank's website, and the instructional website voice for another banks' employees. As a regular voice for a telecomm company for three years, she is very comfortable with IVR and on hold messaging, and has even been the voice "inside" greeting cards sent by the American Medical Association to doctors! Although specializing in voice-over work, she has years of experience playing various characters in mulitple radio drama series and also performs in television and film productions, and has been an on-air host in industrials. Partial client list from recent years: Auto-related: AAA (TV/radio national campaign) ICBC (TV) CAA Manitoba (TV/radio) Cadillac Fairview (TV/radio) JEEP (web) Mitsubishi (web) Nissan (radio) Banks: Carolina First (radio) Ethical Funds (radio) Mountain West Bank (TV/radio) First Niagara Bank (radio) Credit Union of BC (TV) ENT Credit Union (TV/radio) ESL Bank (radio) Commercial: Lowry (radio) Vancouver Aquarium (radio campaign) Charter Communications (TV/radio campaign) Cohen’s (radio) Super 7 Lottery (TV) BC Hydro (TV/radio campaign) Thrifty Foods (TV/radio) Richmond Shopping Centre (radio) Cooks Ham (TV) Denver Museum (radio) Staples (national radio) Dupont (radio) Entel (radio) Brentwood Mall (radio) Woodgrove Centre (radio) Future Shop (radio) McDonald’s (TV/radio) Playland (radio) So Good Soya (radio) Envision (radio) Food Giant (radio) Corporate and Web: NEC (web) American Medical Assoc. (greeting cards) BP Petroleum (safety videos) Buck Consultants (Flash page for HR) Citizen’s Bank (web) Home Loan Bank of New York (web) HSBC (educational/web) Independent Health (website) MySpace (web tutorial); TAL (industrial, lip sync) Regions Next (industrial) Royal Bank of Canada (web tutorial) Superclubs Resorts (DVD narration); Symantec/Quickbooks (on-line) Tourism Webpage (website) Vancity Focus (corporate) Healthcare: Banner Health (radio) Baptist Medical (TV) BC Lung (radio) BC Cancer (radio) BC Dental (TV) Denver Children’s Hospital (radio) Ellis Hospital (radio) Evergreen Health (radio) McCune Brooks Hospital (campaign) Riverview (radio) Real Estate: Daybreak Homes (TV/radio) Elderwood (radio) Reunion Homes (radio) Skogman Model Homes (radio) Public Service: E-Comm Police Line Mississippi Drop-Out Prevention Alberta Victim Services Kidsport Hungry Howie’s Fight for Cancer Island Hearing “Public Affairs” (TV/radio) Habitat for Humanity (radio/TV) City of Richmond (TV) Distress Line (radio/TV) Focus on Family (radio) IVR/Voice Messaging: Flight Centre (on-hold/messaging) Vancouver E-comm (IVR) Charter Communications (IVR) Documentary Narration: CNN (multiple accents; documentary series) National Park Services (documentary) River Rock (promotional video) Animation/Video games: Damnation Game (X-Box; lead character, pre-lay) Edison & Leo (lead role, pre-lay/stop-action feature) The Story of Sainkoku (major character) A professional actress with twenty years of voice-over experience, Jacqueline has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (honours) degree in theatre. Training includes many courses of university and professional level voice and dialect training, most recently attended a pro "TRAILER/PROMO" workshop with the renowned Los Angeles voice coach Marice Tobias. Mic: Rode NT-USB with integrated interface Computer: Macbook Pro with Audacity lip synch/dubbing/ADR/voice replacement