Karen McCarthy

I've been fortunate to have a wide range of Voice Over and Performing jobs, including a few small film roles. In Commercials I've worked both on and off camera for companies like Addidas, Cliff Bars, and House Tofu. For the Award Winning "Jungle Tree House," I portrayed the leading role of Tam and acted as puppeteer. In Animation and Video Games I've been everything from talking food to old ladies, crying babies, Superboy, aliens, Impulse, young King David, Moms, secretaries, babysitters, superheroes, athletes, frogs,soldiers, mice, little girls, and quite a few monkeys. Often I'd play multiple roles like the three Vultures I played in Reckless Abandon's "Vultureville." My record I think is seventeen different characters in one radio play called "Food Riot." Was very involved as a Director and Talent in the 2006 Second Place JPF Award winning "Play It Again Mom!" by ADrtists. I'm probably best known for my work in Anime projects like "I, My, Me, Strawberry Eggs," and "Haibane Renmei." Even though I just played the Villain in an Animated Feature scheduled to be released in 2012. My favorite job was a test pilot for one of the bigger animation studios. All but two of the cast were actual children, and when we left the booth listeners wanted to know where the little boy was who'd played my role. The Producer pulled me aside, and asked me to re-voice one of the characters because the young man couldn't quite get the delivery, and to put icing on the cake... another producer heard me and asked me to play the leading role in his Animated Pilot. How can you not love that? I'm still beaming. Bachelors Degree in Broadcasting and Theatre from Pepperdine University Acting and Cold Reading - Arlene Golonka Voice Over Fundamentals - Joni Robbins Improv - Mike Balah, Kent Skov, and Steve Pinto (Performer with the LA Connection) Standup - Judy Carter Various Voice Over workshops - MJ Lallo Member ADrtists and Women In Animation Advanced Commercial Foundations - Kalmenson and Kalmenson Advanced Animation Voice Over - Susan Blu Advanced Commercial Voice Over - Marc Cashman Voice Over for Animation and Video Games - Hosted Marc Cashman, taught by Ben Hoppe with Disney Character Animation, and Randy Ryan from Hamsterball Studios. ADR Training - Brad Brock ADR workshop - Pat Fraley and Barbara Harris Microphones Sennheiser ME-80 short shotgun and Sennheiser dynamic Cardiod MD 421 Symetrix 528E Voice Processor MotuTraveler mk3 interface Panasonic sv-3700 Dat Recorder PC with Windows XP running Cool Edit Pro (compare with Adobe Audition) Macbook Pro OS 10.4 running Garageband, Audio Master, Flash, and Finalcut Both computer systems have CD and DVD burners I also have programs for converting files such as WAV and MP3 Strong Theater, on Camera and Voice Over Directing Skills Extensive Production and Post Production Background in Film and Television. Finalist in Moondance Screenwriting Competition 2010 Have performed standup and Improv at theateres like the Ice House Annex, Improv, and Ha Ha Cafe. Experience as a Voice Over Coach for other Voice Performers Currently in Development on "Shelf Life," an Animated Web Series