Training
National Institure of Broadcasting - four week class - 1996
Sears & Switzer - Voice training -Toronto 2001
Lee Strasberg Institute - Breath & Voice -New York 2006
ACTRA - voice workshop 2004
Javits Centre - Auto Show - Jeep presenter 2005
I stumbled into the world of voice over work at the age of eighteen when I joined the National Institiute of Broadcasting in Toronto.
I already knew I wanted to become an actor, and had managed to book a variety of jobs, but thought it a good idea to immerse myself into becoming well rounded by increasing my variety as a voice talent as well.
The NIB taught me diction, warmup exercises, radio broadcasting, and mainly, how not to pop my p's on the mike!
Because I have worked in corporate america for a number of years as a customer service representative I am familiar with the "voice" typically used to close deals over the phone. As such, my voice has always been my tool.
Typically, I am called upon to record voicemail greetings and to come up with accents for voice mailboxes that don't really exist so as to make the company look larger.
I am skilled at mimicking accents.