Minerva Benedicto Vier

Asian Accents: Japanese, Chinese, Filipino, Thai; European Accents: Russian, French, Italian, British, Irish, German Characterizations: Lisa Simpson, Marilyn Monroe, Disney Snow White, Karen (Megan Mullaly) of Will & Grace

While working as a waitress at a swanky hotel bar in Beverly Hills, a fine man told me, "I love your voice! You should audition to be the bird in the movie!" "The bird? Movie?What?", I asked. "Well, I'm producing an animated action movie called ARK, and there's the character of a robot birdie in it. I think your voice could totally do the robot birdie," he says. "Really?!" REALLY! Long story short, I got to play the robot birdie named Jejune in ARK. By the way, you can watch it on Netflix if you're curious. So that's how my voice-over career started. Soon after that, I got to do the voices of TASTEBUDS in a short film promo for Coca-Cola which I believe is still playing at The Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta, Georgia. My favorite Tastebuds character voice is Sour. I ate about 15 lemon slices during the recording session to make it genuine. (I like to infuse a little method acting technique in my voice-over work ;) Not long after Tastebuds, I realized I'm good at this!!! So I trained from the best of the voice-over business, Nancy Wolfson, and produced a kick-ass voice-over demo! Check it out ;)! EDUCATION M.F.A in Acting, Actors Studio MFA Program, The New School University, New York, NY B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA British-American Drama Academy, Oxford, England TRAINING Voice-Over: Nancy Wolfson of Braintracksaudio Cold Reading: Annie Grindley @ Margie Haber Studios Acting: Elizabeth Kemp, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson @ The Actors Studio Classics: Fiona Shaw, Estelle Kohler, Alan Rickman @ B.A.D.A. Voice & Singing: Zachary Gertzman @ Silverlake Conservatory * I use a neighboring studio that already comes with an engineer ;)* As an actress, I've done theater, film and commercials. So here my theatrical resume! Minerva Vier (310) 614-3014 THEATER Ruby: Tragically Rotund Edwina (lead u/s) Latino Theater Co. @ LATC Sea Change El (lead u/s) L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center Dogeaters Lolita Luna CTG, Kirk Douglas Theater Magdalena Magdalena NoHo Actors Rep; Chinatown LA References To SalvadorDali… Cat Artworks Theater Barefoot Boy With Shoes On Vicky Underground Theater (*2007 L.A. Weekly Award nominee for Best Supporting Female Performance In A Play) The Odyssey Athena Will & Co. Macbeth Hecate Will & Co. San Fran Scapin Zerbinette Andak Theater Co. Dogeaters Lolita Luna Playwrights’ Arena Lola Goes To Roma Roma Casa 0101 Stateside Girls the playwright The NationalComedy Theater Sockmuffin, The Elf (Musical) Sue The Globe Theater, L.A. Girls In The Brain Eve The Lillian Theater Live Nude People SketchComedienne The Rose Theater After Eden Corona Collage Dance Theater Closer Alice Actors Studio MFA Repertory Assassins (Musical) Squeaky Actors Studio MFA Repertory City Of Angels (Musical) Avril, Mallory Actors Studio MFA Repertory Arcadia Thomasina Producer’s Club, N.Y. The Dante Project: Inferno Principal Jazz Dancer Taohaus Theatre Company Shopping & F***ing Lulu Actors Studio M.F.A. Richard III Lady Anne Actors Studio M.F.A. FILM Fun With Benny Lead dir. Sean Larkin Baby Boom Lead dir.Josefina Lopez FAQs Lead dir. Everett Lewis EDUCATION M.F.A in Acting, Actors Studio MFA Program, The New School University, New York, NY B.F.A. in Dramatic Writing, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA British-American Drama Academy, Oxford, England TRAINING Voice-Over: Nancy Wolfson of Braintracksaudio Cold Reading: Annie Grindley @ Margie Haber Studios Acting: Elizabeth Kemp, Ellen Burstyn, Susan Batson @ The Actors Studio Classics: Fiona Shaw, Estelle Kohler, Alan Rickman @ B.A.D.A. Voice & Singing: Zachary Gertzman @ Silverlake Conservatory Dance: Alvin Ailey: E. Mosley (Horton) and M. Sherman (Graham), S. Wong (Jazz) Jose Limon Dance Institute: Alan Danielson, Jim May (ballet & modern) The Edge, L.A.: hiphop, jazz, funk, ballet & modern ***SPECIAL SKILLS*** Dance (ballet, modern, jazz, swing, latin dances i.e. salsa, burlesque etc.),Singing (jazz, soul, musical theater, r&b, folk), Yoga, Poetry, Kickboxing, Piano, Poetry, Dialects/Accents: Spanish, British, Greek, Irish, French, Filipino, Japanese, Southern American, New York and Italian