Jan has an extensive background in the entertainment field as an actor, voice-over artist, stand up comedian, model, and dancer. She started acting and dancing in her hometown of Berkeley, CA. While attending an acting school in San Francisco she found a flyer announcing a voice over workshop taught by the legendary Lucille Bliss of Hollywood. Lucille helped Jan record her very first demo reel (on an audio cassette,) and Jan immediately began booking jobs. She went on to study acting and dance at The Guildford School of Acting in Guildford, England, and upon graduation relocated to Los Angeles.
Over the years Jan has had a recurring role on a soap opera, acted in two Sundance award-winning films, had one film go to Cannes in 2015, and has modeled for many national and international print campaigns. She danced with a Bay Area-based dance team for 5 years that performed in many parades and theme parks including the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Disneyland, and The Hollywood Holiday Parade. She is also an accomplished filmmaker, screenwriter, and comedian.
Her voice-over work includes numerous national and international commercials, video games, apps, narrations, audio tours, tutorials, and cartoons. She has made announcements for advertisers during events at Madison Square Garden, and she has an annual recurring gig as the announcer of the video game nominees for the Game Developer’s Conference Awards at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. In an effort to give back to her community Jan has taught voiceover at continuation high schools in the Bay Area and has worked with autistic teens at Actors For Autism in North Hollywood.
Training
Voice One studios (commercials, animation, corporate narration, promos) in San Francisco, California.
Trained (commercials & animation) by Lucille Bliss in Hollywood, California.
Video Game and Animation - San Francisco/Los Angeles - Pat Fraley and Darragh O'Farrell of LucasArts.
Experience
Game Developer's Conference - announcer - 6 years - San Francisco, California
Video Games - numerous producers worldwide
e-Learning - numerous producers worldwide
Female Voice Talent for Pandora Radio-record multiple spots on a weekly basis
Voice Talent for Cartoon Series-Sandman Animation - China
NexLogic-Silicon Valley
Acension Digital Films
Polarity Post San Francisco
Sesame Street-PlayDoh National/International commercial
Cloud Computing-Part N Parcel NYC
Cisco Systems - San Jose, California
Multiple Video Games - Namco (the producers of Pac Man) San Jose, California
Multiple Video Games - Somatone- Emeryville, California
The Disney Channel- promo
Specials
I am always more than happy to send you a custom audition from my home studio. Also, I live in Los Angeles close to numerous professional sound studios so phone patch direction is extremely convenient. Thanks so much for viewing my profile. I look forward to working with you.
www.janhaleysoule.com