Just a few of the words commonly used to describe Charlene’s vocal style.
With her extensive experience in theatre, radio, documentaries, on hold telephone messages, children’s stories and TV, she has a dynamic range from playful and charismatic to soft, motherly and real.
She naturally has a British sound which works really well for upscale, professional, educated voice over work. She also has a soothing quality to her voice which helps when reading compassionate or human interest pieces. Charlene has also found that her love of medical terminology has led her to becoming high in demand to voice for doctors and medical associates. Children’s stories are also one of her strong suites and passions.
Formation
University of Cape Town, Theatre Degree, Trinity College of London, Theatre Degree, Voice Acting training at Voice Actors Studio, Various Voice Acting courses with Mary Linn Wissner, LA, Shelley Avellino Las Vegas, Sara Sherman LA, David Goldberg Edge Studio New York, various workshops in San Fransisco.
Expérience
Charlene has worked in theatre for most of her adult life and has had the privilege of playing some of the great women in literature. For example, Blanche in “Street Car”, Martha in “Virginia Wolf” and even Florence Unger in “The Odd Couple” to name just a few.
She started many years ago, at the SABC ( the South African version of the BBC) where she took part in radio dramas and sitcoms. She also read on air stories for the blind and did numerous commercials. Before leaving for the States, where she now resides. She did the voice over for the leading lady of a feature film, whose vocal qualities were very weak.
Particularités
Member of the World Voices Association (WoVO)
Testimonials:
“Wonderfully done Charlene!” -Laura Beausaert
“Charlene is an absolute professional and delivered the script in an incredibly timely fashion. Would be an honor to work with her again! Thank you Charlene for a seamless experience.” -A Human Laboratory
“Great working with you Charlene” -Rob Mundy
“SUPER JOB!” -Kelly Cox
“Very fast delivery, very good voice-over. Good communication, perfect!! Thank you very much!” -Richard Derks