THE VOICEOVER NETWORK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Founder of Audio Production Company, Soundcuts Ltd
Adele Cutting is a BAFTA award-winning audio professional with 20+ years experience in audio direction, designing sound, music editing, casting and directing actors and covering all things audio across games, TV, installations, mobile and VR.
Adele is the founder of audio production company, Soundcuts Ltd., before Soundcuts, Adele spent 15 years at EA, working her way up the ranks from Junior Sound Designer to Senior Audio Director, working on blockbuster titles such the Harry Potter franchise (on which she wore both Audio and Voice director hats), plus well known cult classics Populous the Beginning and Theme Park World.
Recent titles Adele has worked on include Assassin's Creed Odyssey (UK and Athens Voice Direction), The Room Old Sins (Sound Design), Pinky Malinky (Music Editing and co-ordination), Astrologaster (Voice Direction) and Elements - a James Bond cinematic installation in the alps.(Sound Design and Music Editing), Planet Zoo (Casting, Direction, Post Pro).
Job Titles:
- Business Development Manager, Voiceover Artist
Having started in TV and theatre, Alan discovered voiceover in 2016 and quickly fell in love with the industry. Now he is an award-winning voiceover artist as well as a successful performance capture actor and entrepreneur.
Alan is a British voiceover based in Leeds, UK, with a friendly, story-telling voice that is complemented with a hint of a northern English accent. Having delivered motivational talks and having established clients from all around the world, Alan is a big advocate for seeing everyone succeed and unlocking their potential.
Job Titles:
- Creative Design Manager
- Graphics and Layout Designer
Bernard is a creative designer who is self-motivated with a strong background in both print to digital media and with over 10 years of experience in the graphic design industry.
Bernard has worked extensively in design agency, print and graphics producing high end business to business and consumer facing designs. Detail oriented and has a comprehensive understanding of Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator, Adobe Muse, Sketchup and Cinema4d.
Dale is a web developer with years of experience in both front end and back end development. He is also a graphic designer with experience working in the graphic design industry.
Job Titles:
- Voiceover Artist and Voice Coach
Dian is a US voiceover artist, teacher and voiceover coach based in London. She's worked as a professional voice actor since early 1998 and a character voice teacher and voiceover coach since 2006.
She has worked on a huge amount of animations and cartoons including The Woodlies, Corneil and Bernie, Nelly Nut Live as well as many more. Video Games include Horizon: Zero Dawn, Pusuit Force and Sacred Underworld.
Dian is one of the top voice coaches in the UK
Dian is a US voiceover artist, teacher and voiceover coach based in London. She's worked as a professional voice actor since early 1998 and as a character voice teacher and voiceover coach since 2006.
Job Titles:
- Voiceover Artist, Actor, Voice Director and Writer
Elley-Ray Voiceover artist, actor, voice director and writer Elley-Ray has traversed the stages, film sets, television and radio studios for over 40 years delighting audiences world-wide. Her compassion to share it is unparalleled. She's is a Toronto-based voiceover artist, actor, voice director and writer. She has been working in the voiceover industry for over 37 years. She has worked extensively in animations, commercials, corporate, video games, promos, audiobooks and pretty much every area of our industry. Her credits include My Little Pony, Care Bears, Babar the movie, Z Baw (feature film), Cat in the Hat, My Big My Friend, Busy Town, Hotel Transylvania: The Series and many more.
Elley-Ray has traversed the stage and graced film sets, television and radio studios for over 40 years, delighting audiences world-wide. Her talent, and her compassion to share it, is unparalleled. She's is a Toronto-based voiceover artist, actor, voice director and writer. She has been working in the voiceover industry for over 37 years.
Emma has experience working in the UK and US, with a background in the media industry, having worked for broadcasters such as BBC and ITV.
She is an aspiring voiceover artist and PhD student, currently writing her first novel
Emma is fairly new to the VON team and comes armed with curiosity, and a healthy balance of pragmatism and enthusiasm. She is delighted to be serving such a talented and welcoming community.
Emma is an experienced operations management professional with over 8 years of expertise in driving success for early-stage companies and SMEs. Skilled in designing and delivering impactful SaaS solutions and technology ecosystems, with a proven track record of achieving strategic goals. An innovative problem solver with a cross-functional background in operations, finance, communications, and HR. Known for a can-do attitude, commercial acumen, and a passion for improving processes. Collaborative leader who excels at fostering relationships and driving results.
Gabriel Porras is a world-record-holding presenter and voiceover professional with 25+ years of experience in advertising, news, live broadcasting, corporate, eLearning, gaming and animation roles (BBC, Microsoft, Netflix, Saatchi, Apple, BBM, Sauza, FedEx, McDonald's, Sunset&Vine among others).
Hannah Illingworth Ops Manager Hannah is an experienced, highly organised Business Manager and the owner of Hi!Virtual, specialising in supporting business owners with establishing strong foundations on which to build their business. She's also a part-time musician in the British Army!
With over 25 years in accounting, Heather has worked as a self-employed contractor in a number of industries including music, publishing, golf, education and baby clothing. She brings her wealth of experience to our team, co-ordinating the accounts and admin.
Job Titles:
- Business Operations Manager, Voiceover Artist
- Creative Producer, VO Artist
A seasoned broadcast writer, producer and director, Leisa has spent more than seventeen years involved in creating and producing high quality Television and Media programmes for top American broadcasters; PBS, NBC and Discovery Channel. Award-Winning Producer with a FREDDIE, an International Health and Medical Media Award plus several nominations throughout her career.
As a writer / producer she quickly learned the power of ‘voicing' and in a twist of fate, she was asked to voice a scratch-track and that's all it took for her to be enchanted by the magical world of voiceover. Leisa has trained with professional voice artists in voicing medical, children's and lifestyle documentary narration.
As a stage performer, Leisa studied Dance for over twenty years and has travelled throughout America competing and performing professionally.
A seasoned broadcast writer, producer and director, Leisa has spent more than nineteen years helping to create and produce high quality television and media programmes for top American broadcasters; PBS, NBC and Discovery Channel.
Job Titles:
- American Actor, Writer, Producer and Coach
- Writer, Producer and Coach
Lori Alan is an American actor, writer, producer and coach.
She stars on the Emmy Award winning, SpongeBob: Squarepants as Pearl Krabs, Diane Simmons on Family Guy, Sue Richards, The Invisible Woman, on Marvel Comics' The Fantastic Four, and The Boss in the Metal Gear Solid video game trilogy.
She's proud to be a part of the Academy Award Winning Pixar Family. Voicing characters in Wall-e, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Monster's University, as Mother's Sadness in Inside Out, and Bonnie's Mom in Pixar's extraordinary, global franchise, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4. Other credits include Minnions, Friends, Dispicable Me 3, Greys Anatomy and Law and Order LA.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Manager, Voiceover Artist
Lorraine is a UK based Actor and Voiceover Artist. Her passion for Acting started at an early age when she loved to watch classic black and white movies. She studied at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
After graduating Lorraine worked on the London Fringe, noted for her powerful performance in ‘Glass Hearts' by the award-winning David Spencer. Television includes the role of Ann McIntyre in Coronation Street, and other wonderful roles in Eastenders, Holby City, Merseybeats, and The Bill. Lorraine is a versatile Actress with the qualities required to play hard-edged raw characters. She has the ability to bring a sense of vulnerability to her roles and a sense of realism to her performances. Many Directors have commented on her naturalistic style and her commitment to her work.
Job Titles:
- Artist
- Assistant Editor, the Buzz Magazine, Accounts Coordinator, Voiceover Artist
Natalie is a voiceover artist, actor, assistant director (TV/Film), theatre producer and radio announcer/producer. She works in commercials, animation, gaming, narration (corporate / audiobooks) and radio drama. Her clients include iHeart Radio, New Zealand Lotto, Blind Foundation, Les Mills, Vista/Veezi, McDonalds and Southern Comfort. Natalie works in a range of accents including New Zealand / Australian, various UK & US and Eastern European and has a great range of animation, character and gaming voices.
Natalie has a radio career spanning over 15 years and has worked as a radio announcer/producer in New Zealand, Sweden, Canada and the USA. She holds a Bachelor of Communication Studies (Radio) from AUT and is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA New York). She was a finalist in the inaugural SOVAS - Voice Arts Awards for animation and was a recipient of the Shakespeare's Globe International Actors' Fellowship.
She has worked in TV and theatre production including producer of the Auckland Outdoor Summer Shakespeare, 2nd Assistant Director for South Pacific Pictures (Shortland Street, The Bad Seed), as well as program manager for The Actors Program. She is a founding member of the International Actors Ensemble, performing as Antipholus of Syracuse in their Mexican tour of Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors and festival appearances in Auckland, Melbourne and the UK.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Owner
- Artist
- Founder, CEO and VO Artist
As well as running The VoiceOver Network, Rachael is a busy voiceover artist, actress, writer, public speaker, award-winning entrepreneur and the mother of two girls.
As well as running The VoiceOver Network, Rachael is a busy voiceover artist, actress, writer, award-winning entrepreneur and a mother of two girls.
Rachael's love for acting started at a young age when she was inspired by her actor Grandfather and loved seeing him perform in the West End. She trained as an actress at Richmond Drama School and soon after graduating, discovered voiceovers and absolutely loved working in this area of the industry. Rachael has been a voiceover artist for over 20 years and during that time has worked with a huge range of top brands including Virgin Media (yes, she's their telephone voice), CNN, Nestlé, Olay, Sure, Channel 5, The Travel Channel and many more. In addition, Rachael has worked with Derek Jacobi and Hayley Atwell in The Martian Chronicles radio drama and voiced three One Direction films.
Her voiceover agent is Excellent Talent. As an actress, Rachael has worked in TV, film and theatre as well as on commercials for brands such as Persil. Her acting agent is Comedy Actors, London. Rachael is co-author of the Amazon best-selling book, ‘Shine: …it's like glitter for your soul! ', and contributing author of a second Amazon best-selling book, ‘Believe: … it's like glitter for your soul! '.
Rachael is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with others in the industry and in 2014, officially established The VoiceOver Network, which aims to bring the industry together. She won the Entrepreneurs Circle's, ‘Entrepreneur of the Year for London and the South 2014' award, not only for her work on her voiceover business, but also with The VoiceOver Network. Rachael was also a finalist at the 2014 National Entrepreneur Awards for ‘Best Business Enabler' for her work with The VoiceOver Network. She finds business and marketing fascinating and enjoys the challenges of running her businesses.
In her spare time, Rachael loves sport, is a keen snowboarder and scuba diver and likes to run to keep fit.
Randall Ryan is a voiceover casting director and director. He is s the co-founder of Hamsterball Studios in Austin, Texas.
Randall Ryan is a voiceover casting director and director.
He is the Co-founder of Hamsterball Studios in Austin, Texas. His video game credits include: Small Town Terrors, Lord of the Rings Online, World of Warcraft, Dungeons & Dragons Online, Transformers: Optimus Prime, the Deer Hunter series, World Series of Poker, mobile gaming, children's games, sports titles, shooters and so much more.
Job Titles:
- Resident Sound Engineer for the VoiceOver Network, Producer, Voiceover Artist and DJ
From university Rich entered the world of radio production and secured a position as a commercial producer at UTV (now The Wireless Group) in which he won awards both locally and nationally for his production work.
In 2016 Rich made the leap of faith and became freelance offering his services to production companies and voice overs whilst building the reputation of his company ‘io Audio' from his own studio. Over the last 2 years io Audio has successfully produced showreels for many of the industries leading voices as well as offering studio recording facilities for TV and Radio most notably for Russell Howard's Travelogue aired on Comedy Central and BBC Radio. As well as producing Rich also lectures at universities on radio production and the subject of how sound creates visualisations in our minds and how this can be used as a tool in radio production. Rich loves the art of directing voice overs, as well as mixing records on a saturday night and chilling with the family.
Rubie has a background in store management with over 5 years managing multiple teams. She is proficient in office administrator duties and provides key support to the team.
Job Titles:
- Technical Support / Web Development. Actress and Software Engineer
Sara is an Actress for Film, TV, Voiceover and Mocap, and also a Software Engineer with years of experience in both backend and frontend development.
With a background in Software Engineering, at the age of 24, she fully decided to fight her way through the arts as it has been her greatest passion ever since she was a teenager. She moved to London soon after her graduation, studied Strasberg's Method and began her professional Acting career at the end of 2016, whilst keeping her Software Engineering career too.
Tanya has over 20 years as an Executive Assistant, before turning her hand to becoming a Virtual Assistant.
She loves to organise, is a self-confessed to-do list addict and provides Rachael with the admin support she requires.
In her spare time she is mum to one son and plays for a ladies football team!
Job Titles:
- Performance Capture Director
Tom Keegan is one of the most in demand performance capture directors, audio directors and casting directors in the world right now.
He is a Director and Casting Director for Performance Capture, Video Games, Voice Over and Films. Games title credits include the Battlefield series, Wolfenstein 1, 2 and 3, Star Wars: Battlefront 2, Dead Rising 3 & 4, Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, Call of Duty: Modern Warfair Remastered, The Amazing Spiderman 2 and many more.