NOVA Voice Over Talent Management » The Women

Jorjeana Marie

admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:34:59 +0000

Jorjeana Marie loves voice-over and being an actress. She has been heard-and seen-for many years in New York City and Los Angeles in an extensive number of regional and national radio and tv commercials, promos, PSA’s and industrials. A selection includes campaigns and commercials for American Express, Las Vegas Tourism, Magellan Navigation; PSA’s for Juvenile Diabetes, Harrah’s Casinos, Florida Water Conservation, Armed Forces Radio; Industrials for The Army and promos for Nickelodeon and AMC.

Her experience in improv and stand-up contribute to her success in creating a mutlitude of characters for animation and interactive projects. She played the lead character “Eve” in a Steven Spielberg project and has also worked on some upcoming X-Box, EA games and other secret projects. Dun dun dun!

Jorjeana is also a host and announcer for live and televised events and shows (she hosted her own show “Date Night” on AMC) and is an experienced ADR artist and avid Tetris player. She brings enthusiasm and professionalism to each and every job.

Beth Lulu

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:06:30 +0000

If you have been watching tv over the past few years and found yourself howling with laughter at some commercial, chances are good that it’s been Beth Lulu who’s been cracking you up. A veteran of the NY Stand-Up circuit, a finalist for Comedy Central’s National Comedy Contest as well as supporting stints for Tom Rhodes and Louis C.K. as well as others, Beth Lulu was most recently seen as the wife of “Armadillo Man” in commercials for Capital One, and has appeared in spots for Swiffer, Mrs. T’s Perogis, Washington Mutual and starring with Alice Cooper in his series of international commercials for Saturn Electronics.

Training

Acting:
New York City (Script Analysis and Scene Study): Bob Krakower (on camera) Victoria Kress
Los Angeles (Scene Study): Diana Castle

Improvisation:
Los Angeles: BANG Improv Studios

Voiceover:
Los Angeles: Huck Liggett at The Voicecaster and Nick Omana at Nova Studios

Cathy Lewis

admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:47:31 +0000

In the 15 years since she first appeared on the scene, comedienne Cathy Lewis has earned the respect and admiration of audiences and fellow
comedians as well as the stellar reputation for being one of the industry’s most philanthropic up and coming performers. From the tough beginnings of being born with a congenital heart condition called Tectrology of Fallet, Lewis has survived four open heart surgeries since childhood. 4 plastic surgeries due from a surgery she had for a ear disease called Meniere disease.

Never one to give up, she turned her would be tragedy into a triumph getting laughs on stage talking about her physical condition among other things, and later founding Big Heart Productions in 1996.

Big Heart Productions is an organization dedicated to helping charities through comedy benefits. Over the years she has teamed with such national and regional organizations as the Make-a-Wish Foundation, Crippled Children’s Society, The Community Alliance for the Blind and the City of Richmond, California to benefit the East Bay Prenatal Council and a community rebuilding project. Big Heart Productions has produced events featuring such renowned comedians as Chris Rock, Damon Wayans, Bill Maher and Kevin Pollack.

Lewis, a Bay area native, has performed regularly at The World Famous Comedy Store where she produce and performs weekly. She has also appeared on such television programs “ Last Comic Standing” NBC “ The Journey of Allen Strange” for Nickelodeon, “ Comic View” BET, and The Jenny Jones Show and this year 2007 on Nickelodeon “Teapot” as the voice of Bouche.

For the past 10 years her extraordinary life has been the subject of a documentary started by Spike Lee collaborator Monty Ross and Donna Lane of Purple Pacific Productions.

DeBorah Sharpe-Taylor

admin — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:06:27 +0000

DeBorah Sharpe-Taylor, enjoyed 3 seasons on AMERICAN IDOL as a member of the finale choir. She is the children’s choir directorat Christ Memorial Church (pastored by André Crouch), Vocal Instructor and Musical Director for Phillips Performing Arts (Alice in Wonderland, Seussical, Guys & Dolls, Annie…. Performing Arts for Life and Education Foundation (Christmas Came to Watts Too, & As We Like It) Towne Street youth summer musical theatre program (The Wiz, Beauty and the Beast, & Bubbling Brown Sugar). She also teaches her VOCAL ZONE Technique privately offering one-on-one, and performance group vocal instruction. Her most recent STAGE performance credits include The Day The Earth Shook Haiti, My Old Friends, 365 Days Plays, BoobyTrap, Blues In The Night, REJOICE, and As We Like It. Since the mid 90’s, Ms. Sharpe-Taylor has performed Letters to Harriet Tubman throughout the greater Los Angeles area as Harriet. She was in the original production of Little Shop of Horrors, at the Orpheum Theatre in NYC with her late husband the original Voice of Audrey II (the Man eating PLANT), Ron Taylor. She performed in and functioned as Vocal Director (Geffen Playhouse, LA) for the Broadway Musical Ron created, It Ain’t Nothin But The Blue. Other notable theatre credits include, Jelly’s Last Jam, The Wiz, Purlie, Eubie, Blues in the Night and Once On This Island, among others.

Ms. Sharpe-Taylor had the privilege of touring with some notable performers. She appeared as the 3rd member of the SUPREMES with Mary Wilson, and Cindy Birdsong, and sang back up for HARRY BELAFONTE, SOUL ll SOUL, and BARRY WHITE, to name a few. TV commercials include Sharpie Pens, Rite Aid, and OneTouch Glucose Monitor, and most recently Safeway/Von’s, Vytorin, and McDonalds, and she recently completed a TV Pilot called CULTURE SHOCK. Voice-over bookings include, AT&T, J.C. Penney, Albertons, State Farm Ins, and MGD to name a few. And finally, see her in the films Road Kings (Epiphany Films) and the soon to be released, Julius Home.

Leisa Jo Waller

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:34:26 +0000

Leisa Jo is a classically trained singer with a strong background in theater. Her musical training has helped her develop the skill to modulate her voice as needed. This, combined with her natural sense of timing and rhythm, allows her to deliver a compelling performance. Her warm and inviting voice has been heard on nationally run television spots for Sears, Marie Callender’s and eToys and on such regional spots as La Costa Resort and Spa, Qwest Wireless and Alaska Providence Medical Center. You’ll find she is both professional and a joy to work with.

Marianne Simpson

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:01:12 +0000

Marianne has been a professional voice over actor for over 25 years. With hundreds of voice-overs including national campaigns for Honda, Gibson Guitar, Revlon, Lincoln Mercury, Chef Boyardee, Mervyns, Ben Bridge Jewelers, The Pork Council, and Sunkist …among many others. She has had many regional long running campaigns for projects such as; Mercedes Benz, Long Island Lighting, Indian Gaming, Arizona Promos and multiple political initiatives. She is proficient in accents including British, Irish, Scottish and Southern dialects. She has provided character work on video game projects for various developers.

Marilyn Dear

admin — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:54:17 +0000

Marilyn studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Her love for the theatre is a deeply entrenched family tradition. Temporarily diverted from acting by marriage, two children and a successful business career, her return has rejuvenated a considerable talent and longing anyone would find difficult to ignore.

Robin Knight

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:00:12 +0000

Robin’s heart lies in animation, she is never happier than when she is in the booth doing the voices of kids!! (boy voices ranging from about 4 years old up through late teens!!) She also loves playing these characters in commercials, radio… anywhere she can play! RUGRATS: ALL GROWN UP… to radio series ADVENTURES IN ODYSSEY… to TV & radio commercials… !!

An athlete and youth advocate (“kids are the best”), Robin coaches kid’s basketball & baseball… and has done a lot of volunteer work with runaways, street kids and homeless youth, using Improv as a tool for expression.

“STORY is the thing”… Robin loves working with her screenwriting partner-in-crime, Tricia Owen… can’t imagine a day going by without tossing every thought and word back & forth until it jumps off the page and becomes something magical! Besides workin’ away in the ol’ screenplay world (lots of cool stuff happening there)… she has written a few plays, including JOEY & THE FIR TREE (inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen story), originally toured out of Seattle… and is the writer-director-producer of THE LAUGHING PLACE, an award-winning short film that played well in festivals, including the Mill Valley Film Festival. Robin had a Screenwriting Fellowship at the American Film Institute…

An actor and puppeteer, Robin has practically lived in the theatre, some productions include HENRY V, TWELFTH NIGHT & RICHARD III… the singing and dancing plant in LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (Robin is also a muppet-style puppeteer)… the West Coast Premiere of AS IT IS IN HEAVEN (L.A. Drama Critics Circle nomination)… tons of Children’s Theatre… touring an AIDS project… and a lot of technical work, lighting designs to stage managing…

Film/TV roles include Tom Hanks’ shortstop in A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN, Nickelodeon’s ALL THAT, Tracey Ullman’s TRACEY TAKES ON… a film techie, too, she loves every aspect of filmmaking, from editing on Final Cut Pro and Avid to just being on the set doing whatever is needed!

Never too far from sports… Robin has been shooting at some NBA games (footage/camera, not hoops… but shooting hoops is fun, too!)… and is going into her 4th season working for MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL with the Networks and Gameday at DODGERS and ANGELS (and Spring Training)… as a Stats Stringer (that’s every statistic you can think of during the games)… and Pitch Fx (tracking everything you can think of about every pitch during the games, very filmic)… just ask her how cool it is and how lucky she feels being up there in the Vin Scully Press Box every game with her childhood heroes!!