Rachel Robinson

Rachel Robinson's voice is velvet gravel; hot chocolate with a little whiskey. Deep, rich, refined throatiness with a wink wink nudge nudge when necessary. She has taken on following incarnations: Trustworthy, sincere, alluring, relaxed, sensual, exuberant, youthful, tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic, knowledgeable, and grave. For more demos and information, please visit www.rachel-robinson.com

"Sure, Rachel's got those Golden Pipes that get her stopped in the supermarket. But because we all know no Stradivarius is worth a nickel unless ya' know how to play it, I will proudly testify that Rachel works the instrument of her voice with an gut-level rhythm and timing that is tuned to perfection. She gets the jokes and gets to the session on time. As her coach, I would love to take all the credit for why she's one of the easy-breezy best I've encountered in over a decade, but I'm sure I will have to get in line behind her mother, her genetics, and Ginny McSwain." -Nancy Wolfson

"You have a wonderful "instrument", Rachel. Keep working it out...people would kill for your chops." -Ginny McSwain

" 'Hamlet advised the actor "to hold, as 'twere, the mirror up to nature...' Rachel Robinson holds up a funny mirror. She delightfully distorts reality. It makes teaching her a challenge. Difficult to instruct when tears of laughter are streaming down my cheeks. -Patrick Fraley, Voice-Over Teacher

English·English (North American)·Spanish

British (var), Scottish, Irish, US Southern (Var), Midwestern, NY/NJ, New England, Australian, French, Russian/Polish, Spanish, German, etc

Child·Teen·Young Adult·Middle Age

AFTRA,SAG

Years of experience: 5-10 years

TV/Film:

"Captivity" (2007)
Featured, Radio Announcer
D: Roland Joffe

"The Young and the Restless"
- Episode #1.8640 (May 2007)
Featured, TV Announcer

“The Thing About my Folks” (2005)
D: Raymond de Felitta; S/W: Paul Reiser
Featured; Voice of “Young Muriel”
Nuance Prods./HBO Films

The Discovery Channel: “I Shouldn’t Be Alive” (2005)
Featured; Narrator. Episode #1 – ‘Shark Survivor’

Animation:
Feature, “Universal Remote”: *
D: Gary Hardwick
Segment, ‘That Darn Jesus’ (2007) Featured, “Mary”

Television, The Jim Henson Company
D: Howard E. Baker
“Unstable Fables” (2007) Feat. Multiple Roles
Scratch track - Episode: Goldilocks and the Three Bears /

MTV2’s “Celebrity Death Match” (July 2006)*
D: Jack Fletcher
Season 5, Episode #8.5 - Featured; Pamela Anderson/Verne Troyer

VH1: “Games are Cool” Campaign Interstitials: D: S. Pax Franchot; G-Net.tv
Prince of Persia – Ubisoft
Darkwatch – Capcom

The Sims II – Electronic Arts

ADR/Looping:
“The Return” (Fall 2006)* D: Asif Kapadia
Voice match, “Joanna” (Sarah Michelle Gellar)
Rogue Pictures/Focus Features

“Down and Derby” (2005)
D: Eric Hendershot
Additional Voices
Excel Ent. Group/Freestyle Releasing


Commercial – TV/Radio/IVR
The Coca-Cola Company
McDonald's
Verizon Wireless
Netflix
Omni Hotels*
XM Satellite Radio
Sam’s Choice Foods / WalMart
MinuteClinic
Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas
Macy’s Dept. Store
WhyRadio
TahitiNow.com
White Hen Pantry*
Letstalk.com*
Proflowers.com
Zila Pharmaceuticals
Twist and Sprout™: ConAgra Foods / Tamarillo Inc.
Workers’ Compensation Action Network


Awards Shows – Announcer/Narrator
Announcer, NARAS in-house presentation,
Lifetime Achievement Awards: (General) 2006, 2005; Brian Wilson; James Taylor
Announcer, NARAS Awards:
Memphis, San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, Seattle, Los Angeles
Announcer, NARAS/Latin Grammys, “Person of the Year” Award: Carlos Santana
Narrator, NARAS presentation; GRAMMY Archive, “A Day in the Life”

Interactive/Industrial/Educational:
Armed Forces Radio & TV Services: “ Pool Game”*
CNN – Internal: “Anycast”*
Motorola/iRadio
Texas Instruments/DLP technology
Mediaologie and Seepoint companies

Training
Aug - Oct ’06 Bob Bergen’s Animation Workshop
Mar ’06 Pat Fraley’s The Disney Way ADR/Looping Course
Jan ’06 Pat Fraley’s Accent on Dialects feat. Larry Moss
Mar-Dec ’05 Nancy Wolfson’s Braintracks Audio
Jun-July/Nov-Dec ’05 Ginny McSwain’s Animation Voice Workshop
Feb ’05 Pat Fraley’s Emergency Room Improv for Auditions
Apr ’04 Bob Bergen / Bill Holmes Animation Seminar
Mar ’04 Bridget Burdine Animation Looping course
Oct–Nov ’03 Bill Holmes’ Audition Workout.
Jul–Aug ’03 UnCabaret’s UnCab Lab: Stand-up/improv training
Jun ’02 Pat Fraley’s Books on Audio
Apr ’02–Aug ’03 Robb Holt’s VO Workout:
Commercial training
Jun – Aug ’02 Kalmenson and Kalmenson Voice Casting
Intermediate for Actors, #676
Jun – Jul ’97 Dolores Diehl’s Voice Over Connection.
1990 – ’94 Syracuse University; Syracuse, NY College of Visual and Performing Arts.
B.F.A. degree in Film/Fine Art. Concentration on writing.
Aug ’89 Larry Moss’ VO workout and dialect gym


STYLE/SKILLS

Warm, husky, announcer, sensual, smart, sarcastic, young mom, older woman, pre-teen boy, wiseass, trustworthy. ADR/Walla. Singing, characters, impersonations, voicematching. Speak basic conversational Spanish. Read foreign languages.

Dialects: British (London and rural), Scottish, Irish, Russian, Polish, Latino, Spanish (Spain and Mexico), Australian, Korean, German, U.S. Southern (various), Midwestern, Boston, New York (Manhattan & Westchester), New England and San Fernando Valley.

COMMUNITY / AFFILIATIONS
Member, American Women in Radio & Television (AWRT)
Reader/Director, Recording Center for the Blind and Dyslexic

Audio Books and Books on Tape·Character Voices and Cartoon Voice Actors·Educational Videos and e-Learning·Movie Trailers·Narration and Documentaries·Podcasts and Podcasting Voices·Radio Commercials·Radio Imaging and Station Identification·Television Commercials·Video Game Voices, Computer Game Voices

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