Serra Hirsch
Brooklyn, NY, United States
Highlights
Completely bilingual in French and English, Serra is a non-union voice over talent who works consistently in both languages. A native French speaker who speaks fluent French with no regional accent (French dialect), Serra has a wide range of American and "European" accents, ranging from silly cartoon-style character voices to a valley girl teenager to a thick French accent or neutral European accent. Her cartoon voices vary from a young boy or girl 2-3 (similar to Snuggle the Bear) all the way to a goofy grown-up or a grandfather voice. Sings, able to maintain character voices while singing. Basic female voices are upbeat, young, accessible and girl-next-door friendly. Has a popular smooth motherly voice and a friendly, spunky young adult voice.
Languages
English, French
Accents
Has a wide range of American and
Ages
Child, Teen, Young Adult, Middle Aged
Special Skills
Cartoons, Documentaries, Audiobooks, Business, Educational, Radio, Telephone, Videogames, Podcasting, Television, Internet
Experience
Past jobs have included voiceovers in animated features and cartoons, TV and Radio commercials, PSA's, Podcasts, Interactive spots, promos for kid’s toys and numerous French voice-overs (beauty product commercials, museum tour recordings, etc). Serra also provides voice recordings for corporations (training videos, voice mail systems, phone prompts, etc).
Clients include Burlington Coat Factory
(TV/radio/in-store ads), CK One (radio), Valley Metro (radio ads/Phoenix), AT&T Wireless (interactive) and TeachNYC.Net (Ad Council). Most recently, she completed a podcast for ArtInfo.net, played a handful of roles in the French recording of the animated series "Wolverine and the X-Men" (for French TV), "Happy Adventures" and "Angel's Friends," to name a few. Serra has also recorded many voice mail systems for numerous companies, and is currently the "French voice" for all Websense customer support recordings..
Credentials
Education
Training in Theater, Puppetry and Education. Works mostly as a voice artist, puppeteer and puppet/prop builder and has experience working in sketch/stand-up comedy as well. Her varied performing experience lends itself naturally to working as a voice-over artist.
BFA, Acting, Emerson College
MA, Educational Theatre, NYU
Studio
Microphone
Audio-Tecnhica AT-2020
Computer & Software
Dell Inspiron E 1505
Special Equipment
TASCAM US-122L USB 2.0 audio interface
Delivery Methods
WAV or MP3
Turnaround Time
1 business day
Service Description
Able to go to a local recording studio or able to record through a home PC recording system. Home studio has a soundproof room with Audio-Tecnhica AT-2020 Microphone on shockmount with pop filter, TASCAM US-122L USB 2.0 audio interface. Recording software is WavePad and the files can be submitted as WAV or MP3.
Client List
Burlington Coat Factory, CK One, Valley Metro, AT&T Interactive, Artinfo.com, Graphlink Media, Websense, TeachNYC.net (Ad Council).Payment Terms
Hire Serra for voice over work. Payment is made through Voices.com SurePay, an escrow service that guarantees your work is done to your satisfaction. Send payment securely by Visa, Mastercard or PayPal through Voices.com then download your files from the website.
