BIOGRAPHY
Well known, high-profile, international VO. Smooth, warm, rich tones - Golden Voice of the Speaking Clock. Best-selling Author, Voiceover, Producer - plus studio hire. Based in Brighton & Hove. isdn-linked studio with full broadcast facilities. Excellent documentary and corporate film VO with ads galore voiced & extremely wide vocal range for characters. A must for an ultra-professional voiceovers, great fun to work with, very easy to direct.
PROFILE GALLERY
DEMO REELS
Commercials Reel
Corporate & Narration
A selection of characters
Christmas story reel
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Email: sara@saramendesdacosta.com Business number: +44 (0) 1273 207972 Mobile number: +44 (0) 7973 114609 Website: www.saramendesdacosta.com |
Gender: Female Location: Brighton & Hove Description of voice: Warm, rich, smooth tones, great for docs and corporate films. RP voice. Moves easily between smooth and silky, warm and friendly, conversational, authoritative styles. Best known for straighter reads but oodles of character voices available and range stretches from babies to the elderly. Sounding Age(s): 5 - 10, 31 - 40, 41 - 50, 51 - 60, 61 - 70, 71 - 100 Languages: English (UK) Accents: Natural or parody Scottish (various) - lived in central Scotland as a teenager - Northern (different lilts) Scouse. Various others will quite happily do in a parody style and short pieces in a more natural tone. Contact to discuss. Also mimics - e.g. Sybil Fawlty, Miss Piggy, Marge Simpson, Dame Edna Everage. Will turn hand to anything within range and can supply samples. Expertise: Commercial, Corporate, Documentary |
AGENT(S)
CREDITS
| Year | Project | Project Contact | Role | Company | Details |
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| 2017 | BBC Documentary – Could We Survive a Mega Tsunami | Narrator | BBC | www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p017s1wl | |
| 2014 | BBC Documentary series – Jungle Atlantis | Narrator | BBC | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p027ldkv | |
| 2012 | BBC Documentary series – Cutty Sark: National Treasure | Steve Crabtree | Narrator | BBC | www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nng3c |
| 2011 | BBC Horizon – Documentary – See Stars | Ben Lawrie | Narrator | BBC | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00js3qk |
| Year | Project | Voiceover Category | Company | Details |
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| 2006 | Voice of the BT Speaking Clock for 10 years – 4th Permanent Voice since 1936 | IVR & Telephony | BT | 2006 - 2016 Sara was the 4th permanent holder of this iconic role. Announced live on Children in Need November 2006 to a 13 million strong audience. Appeared live with Sir Terry Wogan, Nicky Campbell, Julia Bradbury & Fearne Cotton. At that time, the Speaking Clock received circa 90million callers per year. During the 10 years, Sara appeared on countless TV & Radio shows, at public events and was interviewed and covered through the world's media - though mainly centred in the UK. |
SKILLS
| Voiceover Artist and Producer | Working for over thirteen years internationally. Production work to accompany own voice work. Daily voiceover projects include commercials - radio & TV - corporate video, e-learning modules, documentaries, IVR/on-hold, games, promos, in-store. Excellent RP voice, well known worldwide. Vast range of characters created to suit and some mimicking. |
| Author - novels and articles | Writer of commercial women's fiction. Peanuts & Eggcups debut novel published by Clink Street and White Glove June 2016. Reached number one in the Australian Kindle Charts July 2017. Coming soon: Time...& Time Again; The Man in the Mirror; Maggie Ever After. |
| Presenting | Some experience of in-camera work including autocue presenting. |
| Master Practitioner of NLP, Hypnosis & Time Line Therapy | Trained by The Performance Partnership - London. NLP is an excellent skillset to have in the voice industry when creating scripts, marketing projects, customer/client liaison and vocal inflection. |
The Hove Studio - Home isdn studio (BBC professsional audio booth) - also available for studio hire
| Software: | Adobe Audition |
| Video Sync Available: | No |
| Remote connectivity: | ipDTL, ISDN, Skype, Source Connect, Zoom |
| Microphones: | Audio Technica 4033 |
| Studio demo sample |
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