VOICE ACTOR RESUME
SHELLEY COHEN
VOICE ACTOR/PRODUCER/COACH/WRITER
Vocal Age Range: 55 + Ottawa Agency Representation: www.firststage.ca US Representation: Lau Lapides Company, Non-union (former A.C.T.R.A. member 1984-1991) MCVO
EXECUTIVE SKILLS SUMMARY
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Voice Actor / Producer / Writer – Home studio with Rode NTG 5 microphone, FocusRite Scarlett 2i2 pre-amp interface with Windows 11 platform and Adobe Audition or Audacity Digital Audio Workstation (DAW); Source Connect Standard, bodalgoCall, ConnectionOpen; former A.C.T.R.A. union member, 1984-1991; On and off-camera Actor/Voice Actor for corporate /web explainer videos, e-learning, radio and TV commercials, and telephony; Former Traffic Commentator – CBC Radio, Ottawa – 5 years and AM/FM Radio Announcer - Private radio – 5 years, Kelowna and Castlegar British Columbia;
ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
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For COHM, telephony voice for Rogers Canada (including Fido and Shaw), National Gallery of Canada, Canada Post, President’s Choice Financial Mastercard, The Shopper’s Choice (TSC) channel, Ottawa International Airport, Chateau Whistler Resort, plus many others for 34+ years;
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Online coach 2020-2024 and writer / teacher “Becoming a Voice Actor” privately – 2011 and 2020;
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Wrote script - Natural Resources Canada program “Geomapping for Energy & Minerals”recruitment video; Wrote English script and produced English and French radio Public Service Announcements for the Aboriginal Treaties” Exhibition – Library and Archives Canada; Wrote and narrated two television commercials for a hi-tech training company, and a Halifax law firm; wrote videos for National Capital Commission, Canadian Tire, and Royal Bank; E-learning Voice Actor - Progressive Muscle Relaxation & Stress Response - National Defence, Continental Productions; Narrated two ACTRA award-winning radio programs – "The Romance Novel" – CBC “Ideas” and “The Plague” – CHEZ-FM.