Voice profile
Melanie is a multiple Earphone and VOX Award-winning and critically acclaimed trained British actor based in Sheffield in the UK. A northern lass - grit, humour and down-to-earth, no-nonsense honesty & kindness characterise her approach as a voice actor. She is a highly skilled performer, voicing easily in northern accented English, neutral RP and a general US or mid-Atlantic accent.
Melanie works consistently as an audiobook narrator, audio drama & comedy actor, and voice artist for commercial, corporate, e-learning and other projects.
Clients include Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Dreamscape, Hachette, Bloomsbury, W F Howes, the BBC, The RHS, Cancer Research UK, MIND, Alzheimer’s Society, Pfizer, The Cooperative, Boots, Fenwicks, B & Q, The National Grid, Staropramen, University of Sheffield, University of Nottingham, the TUC and many others.
“On the session I had with Melanie, I knew I’d been missing something special. Her exceptional acting abilities bring something magic to everything she reads. As a producer I couldn’t ask for a more talented, creative and versatile voiceover artist.
What’s more, everything she touches turns into awards! And rightly so. She’s brilliant!”
Rick Loynes, Bauer Media May 2023
Winner:
Audiofile Earphone Award: Halfmoon Lane by Paula Hillman, 2025
Audiofile Earphone Award: The Hanging of Hettie Gale by Tess Burnett, 2025
One Voice Award for Best Performance In-store announcements, 2024
VOX award for Best Use of Humour, Radio Commercial, 2022
Finalist:
British Independent Audiobook Awards - Best Narrator 2026
One Voice Best In-store Announcement 2025
VOX Best Performance Audiobook Factual or Fiction 2024
VOX Best Performance Radio Commercial 2024
One Voice Best Performance Audiobook - Fiction 2023
Melanie has narrated more than 160 audio books, mainly fiction across genres including literary fiction, historical fiction, thrillers & mysteries, modern fairytales, romance and fantasy; she is in demand for commercial radio and corporate projects from repeat clients - particularly for more unusual scripts requiring an actor's approach or those that need a good touch with comedy.
She voices in a light northern (British) English regional accent or neutral British RP and she has a great ear for accents - often being booked to narrate or voice characters with regional accents from across the UK and international accents such as South African, Croatian and Russian among many others.
Melanie's custom designed and built studio is beautifully quiet with a mic that really suits her voice. Her set-up is simple but effective and she hardwires to broadband via ethernet so can hook up to most systems with a local back up recording sent immediately after the session. Source Connect, Zoom, Skype, ipDTL etc all accommodated.
Melanie has worked professionally as an actor and voice actor for 11 years after a 20 year career working behind the scenes in the film and music industries. She studied drama to degree level and then worked at director, manager and decision making level for the majority of her previous career.
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