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(917) 532-8862 — maria@mariamakisvoiceover.com

Voice Over Training

Edge Studio, New York, NY
She enrolled in Edge Studio to begin her voice over training, as she moved forward toward a career as a voice actor.

Committed to be the best in the field and to stay abreast of the latest voice over standards and trends, Maria continually augments her initial Edge Studio training with classes, mentoring programs and coaching through Global Voice Acting Academy, Gravy for the Brain, and Ann Ganguzza’s V.I.P.eeps. Her coaches include, among others, David Rosenthal, Tom Pinto, Marc Cashman, J. Michael Collins and Johnny Heller. 

Voice Qualities

Maria’s natural voice attributes make her well-suited for voice work. Her voice is recognized as:

Warm
Authoritative
Helpful
Compelling
Comforting
Clear
Articulate

Maria is partnered in her clients’ success utilizing her skills to be the teacher, next door neighbor, the older mom, the elderly grandmother, and even a man!

Education & Early Experience

Maria received her MFA in Acting from the New York University Tisch School of Arts and for several years acted in various off-Broadway productions.

In time, Maria became an academic administrator for NYU Tisch School of the Arts Theatre Program. Her next move took her in a somewhat different direction: she became a lawyer, practicing Workers’ Compensation and Social Security Disability law. This makes her a natural for legal narration or any voice over project that requires comfort with legal jargon.

And through her time as a lawyer, Maria never lost her love of acting, gravitating back to voice over work even while still practicing law.  She now brings all her focus, experience and skills to her voice acting career.

Maria has also extensively trained in medical narration and is quite comfortable with communicating technical information in a competent, warm, authoritative manner. Maria is great at taking direction so she can communicate medical and pharmaceutical information in whatever style you need.

Studio Specs

Maria has her own studio containing:

  • Sennheiser MK4, AT2035 and Shure SM7B
  • Audient iD14 Audio Interface
  • Source Connect Standard
  • IpDTL Capabilities

Affiliations

Maria is non-union.

Member with profile on Voice123.

Associate Member of WoVO (World Voices Organization) since December 2014.

Associate member of the Audio Publishers Association as a narrator.

Personal

In her spare time, Maria enjoys walking, yoga, meditation, off-Broadway theater, computer games, and writing. She’s currently taking a course in writing children’s picture books.

Maria was born and bred in New York State. She moved to New York City many years ago to study acting at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and still lives there today in the wonderful East Village.