About

Michelle Garforth-Venter offers a full range of Voice-Over Services and Recording/Editing Options from her Atlanta Recording Studio. On-Camera personality with 25 years’ experience both in-front and behind a TV Camera as an Executive Producer. Michelle will work with you to create exceptional voice-over results.

A Trained Voice Talent, Michelle is Conversational, Believable, Warm and Wonderful, Professional, Upbeat, Young or Middle Age, Intelligent and Compelling. A native Upper-English South African accent, including British accent, Australian accent, and North American accent.

Write Copy, Deliver Edited and Finished Voice Tracks, Add Music, Production of Radio Ads for To-Air, Additional Special Effects. Audio delivered in any format using FTP, Email or Dropbox. Methods of delivery include WAV or MP3.

Michelle’s Voice Range is wide and boasts a Relaxing Neutral, Global Accent, that is applicable to several Markets in our Global Village. She’s probably the Neutrality you’re looking for!

She’s a Perfect Miss Sunshine – a Smiling Voice that encompasses Happy Mommy, with a dash of Nerves. To a Voice with Integrity and Calm Seriousness that make People Sit-Up-And-Listen. Michelle loves to Read-Out-Loud, anything from Soulful Poems to Detective Novels and Children’s Books. A Classically Trained Actress at London’s Trinity College of Music, Michelle’s been On-Camera from 1991 to date, with Show Content varying from Interviewing Hollywood’s A-Listers to Lifestyle Stories.

Winning Awards for Broadcast Journalism & Production, Michelle became synonymous from 2005, with bringing Conservation, Animals and Sustainable-Living Efforts to the attention of South Africa’s viewing Public.

Michelle lends her Voice to Clients around the Globe, operating from her Professional Home-Studio, with the convenience of a Larger Recording Studio down-the-road, Michelle will send her Voice Work to you within a 48-Hour turn-around!

Categories of Voice

1. Voice Demo Reels

Commercial Demo

Mostly Radio & TV Voice Overs that are 30 seconds in Duration. Michelle’s Light, Fun, Sparkling demeanor sells a Product, without the Listener feeling they are being ‘sold’ to!

Documentary / Narration Demo

Voicing TV documentaries to TV series, Michelle’s voice is informative while unpacking information.

E-Learning / Explainer Demo

Michelle’s neutral and conversation quality is perfect. Reading the script as one would teach. She has a good grasp of vocabulary, able to tongue twist around medical and engineering phrasing.

Animations / Children’s Books Demo

Never a dull moment here! Michelle’s accent and voice quality is melodic and fluid – kids of all ages love her voice. Her character voices run the gamut, from tiny and cuddly to female pirates that rule the seas.

2. Radio Theatre

Galaxy Door Saga

Michelle Garforth-Venter voices the character of female Pirate Marschak, first mate to Captain Blacer. Mysterious, but notorious for sneaking around. She’s one of those characters you’ll learn to love to hate. Her actions thicken the plot.

3. Commercials TV

Michelle loves voicing and editing TV commercials in her home studio. Take a look at some of the commercials that have screened world-wide.

Wild Ltd TV Series Promo

Jack’s Paint & Hardware

Netcare Medical Maternity

QC Shutters, South Africa

Habitat for Humanity, International Commercial

Earth & Co

Hey Baby

Kolorex

We believe health education saves lives.

Digital MEdIC – An incredible project working to eradicate mortality in compromised counties, born from the minds at Stanford Center for Health Education

How to book Michelle’s Voice

3 Ways to Book

1.Request at The People Store https://peoplestore.net/

2. Request at voicearchive.com

3. Request at Michelle@RiaansDesigns.com

Voice Artist Testimonials

  • “We were looking for an internationally versatile actress to voice a children’s book trailer and couldn’t be happier with the performance Michelle gave us. Such great talent, she needed very little direction, she got it immediately. A true professional, we’d hire Michelle again in a heartbeat!”

    Great Talent
    Maria Reinfeld, Oshii Creative
  • “Michelle is one of the most talented Neutral English voice artists of our time. Love the current series of Shopping Mall Commercials we are doing for Radio. Always a pleasure to work with her!”

    Neutral English Voice
    Ruan le Grange, General Manager, Africa
  • “Michelle’s professionalism and ability to deliver exactly to brief has made her our first choice for our commercials on Home Channel Network – always going above and beyond to assist.”

    Professionalism
    Adrian Goncalves, Finistry Productions
  • We are an Explainer Video Company based in India & require Voiceover service often. I’ve worked with Michelle on many projects due to her Efficient Service, Reliability and Cost Effectiveness. Her precise turnaround time is also a REAL Bonus. Looking forward to a long relationship.

    Reliability
    Taher Shaikh, Producer, Co-Founder BrandsMark