Philippa Starns
Overview
- Ethnicity
- White / European Descent
- Age Range
- 48 - 58
- Height
- 5' 6" (1m 68cm)
- Weight
- 8st. 13lb. (57kg)
- Hair Colour
- Auburn
- Eye Colour
- Hazel
Audio
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audio filePhilippa - audio clip
Education
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About me
I'm a versatile presenter / performer with a Drama Degree and background in Radio. The voice of British Airways Promos and Tescorealfood.com, from Pippa Horne at KISS 100 FM to Relaxtion shows for airlines, and Canon Photo Copiers to Pilates programmes on Sky, I can turn my voice to many styles effortlessly and comfortably. A trained Radio Producer and Presenter I've interviewed many authors and celebrities, speak fluent French, and am knowledgeable in many areas from family life and living in the USA and France, to achieving inner peace through deep breathing and meditation. I work in London and live in Kent so am at home both in the city and the country. I've travelled widely and have learnt and absorbed many interesting and fascinating cultural differences along the way. I am always ready to learn from the knowledge and experience of others. I have a natural, easy style which is warm, friendly and professional, and I love the variety of the work.Skills
Languages Spoken | English, French |
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Accents/Dialects | English - London |
Additional Skills | Acting |
Highlights
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I've done hundreds of VOICEOVERS in many different studios and down the line. I do voice to picture for Tescorealfood.com and also British Airways promos. I used to work at ITN so am used to live TV.
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I am not a professional model but have modelled for many photographer friends. I am approx 5 foot 6 inches tall and weigh 9 stone. I have long golden coloured hair, and am naturally freckly and quite pale. I have hazel coloured eyes.
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I have an Honours Degree in French and Drama from London University Goldsmiths College and I won the Best Actress Award in the London University French Drama Competition. As a Voiceover I record all sorts of different scripts all the time requiring character roles of various ages and accents along with serious, corporate, formal work. I am "Tesco Woman" at their website for online video recipes -eg. - http://www.tescorealfood.com/Recipes/Lemon-drizzle-cake.html . I am the voice of the national campaign for Multiyork Furniture Sales. I am the voice of Prudence for the EU DFKI text to voice synthesis project "Mary".Here is a testimonial from that work:
"Philippa Starns was our speaker for the synthetic voice Prudence in our research project SEMAINE. The work involved speaking hundreds of meaningless sentences from the Wikipedia, many of which contained difficult-to-pronounce words, in a highly consistent tone. Philippa was a pleasure to work with. She was always 100% concentrated, managed the difficult pronounciations exceptionally well, and had no difficulties maintaining a consistent speaking style throughout the recordings. We are very happy with Philippa and would like to work with her again should the opportunity arise. Dr. Marc Schröder, German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI GmbH)".
I was previously the Traffic and Travel presenter Pippa Horne at KISS 100 FM in London. I present Relaxation and Well-Being shows for airlines inflight entertainment programmes on Cathay Pacific Airways, SWISS, Lufthansa and Philippines. For these I have to read long scripts slowly in a calming, uniform tone. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with me should you have any further questions.