Mara Finerty
Voice Actor
Confident ~ Sophisticated ~ Inviting
Smooth with a hint of smoke….
Clients include….
Hello Robin - Hamburg, Germany
Capgemini Invent @ Germany - Munich
Orpheo US - CDC Museum Audio Tour
Voquent - London, England/Glasgow, Scotland
Matt Willard Design, Cambridge, England
Learning Ally - Princeton, New Jersey
Video Narration for Capgemini/Invent Germany4Ukraine Project - PolitikAward Reel
About Mara Finerty
Mara Finerty is an award-winning actor, singer and voice actor. Her work has included two companies of Les Miserables, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has varied from Britten operas, to cabaret theatre and musicals, to leading roles in Shakespeare and Sondheim musicals.
She is the ultimate professional and through her extensive acting, VO and vocal training, is able to shape her voice to bring voiceover scripts to life, with creativity, confidence and high quality. She’s quick, makes strong acting choices and takes direction exceptionally well, able to turn on a dime and improvise with ease.
Her vocal age range is wide, from 28 - 60, and even wider with character work - her voice has been described as confident, warm, witty and inviting – that smooth Scotch whisky with a hint of smoke. Kind of like her favorite Scotch, The Balvenie.
Mara began her career as a singer and added acting onstage and in film while in her early teens. She trained at The American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and has coached with some of the best coaches in the voiceover world.
After the National Tour of Les Miserables, Mara transitioned to the business world, as an HR executive, employment attorney and executive coach in Fortune 100 companies in the financial services, biotech, tech and non-profit sectors.
Her executive, coaching and legal experience has given her a keen ability to bring intelligence, life and empathy to a wide variety of scripts and projects – she excels in narration work and has narrated several corporate strategy and culture videos for multinational clients in the U.S. and Europe.
She has added audiobooks to her work portfolio and has narrated books for Audible, Learning Ally and others.
Mara relishes the challenge of voicing something new or different in her work and would love to work with you on your next project!
San Francisco
Cal Grant
Cal@JETalent.com
Representation
Minneapolis
Amy Oppegaard
Amy@Wehmann.com
Offering VO Services for:
Commercial
Corporate Narration
Museum and Audio Tours
Animation and Toys
Documentary Narration
eLearning/Explainers
Live Announce/VOG
Audiobooks
Guided Meditation
VO and Acting Training:
Voice One with Sally Clawson, Jim Edgar, Pam Lorence, Melissa Hutchinson, Jeff Howell, Bob Bergen, Terry Borland, Steve Pogatch, Gavin Hammon, Ned Locke, Jonathan Saul
VO Atlanta: Promos with Jeff Howell and Harry Dunn, Audiobooks with Hillary Huber
Private Coaching: Mary Lynn Wissner, Jeff Howell, Sally Clawson, Tom Chantler and Carol Monda
B.A. Dramatic Arts, U.C. Berkeley (Go Bears!)
American Conservatory Theater
Berkeley Repertory Theater
Member of AEA
SAG-AFTRA - E (Must Join)
Voice Print
Warm
Confident
Classy
Sexy
Witty
Inteliigent
Sophisticated
Approachable
Inviting
Age Range
28 - 60
Accents and Character Voices
American Neutral
Authentic Irish
American Regional: Various Southern, Eastern and Western drawls, NY/Bronx/Brooklyn
Characters: ditzy female, young girl, Valley Girl, evil woman, caricature Russian, sexy-smooth villain, AI voice, quirky/peppy female.
Studio and Recording Capabilities
Mic
Rode NT1
Condenser Mic
Rode NTG1
Shotgun Mic
Interface
SSL 2
DAW
Twisted Wave
Hardware
MacBook Pro 2021
I record and edit in my Studiobricks VO One Plus broadcast-quality studio, soundproofed and treated for optimal recording results, using 24bit 48k resolution to provide clients with professional, high quality audio files that meet client specs, on time and at a competitive rate.
My studio is equipped to do remote direction sessions with SourceConnect Standard, Skype and Zoom.
Recording Booth
Studiobricks One Plus
VO Edition Booth
Remote Direction
Source-Connect
Zoom
Skype
SessionLink