A Voice that Bridges the Gap.
A Voice that Bridges the Gap.
Debbie Irwin, Professional Female Voice Over Artist
Over her nearly 20 years in the voice over business, Debbie Irwin has voiced thousands of projects for clients around the globe. She has been the voice of The Statue of Liberty, an evil British Queen (in the style of Cersei Lannister from the Game of Thrones), the ancient Egyptian Princess Isis (there’s a funny story there), and even that automated voice you hear when calling a company and wish you were speaking with a real person!
Debbie’s experience as a female voice-over artist ranges from highly technical and complicated medical narration to intimate storytelling in documentaries, becoming characters— large and small, young and old, nice and nasty— in video games, to being an engaging teacher for kids’ language development, corporate e-learning, and the ubiquitous commercial found on TV, radio, Pandora, the web, in stores, on planes and anywhere else you can imagine.
With this breadth of experience comes an in-depth knowledge of vocal techniques and skills essential for producing high quality, professional recordings. In her state-of-the-art, fully equipped sound-proof home studio she can accommodate directed sessions with casting directors, agents, ad agencies, creative directors, writers, production studios, and clients, all at once. She’s known for her playfulness, quick wit, expertise in her craft, fast turnaround, and is a delight to work with.
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About Debbie
Professional voice-overs artists require excellence in many different skill sets. First, they need to have both vocal and acting training. It is just as important to understand how your voice and breathing work, as to how to convey a message truthfully for an audio medium. In addition to all the technical know-how, voiceover talent must be versatile and adaptable to different character traits. Voice over actors must be comfortable playing and improvising, and be able to come up with character voices and accents on the spot. They must be able to be flexible with the tone and mode of the content they present.
Though Debbie is often asked to embody the attitude and voice of an evil queen, she can portray mature and confident older women, as well as the warm, motherly caregiver. She is the recipient of NYWIFT’s Best Actress award for her portrayal of Ayn Rand in a short film entitled I: Ayn Rand. More than the acting chops, she has the experience in microphone technique, timing, nuance, cadence, and stamina, as well as the ability to collaboratively be able to take direction, which is all crucial to the process.
Debbie has all these attributes and skills in spades, but the area she excels in is medical narration.
The Expert in Medical Voice Over
Medical narration is a specialized niche in the voiceover world, one that requires a high level of skill and proficiency. Debbie works with global pharmaceutical companies and boutique medical animation firms, academic teaching hospitals and major universities to deliver just the right balance of intelligence, authority, warmth, and clarity to every project. Her years of lending her voice to everything from medical explainer videos for patients and medical professionals, to pharmaceutical marketing, to medical-legal recordings and more, are what make her the expert in the medical narration industry.
What People Say
Our client said it best, ‘Her delivery is powerful, emotional, beautiful. Very impressive.’ We will definitely work with Debbie again and would highly recommend her.
When you spend 30 hours working with someone, it’s safe to say you’re going to get to know them! How they work, how they respond to direction, how easy they are to get along with, how talented they are. Debbie threw herself into this project completely; she was keen to learn about the technological processes involved in making a text-to-speech voice, and it was clear that she cared as much about her relationship with myself and the team as she cared about the recording work itself.
In spite of the fact that this job had a narrow focus in terms of vocal style, Debbie brought a lot to the table. Her voice is uniquely rich, smooth, and resonant, and she delivers lines with skillful control.
Our entire script is read from sight. Voiceover artists often expect this to be a breeze, and it can be an unpleasant surprise for both parties when it turns out that this isn’t the case. However, Debbie’s cold reading skills were excellent, as well as her ability to pronounce often difficult foreign names.
In short, I have nothing but good things to say about working with Debbie. She is both a true talent and a wonderful person.
The Buddy Group had the pleasure of working with Debbie two years ago. The finished (and award winning!) video was terrific. Recently, our client changed the name of their venue and requested that we update the VO. Debbie managed to match her timing and performance to the original perfect; we didn’t have to re-time or re-edit a single frame. As VO talent goes, Debbie Irwin is a true professional and one of the best out there. I would recommend her for any project you might be planning.
Debbie Irwin is a terrific collaborator. She asks the right questions to understand the project, offers a variety of takes with a broad range of options, and then delivers top quality work on time and on budget. This is now our third project together and I look forward to many more.
Debbie Irwin was a pleasure to work with. She gave us the performance we needed and took direction with professionalism and eease. We would be happy to work with her again.
Beautiful voice, pleasure to work with, very professional and personable. Highly recommend for future work!
Debbie infects her work with enthusiasm and charm. Who wouldn’t want repeat performances from such a talent? Debbie’s unparalleled attention to detail and her “quick-study” tendencies make her my first choice for Fortune 500 advertising projects.
Outstanding voice talent who is a joy to work with!
Fast, quality, professional!
Debbie rocks! Great voice artist. Total professional. Lots of range. Very satisfied.
Thorough, organized, talented and very pleasant to work with.
Debbie did a great job! Was very easy to work with, followed instructions, responded in a timely manner, and went out of her way to make sure I was pleased with her work. I used her voice-over/translator to some native Italian speakers within a short documentary. She read the translations in English with an Italian accent. Would recommend her.
Professional, courteous and talented!
Debbie was easy to work with, very professional, and provided an outstanding narrative for our professional video.
Debbie Irwin is the consummate professional that takes complete ownership of every project Atlantic has commissioned her for. An absolute delight to work with and the quality of her final product is without hesitation.
Debbie is a pro and a pleasure to work with! She has been able to help me with fast turnarounds with little notice.
Really good female voices are hard to come by.
Debbie is wonderful to work with! She cares for her clients needs and the quality of the work she provides is excellent!
Debbie was VERY professional, and did an outstanding job on the read. She was also very helpful making the remote live session successful. I look forward to working with her again.
Our client said it best, ‘Her delivery is powerful, emotional, beautiful. Very impressive.’ We will definitely work with Debbie again and would highly recommend her.
She’s got a great spokeswoman’s voice, and she is always very responsive and prompt when dealing with her.
It’s always a pleasure to work with Debbie. Her expertise guarantees quality, craft, and vocal precision.
Debbie did a fantastic job on this project! The author was extremely happy with her work and she nailed the tone and style of read perfectly.
Debbie is a top notch, first rate voice talent. I would hire her again without hesitation.
Debbie Irwin did a wonderful job providing the voice for my book trailer. She is extremely professional, friendly and talented. I received four different auditions from her— each one offered a distinct style and voice, allowing me to choose from a wide range of options for my project. Debbie was open to any and all requests and took direction well. She was a pleasure to work with. I highly recommend her!
I’ve worked with Debbie Irwin on a number of different e-Learning modules. She provided exactly the tone we were looking for — professional and approachable. She made very efficient use of our recording time and we required very few ‘do overs’ once we began. It seems like she just ‘got’ the ideas in the script much more quickly than other talent I’ve worked with, and knew how to impart that in her voice. I’m looking forward to our next project together.
Great work, fast response times. Would definitely recommend!
Debbie is professional, talented and gets the job done!
I worked with Debbie on a freelance gig providing character voices for an Audio Tour at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. Debbie’s reading was so good, I stayed after my session was done just to listen. I’ve been in the business for decades and it is rare to hear someone who can deliver exactly what a part calls for so quickly and so well. (The producers were equally impressed.)
Excellent voice, professional performance, AND nice to work with!
A true professional, and a joy to work with. When I need a female VO, she will definitely be top of mind.
Great voice, great diction.
Debbie was great! On time, on budget, and a pleasure to work with. We will be using her again!
I have known Debbie for more than six years. I was immediately impressed with her voice-over talent and feel lucky to have been part of her career in her early stages. What sets her apart from most folks in the voice production industry is her ability to combine professionalism, humor, loyalty and intelligence all into one package. She is a delight to work with and I look forward to working with Debbie in the future.
Debbie is great to work with as a voice over because she reads a script and “gets it”. She can give you variations that really are different and pick up or add time perfectly. She is always on time/ early for sessions and is always wanting to give you exactly what you need, and she really means it.
Debbie was fantastic— her work is great and she is great to work with too. She was very fast and prolific too. Many thanks!
Did an excellent job for us. Completed the job on time and to a very high standard. Will definitely use again. Thanks Debbie.
I am so happy with Debbie. She is professional and helped me with the scripts. She can deliver her voice within one shot with a great sound quality. Thank you.
I love your recording. Thanks again.
Very professional approach and easy to work with.
Debbie worked very hard to get everything perfect.
Outstanding voice talent who is a joy to work with!
Debbie is wonderful to work with! She cares for her clients’ needs and the quality of work she provides is excellent!
Debbie is a pleasure to work with. Not only is she extremely professional, but she’s very accommodating and flexible. She has an amazing voice and always gives her all during our voice over sessions. I highly recommend you hire Debbie!
Clients
A Voice of Culture with Stature and Style.
A Voice of Culture with Stature and Style.
Why Experience Matters
Debbie is sought after because she can deliver a range of vocal styles from a real person to a trusted doctor, pharmaceutical sales rep to hospital administrator. She has voiced them all and understands what is expected for medical voiceover needs. These kinds of narration need a voice that can reach their listeners, whether they be medical professionals or patients, by speaking in a way they can understand. A female voiceover talent who is familiar with the flow of these diverse scripts, who comes in prepared, asks smart questions, understands her audience, ensures that tongue-twisting terminology, Important Safety Information (ISI), and Fair Balance (FB) language are all made easy for the listener to hear, is the person clients love to hire.
Finding a Partner
Debbie’s deep dive into this genre means she understands the nuances of production timelines, the implications of the medical/legal review process, and the importance of collaboration with her clients. She knows its best to work closely with clients from the very beginning of the process in order to provide added value across the board. That could mean hiring additional voice actors for a multi-character eLearning course, sourcing royalty-free music for customization, or hiring a composer to create an original score so that the entire sound package is as impactful as the scientific messaging itself.
Debbie has worked with a diverse group of voice over actors, audio engineers, writers, composers and producers, and is confident that when hired, she has the resources and network of skilled professionals to assist in creating the best final product possible. She believes that working productively and cohesively with a highly skilled team ensures the best and most successful outcome.
Evolving Trends
With the healthcare industry changing every day, communicating health information in a clear and compelling way is more important than ever. Visual science storytelling now includes augmented reality, virtual reality, mobile apps, and speech applications. Debbie has worked with it all and is able to adapt to new formats with ease.
The one thing that remains at the very foundation of communicating all this vital information through voiceover is the human connection. That is what Debbie brings as a female voice over talent, both to the process of working together and to the project itself. She has a passion for the medical industry and an understanding of the text with all its nuanced needs to be communicated clearly. And as for that tongue-twisting medical jargon? That doesn’t make her sweat a bit!
So relax, the female voice that will bring your words to life is just a click away.
Professional Home Recording Studio
Debbie records with a Sennheiser 416 and a Neumann TLM 103, in her Studiobricks VO Plus recording booth (shipped in lego-like pieces from Barcelona!), she’s hard wired to the internet (preventing drop-outs), uses a Sound Devices Preamp, and is ready when you are to record a sample, a scratch track or the project itself, even the same day.
Take a tour of Debbie’s home in her home, the room where it happens.