About | ShiromiSpeaks

Born and raised in England, I spent the past two decades in the U.S. and am of South Asian blended heritage (Sri Lankan and Pakistani).

For the past 18 years I have worked as a voice actor. As an audiobook narrator I have narrated over 250 titles for major publishers. I am an Audie Finalist, IAA Nominee, SOVAS Nominee and Earphones Winner. I have a knack for accents and love Science Fiction & Fantasy, as well as YA and Romance. I am a proud member of SAG-AFTRA.

In my free time I love to travel. I have visited all 7 continents. I also love to paddle, hike or go whale watching. In the evenings I enjoy curling up with a good book, or playing board games.

About Me

Audiobooks

I'm a two-time Independent Audiobook Award nominee. In 2019 I was nominated for Best Female Narration. In 2020 I was nominated under the category of Best Fantasy. My narration of Alien: Into Charybdis was nominated for a SOVAS award for best Sci-Fi. My narration of The Jasmine Throne was nominated for an Audie award for best Fantasy. Publishers I have narrated for include Simon & Schuster, Hachette, Harper, Tantor, Blackstone Macmillan and PRH. I have also narrated for Realm for which I was also nominated for an Audie. I have also won multiple Earphone awards.

Voice Over

I began my career recording documentary narrations for the Beverly Willis Foundation. Since then, I have provided non-broadcast narrations for clients such as Microsoft, Amazon, Wordpress and Electrolux. My voice can also be heard in various video games such as Nancy Drew: The Shattered Medallion, The Swapper, Infinifactory and Mount and Blade II. Most recently I was the UK promo voice for EarthxTV.

Training and Workshops

Accents

Khristne Hvam, Audiobook Narration

D.B. Cooper, Video Games

Bob Bergen, Animation VO Workshop

Pat Fraley, Various workshops on VO, Audiobooks, Video Games

James Foster, Fostering Characters

P.J. Ochlan, Accents and Characters

Mary McDonald Lewis, VO

B.A. Theatre Studies, Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance, London, UK

If I had a super power it would be accents. Primary accents are British (RP),Standard American, Australian and NZ. Other accents I am frequently asked to do include Indian, Hawaiian, Italian, Scottish and Welsh.

Home Studio

I record from a Studio Bricks booth in my Home Studio in Seattle. My studio has been approved by Tantor Audio, Bee Audio, Blackstone, Podium and Hachette.

I record with a Gefell M930 mic, SSL 2 interface, Audio-Technicha M40x headphones, Mogami cables, into a Mac Mini running Twisted Wave.

I am available for direction via phone patch, Skype or Source Connect.