Claudine Ohayon
Claudine Ohayon
Actor, voice-over artist, producer, coach
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actor

producer

coach

FOR BOOKINGS:

claudine@wingtip.net


UNSUNG the podcast due to be released in the New Year!!

This year, I had the great pleasure of working with NATAS on multiple Daytime Emmy Award shows, airing on CBS as well as emmys.com and the Emmys app!

Thrilled to be back live announcing the ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS - this time from NASHVILLE! Thanks to CBS and Dick Clark Productions for having me.

Can’t wait for the world to hear this latest project!


What a BLAST announcing the Academy of Country Music Awards - LIVE from my home studio!

So pleased to be highlighted in MONTCLAIR MAGAZINE, the Montclair Film Edition. I LOVE teaching voice acting at Montclair Film!


Offering personalized VO Coaching & demos

Your ability to identify the appropriate way to communicate a thought or feeling with each message was truly remarkable. the opportunity to work with you on this important step of creating demos was more than I could have imagined.
— William
I am truly grateful for the vital role you played in helping to make my vision a reality.
— David
My experience in the studio goes down as one of my single most favorite days of life. Claudine made sure it was an amazing experience! And I am absolutely thrilled with my demos!
— Jenn
Claudine is such an expert at framing her feedback-The power of her words let me know exactly what I needed to do while communicating the message that I was perfectly capable of doing it! I felt so supported and empowered in the studio because I knew she was there for me.
— Jennifer

Thrilled to be talking about how I do my job, and the way Sonnox plug-ins help me to do it well.


I had a blast announcing the first-ever televised Hollywood Film Awards!


Here’s what CLIENTS are saying:

"Claudine's not only fun to work with, she's a total pro. Her promo voice is versatile — confident, with great energy and a lot of heart."   

Patrick Trettenero, VP Creative/Branded Content,             USA Network

"Claudine brought my work to life with her masterful skills as a voice actor and storyteller.  Her astute characterizations demonstrated her stunning range, but she had a deft touch: honoring the voice of the work as a whole while illuminating every human and visual detail.  I'm writing the next one faster because I can't wait to hear her read it."

Kathy Ebel, author, "Claudia Silver to the Rescue" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013) 

"Claudine is a marvel to work with on our spots: her incredible range and pitch-perfect performances are splendidly matched by the quality of the audio, her flexibility and unwavering professionalism." 

Tom Wentworth, Director of Production, NBC Skycastle 

"Claudine is the kind of actor you want in your foxhole. Funny, charming, nuanced, she brings out the best in the writing." 

Stacie Passon, award-winning writer / director of "Concussion"

 

Rave Reviews

"Claudine's not only fun to work with, she's a total pro. Her promo voice is versatile — confident, with great energy and a lot of heart."   

Patrick Trettenero
VP Creative/Branded Content
USA Network

"It is always a pleasure to work with Claudine.  She has the voice of a trusting friend, the warmth of a mother & the believability to bring life to the copy.  This girl is intelligent & cool, edgy, sexy - I'm buying what she's selling!"

Naomi Hogarty
Founder & Creative Director
91 East Productions


"Claudine is a marvel to work with on our spots: her incredible range and pitch-perfect performances are splendidly matched by the quality of the audio, her flexibility and unwavering professionalism."

Tom Wentworth
Director of Production
NBC Skycastle

 
 

As a voice actor, Claudine has served clients on projects ranging from commercials to medical explainers, podcasts to sizzle reels, audio books to live announcing major network award shows - one of them right from her home studio (to more than SIX MILLION VIEWERS)!  Claudine has had longevity and success in the realm of promos, voicing countless spots for clients that include USA Network, ESPN, Lifetime, Oxygen, VH1, and MTV. She can be heard in the full-length animated features "Plan Bee" and "An Ant's Life," as the idealistic lead bee and the brassy ant that gets things done, as well as in other animated shorts and series.  Her commercial clients include Verizon, Listerine, MasterCard, Betty Crocker, Disney World, Pillsbury, Kit Kat, JC Penney, Pepsi, Sony Music, Boston Market, and Secret Deodorant, among many others.   

Claudine has performed for film and television under the direction of Woody Allen, T. Sean Shannon, Jon Brandeis, Stacie Passon and Karl Shefelman to name a few.  She has inhabited roles such as the wacky sidekick,  high-maintenance neurotic friend, psycho career woman with biological clock ticking and the ever-popular loving Mom on the brink of losing it.  Claudine's improv chops are  courtesy of Martin de Maat at The Second City. She can be seen in the feature film releases  "Looking for the Jackalope" and "Concussion," which drew rave reviews when it premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.  "Concussion" was acquired by RADiUS and was released in theaters, VOD and on itunes. Claudine is a cast member of the award-winning episodic web series "Breeding Grounds," appearing in "The Bake Sale." The series is created, written and directed by Susan Skoog.

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As an interviewer for television, Claudine inspired Dan Rather to sing and play guitar in Tower Records, John Popper to show the world his booty, got into a (minor) brawl with Jon Bon Jovi and hung with Keith Richards for a pre-noon whisky.  She's cooked alongside chef Marcus Samuelsson,  parlez-vous-ed with Daniel Boulud, talked sweetbreads with Mario Batali, and slung hash with Anthony Bourdain.  Claudine has instigated many more satisfying adventures with some of the greatest artists and pop icons of our times.  Claudine has also directed and collaborated with talent that includes actor/comedian/political commentator John Fugelsang and famed rock journalist Anthony DeCurtis.

Claudine is an Emmy Award winning producer, native Brooklynite, fluent French speaker, published photographer, kick-ass Mom, excellent salad maker and is frequently the first one on the dance floor.

 
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rave reviews

 "Claudine is the kind of actor you want in your foxhole.  Funny, charming, nuanced, she brings out the best in the writing."

Stacie Passon, award-winning writer/director of "Concussion" 

 "Claudine brought my work to life with her masterful skills as a voice actor and storyteller.  Her astute characterizations demonstrated her stunning range, but she had a deft touch: honoring the voice of the work as a whole while illuminating every human and visual detail.  I'm writing the next one faster because I can't wait to hear her read it."
 
Kathy Ebel, author, "Claudia Silver to the Rescue" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)

 

My studio is a dedicated creative space with a totally pro set-up, where I record broadcast-ready VOs for an array of clients.  I can phone-patch for directing, edit and immediately turn around tracks via FTP or email. 

Gear includes:

Custom Iso Booth with Auralex acoustic treatments

Pro Tools 11

Universal Audio Apollo I/O & preamp

Sonnox Broadcast Suite of plug-ins

My mic of choice: Sennheiser MKH416

I also have large diaphragm condenser mics by Audio-Technica and CAD

Shoot me an email and I can send you some examples of VOs recorded here.

 

I was so honored to work with the amazing Susan Skoog on her most recent creation, the web series "Breeding Grounds." Here is a clip from the episode "Bake Sale" along with the Super fantastic Liz Samuel. Enjoy!


Just voiced this spot for the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations in conjunction with vip petcare and #cleartheshelters. Dogs!!


so happy to be Using my experience, expertise and personality to coach people from all over the country in the CRAFT AND BUSINESS of voice-over! contact me directly or find out more at www.suchavoice.com


Just voiced this Annie sneak peek promo for USA Network.


Had a blast working with the amazing people at Dick Clark Productions on the first-ever televised Hollywood Film Awards, which aired LIVE on November 14. I pre-recorded tracks from my home studio for the awards pre-show and post-show as well as roll-ins, sponsor tags and bumpers for the live show. Then it was all in the moment for the rest of the ride!


Spent a week in LA ...

... with the good people of William Morris Endeavor, auditioning, taking meetings and avoiding the never-ending NY snow!


Check out the steamy redband NSFW trailer for "Concussion" here!

Vulture says:  "Sundance hit Concussion opens with a startling shot: Suburban Abby (Robin Weigert) bleeds profusely from the head, lashing out at her children who caused the title accident, as her wife looks on, startled by Abby's venom. Abby is soon patched up, returning to her placid life as a picture-perfect, upper-middle-class lesbian mother … only something is jarred within her, and it isn't long before Abby starts to engineer a double life, taking on the persona of a high-end escort during the day in Manhattan before retreating to the suburban safety of her wife and kids at night. How sensually charged and precarious do Abby's newfound day trips become? You'll get the gist if you watch this exclusive red-band trailer for Concussion, but be advised that it's NSFW in all the best ways. The critically praised drama, directed by first-timer Stacie Passon and produced by Rose Troche, opens in theaters and on VOD October 4.


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Listen to me read "Claudia Silver to the Rescue."

I was thrilled to voice the audio book for the summer must-read, "Claudia Silver to the Rescue," by the incredibly talented Kathy Ebel.  Reviews from the likes of the L.A. Times and  Real Simple Magazine call Claudia "witty, assured and surprising."  And it's an iTunes ibook pick of the month for June.  By the audiobook here.

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I always love voicing promos for the good people at USA.

 


 

 

Cute baby alert! 

 


"Concussion" goes to Sundance!

Had a blast with the cast & crew of "Concussion" at the Sundance Film Festival.  "Concussion" was acquired by RADiUS and will be release on October 4th in theaters, VOD and on itunes.


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I love doing commercial work.  Creating these slice-of-life moments in a day is always fun and challenging, and the people I meet on set are interesting, hard-working and a blast to hang with.  

Here's a small sampling of spots I've appeared in. 


 

I was thrilled to be asked by filmmaker Karl Shefleman to appear in his film, Looking for the Jackalope.   The film is about Jordan (played by Michael Leydon Campbell) a washed up writer,  who embarks on a trek to rekindle his life, to hilarious and heartbreaking effect.  We had a great time shooting this scene at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame in NYC


 

Stills from the set of "Concussion" with Robin Weigert, Janel Moloney, and the rest of the killer cast & crew.