As a professional voice artist, I work in English, German and Afrikaans.
Years of experience and training have given me not only the range but also the versatility to do just about anything: from advertisements and corporate films to documentaries, podcasts and much more off-the-wall stuff.
My professional highlights include:
- English Station Voice for Deutsche Welle DW TV (since 2024)
- English Announcements on DB trains Germany-wide (since 2011)
- Advertisements for Volkswagen, Panasonic, Playmobil, Weleda, Teufel and Lenor (to name but a few…)
- Recordings for the Right Livelihood /Alternative Nobel Prize awards ceremony, the World Health Forum, Global Media Forum and the annual meetings of BMW and Siemens Healthineers (both in English & German)
I also have experience as presenter, language coach and recording director in the studio.
My voice is described as warm and friendly,
with a lively, knowledgeable delivery.
Or as a client once put it:
“Yvette sounds both crisp and smooth, like a chocolate croissant.”
Voice Samples
Commercial Showreel:
playful / natural / adventurous /
cool / sensual
Audioguide Buchenwald
Corporate Image Film Showreel:
poetic / dynamic / epic
Intro: Right Livelihood Awards
Interactive Info Point:
Jewish Museum Berlin
Documentary
Radio play
…
Neutral
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My Clients
- Deutsche Bahn
- Mercedes Benz
- BMW
- Volkswagen
- Panasonic
- Adidas
- TUI
- Siemens
- Deutsche Post DHL
- Lufthansa
- KaDeWe
- Douglas
- Grohe
- Weleda
- Nivea
- Schwarzkopf
- Lenor
- BAYER
- STEADTLER
- Flora
- Accenture
- PWC
- Heidelberg Cement
- European Union
- State of Baden-Württemberg
- City of Munich
- City of Schaffhausen
- Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert-Einstein-Institute)
- Karlsruher Institute for Technology
- Beuth University of Applied Sciences
- Greenpeace
- Brot für die Welt
- terre des hommes
- Right Livelihood Awards / Alternative Nobel Prizes
- Museum Barberini
- Buchenwald Memorial Site
- Hamburger Kunsthalle
- Bucerius Art Forum
- Discovery Dock Hamburg
- Berlin Wall Memorial Site
- Jewish Museum Berlin
- And many more…
Professional Experience
In the roughly 20 years I’ve worked as a bilingual (native English / German) voice artist in Berlin, I’ve voiced advertisements, corporate videos, product films, explanatory videos, been a brand voice, done Voice of God / VoG as well as in-house announcements, telephone waiting lines, audio guides, podcasts, educational tools, employee training, museum tours, documentaries, voice overs as well as TV and film synchronization. I’ve recorded a navigational system and spoken various roles in video games and cartoons.
I have been the English Station Voice for Deutsche Welle DW TV since 2024, done English Announcements on DB trains Germany-wide (2011-2025) and done Recordings for the Right Livelihood /Alternative Nobel Prize awards ceremony, the World Health Forum (since 2024), Global Media Forum (since 2024) and the annual meetings of BMW and Siemens Healthineers (both in English & German, both since 2023)
I have also worked as a presenter at festive events at Villa Tauber, Berlin and La Plaisance in George, South Africa.
As a trained actress, I’ve performed on stages in seven countries. I have also taken part in live readings, for example at the Akademie der Künste, Berlin.
As director for audio recordings, I’ve worked for DW TV & Museum Barberini.
As language coach (Afrikaans) I assisted in the German dubbed version of the television series and films “The Purge”, “Covert Affairs” and “Mandela”. I’ve also worked as a language coach (English) with the Intendant of a big theatre in Berlin, and in English and German with the Leiterin of a Stiftung in Berlin.
Want to hear the best direction I ever got?
As context: The well-known German kids’ song In der Weihnachtsbäckerei (The Christmas Bakery) describes a world where everything is wonderful and exciting and fun. I thought it was rather genius when a recording director told me:
“Think of Indiana Jones in the Christmas bakery.” (Playmobil Junior)
About me
I was born in South Africa where I grew up speaking English, German and Afrikaans fluently. After completing school, I did my acting diploma at the University of Cape Town combined with a BA majoring in English Literature (completing both with Cum Laude). My professional debut was with the renowned Handspring Puppet Company, with whom I performed at international theatre festivals. In 2001 I moved to Berlin, where I’ve lived and worked ever since.
Although I’ve been doing mostly studio work, I also continued to work in the theatre. And whenever time allows, I embrace my other passion: writing (I was awarded a research grant from the city of Berlin for my first novel, still a work-in-progress).
As a professional voice artist working in German and English, I thrive on the challenge of finding the right tone and exact delivery for every project, line or even word. I aspire to make every text (even the less well-written ones) work. The good ones, though – I like to take them for a tango, or pull their legs, or look them straight in the eye. I give them wings. Or weight. Whichever they require.
If there is anything you’d like me to speak – I’d be happy to give it a go! Feel free to give me a shout.