In this episode of “How Do You Say That?!”, German born voice actor Leonie Schliesing joins Mark and guest-host Clare Reeves to talk about how to dial up the friendly on a dry corporate script, drinking from the fountain of youth, and making strained noises somewhat easier.

Our VO question this week is all about awards! Can winning one actually help your career in any way?

We’d love you to join in and send us your version of one of the reads in today’s show – just pop it onto an mp3 and send it to podcast@britishvoiceover.co.uk

Script 1

Why do we age and can we pull the brake on the process? That is a question which many people would like to find the answer to.

Inside each cell, we have our chromosomes and DNA strands. The ends of our chromosomes are equipped with so-called telomeres.

As we grow older, our telomeres become increasingly short – until they are worn down to the point where a cell cannot divide without the DNA strand unravelling. This causes the cell to perish. When cells reach this stage, they are referred to senescent cells.

Script 2

GOOD MORNING WITH BRONCOLAX

Don’t let constipation ruin your day. Try Broncolax.

It supports your natural gut rhythm to relieve constipation

…making your good morning even better with Broncolax.

And try BroncoEase. A constipation relief gentle enough for long term use

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About our guest: Leonie Schliesing is a voice actor and singer born in Germany. They made the big move to London in 2013 to attend drama school and never left. Her career in the performing arts started in Musical Theatre and has taken Leonie around the world as lead vocalist on various cruises as well as Disneyland Paris and onto film sets and theatre stages in and around London.

In 2016, Leonie stumbled into the wonderful world of Voice Acting and fell in love. In 2019, she went full-time. Since then, they have voiced commercials for Playstation, Smarties and Shopify, corporate work for Mercedes-Benz, Salesforce and Amazon and given life to characters in various dubbing projects and video games such as Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

Leonie won a One Voice Award for Audio Drama Best Performance for "Doctor Who: The New Adventures of Bernice Summerfield Volume 07".

Leonie's Website

@leoniejanas on Twitter

@leoniedoesvoices on Instagram

Leonie on YouTube

Resources: the youtube channel Leonie mentioned is @kurzgesagt

Mark's demos & contact details: https://linktr.ee/britishvoiceovermark

Clare's contact details: Clare's Website @clarereevesvoiceovers on Instagram