Virtual VO: Voiceover Agent Talks with Portia Scott & Pat Brady

SYNOPSIS:
A conversation about all things voiceover with respected voiceover agents Portia Scott and Pat Brady. Moderated by Wendy Rosoff

PANELIST BIOS:

Portia Scott

Portia is currently The Director of Voiceover at Coast to Coast Talent Group where she runs the division with a great staff representing both adult and youth talent in all areas of voiceover.

Portia’s clients have booked hundreds of broadcast TV & Radio Commercials and several National Campaigns, such as Wells Fargo, Wendy’s and T-Mobile to name a few. Her talent can be found as series regulars on Disney TV Animation, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Dreamworks TV and Feature Animation and a plethora of Animated Feature Films. Recent work includes, Over the Moon (Netflix), Academy Award winning Toy Story 4 (Disney/Pixar), Abominable (Dreamworks), Academy Award winning Into The Spider-Verse (Columbia/Sony/Marvel), The Little Prince (On Animation/Paramount), Cars 3 (Disney/Pixar), Inside Out (Disney/Pixar), Rise of the Guardians (Dreamworks/Paramount), The Good Dinosaur (Disney/Pixar), UP (Disney/Pixar), Frozen (Disney/Pixar), Wreck-it-Ralph (Disney/Pixar), The Princess and the Frog (Disney).

Portia’s clients have worked for some of the industries top video game companies including Blindlight, Blizzard, EA Sports, BioWare, Lucas Arts, Epic Games, Naughty Dog, and Ubisoft.

A native of Los Angeles, Portia earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from California State University, Long Beach. Portia then set her goals higher and moved to New York City, where she garnered A Master of Arts in Theatre from New York University’s famed Circle in the Square Theatre School. Portia continued her quest for further knowledge of the industry by working for MCA/Universal. On the studio side, Portia has worked in such areas as Feature Marketing for Universal Pictures and in sitcom development for Universal Television.

Pat Brady

Pat is proud to say 2020 marks her 40th year as a talent agent. After starting as a voiceover agent, Pat soon moved on to a large agency as an on- camera agent. She then went on to an agency that specialized in standup comics, but being a voiceover agent was always her first love, so when the opportunity arose to take over Don Pitts Voices at KSA, she jumped at the chance. Eight years later she accepted the amazing offer to be an animation and puppeteer agent at CESD. She earned the title of Vice President of New Business, thanks to her innovative thinking and vision of bringing VO talent live to the public. She proudly produced Talkin’ Toons with Rob Paulsen at the World Famous Improv, which became a very successful venture. Now, as an animation vocieover agent, Pat represents some of the best talent in the world: Kevin Michael Richardson, Fred Tatasciore, Kari Wahlgren, Pamela Adlon, Gregg Berger and many more. Pat lives in Los Angeles with her talented husband, voice actor Bob Joles.

Wendy Rosoff, Moderator

Wendy currently is the co-host of West of Broadway Podcast on the celebrated Broadway Podcast Network, as well as co-host of the pre-pandemic podcast TWO IN THE SOLO BOOTH (recorded with Aric Shuford in the solo booth at the SAG/AFTRA Foundation’s Don LaFontaine VO Lab.) After a long hiatus, Wendy is thrilled to come back to VO work with a focus on animation.

Some favorite on-camera TV credits: Fresh Off The Boat (ABC), The Good Place (NBC), Criminal Minds (CBS), Shameless (Showtime), Scorpion (CBS), Veep (HBO), Castle (ABC), and Good Behavior (ABC). Broadway/NYC: Tony award winning revival of 42nd St, A Christmas Carol at Madison Square Garden, My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies at Carnegie Hall. Other favorites include: The Goodbye Girl (Paula) with the Helen Hayes Drama Desk award winning Musical Theatre Guild..

Additionally, Wendy is a director/choreographer/and passionate educator. Proud member of AEA/SAG-AFTRA/AGVA and the prestigious Musical Theatre Guild in Los Angeles.

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