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CHANNIE WAITES

[email protected] • 917-648-4623

Pronouns: she/her

Nationality/Cultural Identity: African American

Agent: Roger Becker • [email protected]

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Awards: AudioFile Earphones, Audie Finalist

Spoken Languages: Standard American

American Accents: Standard (mid-Atlantic), New York, Southern

Other English Accents: British Regionals

World Accents: African, French, South African, Carribean

Genres: Biography, Children's, Comedy, Drama, Historical Fiction, Horror, Inspirational, Mystery/Suspense, Nonfiction, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Young Adult

Voice Range: Juvenile, Teen, 20s-30s, Middle Age

PERFORMANCE & TRAINING

Stage/Film/TV: THE TEMPEST/regional summer theater; IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK/Literature to Life (educational theater)

Home Studio

APA Member

AUDIOBOOKS & REVIEWS

Audiobooks: A POEM FOR PETER; ZORA AND ME: Cursed Ground; DACTYL HILL SQUAD; THIS IS THE ROPE; CLAUDETTE COLVIN: TWICE TOWARD JUSTICE; ZORA AND ME

Channie approaches all of her creative endeavors with passion, vigor and all-heart. AudioFile has characterized Channie as a narrator who “delights in every word” and possesses an “inviting delivery” and a “warm, anchoring voice”. Her work has been acknowledged with 2018 and 2011 Audie Nominations and multiple Earphones Awards. Channie is a theatre trained actor, dancer and teaching artist.

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