Kate Walsh

Kate WalshShe/her

Versatile British Narrator with a Velvet Voice. From thriller to humour, every project approached with passion and care.

United Kingdom · London

Native British English (Regional)

Cozy mystery Smooth, knowing narration, jaded detective and peppy mother conversation

About

I am a British Narrator originally from Lancashire. I started performing as a lead singer and after acting training at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London I moved into stage acting and voice work. I’ve now been a pro VA for over 30 years. I narrate primarily in Gen British. I have narrated full audiobooks in Scottish, Lancashire and Yorkshire too.

Training: CSSD Acting
Accent Coaching Kate Hicks
3 years various acting classes Actors Centre, London
Accent coaching Elspeth Morrison, Kat Littrell, Kat Hicks
Ongoing 1:1 Audiobook narration coaching Helen Lloyd
Ongoing 1:1 Coaching Jesse Bickford
I also have an honours degree in Psychology. (BSc 2:1)

Find online: Personal website ↗ · Audible ↗ · Libro.fm ↗

Voice and range

Proficient accents

UK RP / Standard British UK Cockney UK Northern (general) UK Yorkshire UK Scouse / Liverpool UK Geordie / Newcastle Welsh Scottish Northern Irish Irish (Republic) US Standard American Transatlantic / mid-Atlantic Australian French German Scandinavian (general) Dutch Old-fashioned American (1920s-40s) Victorian English

Voice ages

20 to 39 (young to mid-adult) 40 to 59 (mid-adult) 60 to 79 (senior) 80 to 99 (elder)

Languages

English Other (note in bio)

Voice presentation

Female / femme-presenting

Heritage / identity

White / European

Selected credits

16 listed · 41 to 100 narrated

The Peppermint Pig

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When You Loved Me

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The Five of Us

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Trust No-One

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The Curse of Starfall

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The Determined Debutante

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The Roommate

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The Perfect Wife

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Sewing Resistance

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Remodelling Murder

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Mists Over The Channel Islands

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Fractured Echoes

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What Happened at the Abbey

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Watch Over Me

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The Curse of Soulwaker

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The Hideout

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Genres

Literary fiction Comedy Fantasy Science fiction Horror Thriller Mystery (general) Cozy mystery Murder mystery Romance (clean) Romance (contemporary) Romance (historical) Romance (paranormal) LGBTQ+ (cross-genre marker) Biography and memoir History Self-development
Multi-cast Dual narration

More samples

5 total
Thriller First Person, Irish recollection, wistful compelling, lower tone
Literary fiction Fun regency scene, characters male and female. Warm smooth tone.
Fantasy Tense, epic fantasy scene. British RP third person
Mystery (general) First person Scottish mystery. Lower tone

Working details

Experience

41 to 100 audiobooks

5 years narrating

Studio

Home studio

DAW: Audition

Rates

Negotiable / varies by project

RS Plus $100 to $200 PFH portion