Lainie Cooke - Voiceover Actor & Coach

Voiceover - The power behind the scenes

LEE Strasberg
NEVER TAUGHT VOICE OVERS.

Voice over work is not like stage acting. It's a whole other craft. Requiring whole other skills. It has to do with understanding nuance by the syllable, cutting 10 seconds off a reading without sounding like you've cut one, taking direction from people whose idea of direction is "lets do another one,” and most importantly selling yourself to a million unseen faces In 60 seconds or less.

No wonder voice over people make the big bucks.

But like so many lucrative things, voice over work doesn't come naturally, it's something that has to be learned.

And when it comes to voice over coaches, Lainie Cooke may just be the best around.

Lainie has been turning out some of the most successful voice over people in the industry for the last 15 years. Small wonder. She is one of them herself. Performing in thousands of commercials for the likes of Ford, and McDonald's, HBO and Gillette to name a few. And she has the rare talent to take all that experience and bring it to her students in ways that make a profound difference.

Commercial Demo

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Book Demo

As a well-known agent said of Lainie:

"I've seen her take raw, young talent and make them bookable. No big deal.
I've seen her repair what other coaches broke. No big deal.
I've heard the improvement in seasoned professionals.
Now that's a big deal."

If you're wanting to break into voice overs, or know someone who is, or simply want to get much, much better at the craft, contact Lainie. She'll teach you things you never learned in school.

Audio File reviews Lainie Cooke's narration of The Last Time They Met by Anita Shreve.
B.J.L. © AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine

Lainie Cooke narrates this tale of loss and love, expressing assorted dilemmas with quiet emotion. Poets Linda Fallon and Thomas Janes, past lovers who have lost touch, reunite at a literary festival. The story switches from the present to their early high school love, and recalls numerous painful events that each has endured over the years. Lainie Cooke facilitates the shifts in time and location with unflawed ease. Her soothing voice manages to make obvious the passion and hurt that life can serve.