Congratulations to all the 2026 nominees! I’m so honored to be nominated for: ANIMATION - BEST CHARACTER – FEMALE for voicing one of my favorite characters, Lana, in Lana Longbeard and DEMO REELS - BEST PERFORMANCE – PROMO produced by the amazing J....
Liana Bdewi
How I Accidentally Became a Puppeteer
Picture it, Toronto, 2016. It had been almost 2 years post musical theatre school, no TV/Film agent wanted to sign me and I was running around the city going to auditions left, right and center. In June 2016, during my lunchbreak at my catering job, I saw an audition...
What Makes You Unforgettable to Clients
You have a great voice! Yay! But that great voice alone won’t make you a great voice actor. What makes you stand out to agents and clients are mostly soft skills: communication, flexibility, problem solving and teamwork. And the biggest one, being directable (without...
Yes, I Talk For a Living
But it didn’t start that way. After graduating theatre school, the world was my oyster. I wanted to perform at Stratford and then make my way to Broadway! (Still high on the bucket list) I knew the path would be difficult and that it would be littered with rejection,...



