Emma Sherr-Ziarko

Voice/Actor

Hi! I’m Emma (she/her), a classically trained American actor of Eastern European descent. I’m from New England, and began my career on stage, on film, and behind the microphone in New York City. I now live in the Land of Enchantment (Santa Fe, New Mexico), where I mostly do voice acting from my broadcast quality home studio. I am  happy to travel for work.

I am an actor, podcaster, streamer, educator, coach, and all- around nerd! I’m represented for voice acting by AB2 Talent in LA, and I’m available as an acting coach on SkillsHub. If you’d like to collaborate, feel free to reach out! Professional inquiries at emma@emmasherrziarko.com

Follow me on Twitter and Instagram @TheGreatDilemma if you want to see what I (and my cats) are up to…


“A master of her craft with high attention to detail.”

DEMOS

Download My Demos Here
Commercial Demo directed by Katie Zeiner; Produced by Real Voice LA
Animation Demo directed by JP Karliak; Produced by Real Voice LA
Interactive Demo Produced by Brandon Grugle

Contact: emma@emmasherrziarko.com
Representation: CESD Talent
Commercials/Voiceover: Anita Reilly & Billy Collura
Animation: Marla Weber-Green
Gaming/Interactive: Christian Sparks
New Zealand: Big Mouth Voices
Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. | Can and will travel! Available as an LA Local Hire.

Home Studio Specs:
Broadcast quality sound-treated space | Sennheiser MKH-416 Microphone | Focusrite Scarlett 3.0 Interface
Adobe Audition DAW | Source Connect Standard | Hard-wired Internet

About me

A Jewish-American actor with a background in theater and a love of language and storytelling, I bring depth, humor, creativity, and authenticity to every performance.

I’ve played Space Commanders, Shapeshifters, Dragons, and Gods, and I’ve narrated everything from articles for Foreign Affairs to Fantasy Romance Novels.

You can hear me in games, audio drama, commercials, and more. I’ve worked on everything from indie shows to Marvel. Check out some of my credits below.

I’m an acting coach on SkillsHub, a site for actors founded by industry legend Jennifer Hale.

I do not consent to my voice being used to train AI or for a synthetic copy of my voice to be made, ever, for profit or not, and will pursue legal action if I find someone has done so without my consent.

TRAINING

Voice Acting:
Jennifer Hale (Games, Animation, Commercials- ongoing coaching) | Chris Borders (Games- ongoing coaching)
Sara Cravens (Commercials- ongoing coaching) | Courtenay Taylor (Games- Class at Real Voice LA)
Julia Bianco Schoeffling (Games- Class at the Halp Network)
-SkillsHub: Additional coaching from Yvonne Viner, Dawn Hershey, Martha Mayakis, Jeremy Hall

Theater:

I’m a dancer, and trained in stage combat and LeCoq mask work. I’m available to travel for performance capture and more.
Wesleyan University- BA Theater | Shakespeare and Company- Linklater, Stage Combat, Verse, Clown, and more.
(For full Theater and Dance Training, see the “Theater” page)

 

2017 Webby Award Nominee for Wolf 359 (and 2018 Webby Award Honoree for Wolf 359)

Official Member of NAVA, the National Association of Voice Actors

2020 Audio Verse Award Winner for Zero Hours

2016 Audio Verse Award Winner for Wolf 359

SELECTED Credits- Games

Marvel Move’s X-Men: Age of Orchis- Kate Pryde- Six to Start & Marvel
Ghostbusters: The Cursed Collection- Wendy- Immersive Gamebox & Sony
Zombies, Run- Season of the Hunter- Shoshannah- Six to Start
Star Trucker- Moon Baby- Monster & Monster
Nighthawks- Saoirse Kane- Wadjet Eye Games
Divine Duel- Necra, the Underqueen- Immersion Games
112 Operator- In-Game Unit, Caller, Additional Voices- Jutsu Games
Chivalrish- Dragon Queen, Willow, Rahluna- LunaticMoon Games (In Development)
Project D.E.A.R.-The Merge- Eva- ByTeager Game Studio (In Development)
Angelic - Iset - Metaverse Game Studio (Beta Test)
NDAs!

Selected CREDITS- Audio DRama

Wolf 359- Minkowski- Kinda Evil Genius Productions
Zero Hours- Light- Long Story Short Productions
The Strata- Tessa- Beyond the Dark Productions
Young’s Infinite City- Rosalind Young- Audiohm Media
Wolfwhistle- Eliza Astor- 104 WPR Metro
Unseen- Sarkana- Long Story Short Productions
Across the Sea- Jackie- Anthology Podcast
Paragon- Delia, Halie, Radio Announcer- No Such Thing Productions
Descendants- Ariel, Cerise- No Such Thing Productions
Someone Dies in this Elevator- Jordan- Sound Escape Productions
Maia Prelude- Iloa- The Lunar Company
Hit the Bricks- Mombi- PJ Scott-Blankenship
Thirteen- Professor Willow, Marianna, Additional- Imaginary Comma
Circé Podcast- Clystra- The Ostium Network
Ars Paradoxica- Karla- The Whisperforge
StarTripper!!- Leader, Officer, Vendor- The Whisperforge

Commercial Clients

Winc (Podcast)
ZipRecruiter (Podcast)
Care/Of (Podcast)
Susan’s Fine Wine and Spirits (Radio)

Magazine Narration

I have done narration for periodicals like Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, InStyle, and Foreign Affairs. Hear a demo, or listen to some of the articles on Spotify!

Photo of Emma and Zach Valenti from a Wolf 359 Recording Session. Photo Credit Gabriel Urbina.

Audiobooks

Accidental Fae: Book One of the Fae War Chronicles By Jessica Wayne
Cursed Fae: Book Two of the Fae War Chronicles By Jessica Wayne
Fire Fae: Book Three of the Fae War Chronicles By Jessica Wayne
Shadowborn: Book 1 of the Light and Shadow Series By Moira Katson
The Snow Alien By Michael JP
The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Anthology Podcast, Rachel Liu Producer

Available for hire to narrate Audiobooks through ACX and Findaway Voices, or you can contact me here.

Behind the Scenes of a Wolf 359 Recording Session. From Left to Right: Zach Valenti, Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs, Emma, Sarah Shachat

VIDEOS

Trailer for Jutsu Game’s 112 Operator (The Last Duty DLC)

VO for the Game Trailer for Khieron’s Keep from NorCal Mythos Entertainment

Trailer for the upcoming game Project D.E.A.R.: The Merge.

Game Trailer for Angelic from Metaverse Game Studios. (Hear Emma at 1:16)