The faces behind the 7 most famous female voices in Brazil

Have you ever caught yourself trying to imagine, during a movie, whose beautiful voice the voice actor was? Or who gives voice to apps like Google Translate? Or even whose charming female voice announces flights at airports?

Well, the day has come to put an end to that curiosity. At least in relation to female voices. In this post, the awesome.club shows the 7 faces behind the voices of the most famous women in Brazil. Find out once and for all if Google Translate voice is robot or not.

Iris went to first announcer newscast in the country, being highlighted by the critics as the best of the time for her professional performance. She has also worked as a singer, actress and model. In the 70s, she was invited by the Brazilian Airport Infrastructure Company (Infraero) to be the official voice of the International Airport of Rio de Janeiro, which made her recognized as “the voice of the airport”🇧🇷 Iris even has an unmistakable intonation of voice so that her way of speaking conveyed tranquility and calmed passengers who were afraid of flying. The commercial for Varig (an extinct Brazilian airline) shown in the video is narrated by Iris Lettieri, see below.

You’ve certainly heard Regina’s voice at some point. That’s because she was the announcer who lent her voice to the Google translator, a system that converts text into speech and is a useful tool for learning the pronunciation of words, but which has also been the target of jokes, such as making prank calls simulating conversations. Regina also has her voice recorded in the virtual assistant iphone sirisystems GPSplus several commercials.

The following video summarizes important moments in Regina’s career, including appearances and interviews on prestigious programs such as “Programa do Jô”.

Vanessa, since childhood, already liked to narrate stories aloud, but it was during the voice-over course that she was sure of her vocation. With years of experience in radio, Vanessa stands out with her unique and inimitable voice. In addition to the radio, Vanessa’s voice was present in waiting calls in the 2000s and services mailbox🇧🇷 She was the first female voice to be heard on Rádio Antena 1 in São Paulo, where she currently works. The program Hoje em Dia, from TV Record, presented an interview with Vanessa in which she reveals details of her life as an announcer. Check it out.

In 1977, NASA launched two interplanetary exploration probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, with the aim of studying planets and communicating a history of our world to possible extraterrestrials, through time capsule species on board these probes.

This communication is transmitted by a gold-plated copper phonograph record (Voyager Golden Record) containing sounds and images to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth. Greetings in 55 languages ​​were included on the disc and Janet Sterneberg, an American linguist, was chosen to narrate a message that represented the peoples who spoke Portuguese🇧🇷 Then Janet’s voice was recorded wishing “peace and happiness to all🇧🇷 Janet was born in New York, United States, but moved to Brazil as a child and stayed here for many years, becoming fluent in Portuguese.

On their long journey, the two probes were the first human-made objects to cross the boundaries of the Solar System, Voyager 1 in 2013 and Voyager 2 in 2018. They have the energy to stay in orbit until 2020.

The following video shows greetings in 55 greetings contained in Voyager Golden Record.

Patrícia Godoy started her career as an actress in several commercials for Brazil and Europe. In Brazil, she acted in soap operas on SBT and TV Cultura. Still on television, she was a presenter of news programs such as the famous Aqui Agora (first version) in the 90s. Patricia’s voice is present in many commercial voiceovers, dubbing of characters and, in the 2000s, she announced collect calls 🇧🇷Call to Collect: State your name and the city you are speaking from🇧🇷 Remember, in the video below, the recording of Patrícia’s voice in the collect calls.

Mabel has been an actress and voice actress since 1996. Several characters from very famous series, cartoons, movies and games have been voiced by her, such as Minnie (from Mickey) and Janet in Me, the Boss and the Children. With a sweet and smooth voice, she is responsible for the voice-over that announces the telenovelas, Sessão da Tarde films and entertainment programs on Rede Globo🇧🇷

Mabel is one of the founders of Brazilian Society of Dubbingpromotes several courses in this area and uses social networks to publicize its work, giving tips and presenting curiosities about dubbing and a dubbing career, as shown in the video below.

O SBT there was even, in the 1980s, a project whose objective was to have, for all programs, a male and a female voice, but that ended up not succeeding. The project was only resumed in 2017, and journalist Fabianna Ribeiro (or Fabi) was chosen as the channel’s default female voice. Fabi is an announcer and reporter for Jovem Pan radio, has participated in humorous programs as an impersonator and currently performs in show of comedy stand up🇧🇷

In the video below, Fabianna narrates a summary of what will be shown on the program “Esquadrão da Moda” on SBT.

Did you know the owners of these voices? Are you curious to know the faces behind other voices not shown in this post? Tell us.