{"id":167642,"date":"2025-03-25T10:13:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/en\/blog\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T17:08:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T15:08:36","slug":"behind-the-mic-donna-vrijhof-the-voice-that-you-hear-everywhere-but-never-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/en\/blog\/behind-the-mic-donna-vrijhof-the-voice-that-you-hear-everywhere-but-never-see","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Mic: Donna Vrijhof &#8211; the voice that you hear everywhere but never see."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Donna Vrijhof is a seasoned voice actress and voice-over artist with over 30 years of experience. From commercials to cartoons, audiobooks to phone menus, her voice is everywhere\u2014yet few people realize it. In this interview, she shares her journey from theater school to becoming a full-time voice artist, her experiences working with major brands, and the quirks of the industry. She also reflects on her award-winning audiobook narration and the meaningful connections she\u2019s made through her work. Get to know the voice behind countless Dutch productions and discover what makes her stand out in the ever-evolving world of voice acting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Quick introduction: Who are you, and what do you do?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m Donna Vrijhof. I live in Amsterdam, am married to Tom, and mother to two sons, Buster and Goof. I\u2019ve been working as a voice actress and voice-over artist for 30 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>How did you become a voice-over actor?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I trained at the Maastricht Theatre Academy, where I had voice lessons every day.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an actress, you need to speak standard Dutch, without an accent or dialect. Since I have Rotterdam roots, I had to work hard on that. But I got the hang of it, and my teacher encouraged me to &#8220;do something with my voice.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I recorded a demo very primitively on a cassette tape, and soon the first assignments came in. I would often skip classes to take the train from Maastricht to Amsterdam for voice-over jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After graduating, I first worked as a stage actress, but I never felt as at home there as I did behind the microphone. So, the decision was easy: I became a full-time voice-over artist.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I love about my work is that I get to use my voice for a wide range of clients. Not only do I do commercials and web videos, but also cartoons, audiobooks, games, e-learning, toys, and phone menus. This variety ensures that I always have work, and over the past 30 years, I\u2019ve built an extensive network. I\u2019ve also worked as a voice director, but I enjoy performing voice-overs myself the most.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Donna Vrijhof showreel stem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7BaWcxVUNbk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><b>What do you love about your job?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The best part is the diversity. People hear me all day long, yet they don\u2019t recognize me. In the morning, kids hear me on their iPads in various cartoon series for Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, and HBO. If you then hop in your car to go to work, you might hear me in a commercial for H&amp;M, Wibra, Disney, or L\u2019Or\u00e9al or as the voice guiding you through the car wash menu at the gas station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the Thalys train, I\u2019m the voice explaining onboard procedures. At Schiphol Airport, I\u2019m the computer voice for Valet Parking. If you&#8217;re flying, you might hear me in an inflight safety video or listening to an audiobook. Even in Cura\u00e7ao, I\u2019m the voice for various radio stations.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Toverland amusement park, I play the evil pirate twins in the Aqua Bellatores show. And if you break down by the roadside? Yep, I\u2019m the voice assisting you. In fact, I\u2019ve even had the surreal experience of calling customer service and hearing myself on the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>If you weren\u2019t a voice-over actor, what would you do instead? And why?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think I\u2019d work at my youngest son\u2019s school. He has special needs and attends an amazing school where, alongside teachers, there are also physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, and more.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first time I walked in, I was overwhelmed by all the wheelchairs, mobility aids, and different devices. It was a whole new world. But now, it feels like a haven of love, filled with peace and respect for everyone. Nothing is considered &#8220;weird&#8221; there, and no one gets bullied. The focus is on what each child can do, rather than what they can\u2019t. I think we could all use a bit more of that mindset in everyday life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>Why did you choose to be part of Voicebooking? And what do you like about it?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is actually a funny story, and once a year, Jente (Voicebooking\u2019s founder) and I reminisce about it. Believe it or not, I initially didn\u2019t want to join Voicebooking. I was newly pregnant, had just set up my own little studio, and Jente emailed me asking if I wanted to be part of it. Let\u2019s just say I played &#8220;hard to get,&#8221; but eventually, it all worked out. I still remember my first recording at Jente\u2019s tiny canal-side studio probably the smallest studio I\u2019ve ever been in. It was a triangle-shaped space; Jente was both director and technician, and the client was practically sitting on my lap. (Okay, I\u2019m exaggerating, but it was nice.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ll never forget when Jente said, &#8220;I want to be the biggest in the Netherlands.&#8221; And in no time, he was. Then came the goal to be the biggest in Europe and he achieved that too.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Voicebooking concept is rock solid. It\u2019s like an online store for voice talent. Fast turnaround, direct contact with clients, full transparency, and above all making the client happy. The rest is history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Voicebooking is now an essential part of the industry. I just hope that real voices voices with a beating heart, with natural breaths that don\u2019t always have to be edited out, voices that sometimes stumble but understand the meaning behind a text continue to be chosen over Artificial Intelligence alternatives.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because that beating heart? The consumer hears it. They feel it.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I truly believe that real voice actors add something to a text, to a brand. We bring it to life.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_167653\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-167653\" style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingtribune.nl\/media\/nieuws\/2023\/03\/storytel-awards-weg-uit-ruinerwold-beste-luisterboek\/index.xml\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-167653 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/app\/uploads\/Donna-storytel-276x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/app\/uploads\/Donna-storytel-276x300.png 276w, https:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/app\/uploads\/Donna-storytel.png 588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 276px) 100vw, 276px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-167653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Donna Vrijhof &#8211; Best Reader Storytel Awards 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>You recently won an award for Storytel\u2019s Best Audiobook Narrator of 2023 how was that?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was fantastic. We voice actors usually work anonymously, hiding like moles in our recording booths. But for once, we stepped into the spotlight, walking down a red carpet Hollywood style, but Dutch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I come from a family that believes, \u201cJust act normal, that\u2019s crazy enough\u201d. But that night, I allowed myself to enjoy the moment and embrace the feeling of pride.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, there\u2019s an actual award sitting in my recording booth. It\u2019s an honor, and it has led to even more recognition and work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, there are also projects that I\u2019ve never heard of again, probably gathering dust on a shelf somewhere or gigs where I earned nothing but had the most fun.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, of course, there are the opposite cases: jobs where I sent out a hefty invoice, and that was the best part of the entire experience. Or those terribly mixed commercials with awful scripts that seem to get played on the radio all the time. Help! (And no, those didn\u2019t come through Voicebooking.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What was the craziest voice-over job you\u2019ve ever had? And which was the most fun?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve had to do so many crazy things, especially for cartoons and video games.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Alvin and the Chipmunks, we record our lines slowed down, and the technician speeds them up to match the chipmunk voices while still keeping them in sync with the animation. A real challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I once had to count to 200 as a chicken. No kidding. For a game.I voiced a sniffling, sick monster by pinching one nostril shut. I acted in a farm life series where they filmed us first and then turned us into animated characters which we later dubbed ourselves in multiple languages.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can confidently say that I\u2019ve played almost everything in animated shows: from a microwave to a queen, from a newborn baby to a dying rabbit in Watership Down.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unfortunately, due to confidentiality agreements, we voice actors rarely get to reveal the names of the projects or characters we\u2019ve worked on. Right now, I\u2019m working on several new HBO and Amazon series that haven\u2019t even premiered yet. These are high-budget productions, and it\u2019s truly amazing to be part of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>But one of the most meaningful projects?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once a year, famous cartoon characters (well, their voice actors) call children who need a morale boost kids who are seriously ill, have disabilities, or have a sibling requiring a lot of attention. In those conversations, everything comes together. Our work isn\u2019t just fun and creative, it can be deeply touching and leave a lasting impact, for both the child and the actor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>What advice would you give your younger voice-actor self?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honestly? Just love yourself more. Because the young Donna was already ambitious and incredibly stubborn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want to hear voice samples of Donna? Head to our talent base <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voicebooking.com\/en\/voiceactor-needed\/native-dutch-voice-actor\/donna-nl\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or if you want to become a voice artist follow our voice coach (Dutch only!) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.devoiceovercoach.nl\/?af=U9A6G\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Behind the Mic: Donna Vrijhof \u2013 the voice everyone knows, but no one sees<br \/>\nFor over 30 years, Donna Vrijhof has been one of the most recognizable voices in the Netherlands, from Disney cartoons to train announcements. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":167646,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1151],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interview"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Behind the Mic: Donna Vrijhof - the voice that you hear everywhere but never see. | Voicebooking<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Meet Donna Vrijhof, the voice behind countless commercials, cartoons, and audiobooks. 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