Jessica Taylor

Since Kindergarten, I was one of those kiddos who raised my hand emphatically any time the teacher asked for somebody to read aloud. This developed into a love of all things creative – band, theater and choir. A regular refrain on my elementary report cards was: “Her voice really carries. She needs to learn to keep her voice down.” That advice never really sunk in.

The best voice-over actresses are intelligent and well-educated. I have a broad range of life experiences including starting several businesses, being home with my children for 10 years, independently structuring my college degree, running a successful massage spa, opening a massage therapy training center, being a bodyworker for 15 years, living overseas for three years, selling books door-to-door as a teen, a bet taker at a horse track, data-entry at home, office manager, mortgage broker, and real estate broker – not in that order and most simultaneously.

Quick, give me a script before I start telling you what I think.

A Voice Artis Who Contributes to Her Community

Currently, I participate in YMSL (Young Men’s Service League) with my oldest son. YMSL is an organization where moms and sons volunteer together, during the boys’ high school years. I delivered meals for Meals on Wheels with my boys for four years. I also donate my voice acting services to Project Angel Heart, a nonprofit in Denver that delivers medically tailored meals to people with life-threatening illnesses.

Random Facts about Jessica

• I gave Bernie Mac a massage when he was on his stand-up tour in Minneapolis. He had massive feet and was making jokes the entire time. Rest in peace, Bernie.
• I taught one of Willie Nelson’s daughters how to give massage with her feet, aka Ashiatsu.
• I played the role of Older Amy opposite the now Tony Award-Winning Broadway actress Annaleigh Ashford – who played Younger Amy in Little Women, The Musical in Littleton, Colorado way back when. You go Annaleigh!
• I went to high school and acted opposite the comedic-stylist Maria Thayer of Strangers With Candy.
• I hate the word ‘moist.’
• I named my massage spa after Seinfeld’s infamous episode “Serenity Now!”
• I had a deaf Dalmatian, Harley, whom I trained with hand signals. Rest in peace, Harley.
• I climbed the Sydney Harbor Bridge at sunset with my then boyfriend, now husband.
• I have been to four Rugby World Cups – Australia, two times in France and in Japan.
• For two years I drove a 1964 Ford F100 – manual brakes, manual steering, three on the floor. That’s the truck I drove when I moved from Minneapolis to Denver. Rest in peace, Ford F100.
• I can effortlessly type 150 words per minute.
• For the past twenty years, I have corrected my vision using orthokeratology. Google it.
• I would pick ice cream over alcohol any day of the week.
• My husband and I moved to Prague when our boys were 4, 2 and nine months old. That’s a special kind of crazy.
• I scuba dove The Great Barrier Reef.
• I want to live to be 100 and be on the Today show as a bicentennial baby. You do the math.
• I cross-examined my husband, and vice versa, in a civil trial. Long story.
• The only person tired of my voice is my husband. Ok, maybe my kids…