NEW YORK, Oct. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Society of Voice
Arts & Sciences (SOVAS™) announced the nominations for the 2019
Annual Voice Arts® Awards honoring the best talent in the voiceover
industry. The Voice Arts® Awards Gala will be held this year on
November 17th at
Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank,
CA. Kit Harrington,
Tom Hanks, Taraji P. Hensen, and
America Ferrera are all nominated in
craft categories. Other notable name nominees include Gal Gadot,
Tim Allen, Kirsten Wiig, and Gerard
Butler. Previous award winners include, Jon Hamm, Kate
Winslet, James Earl Jones,
Katy Perry, Lena Dunham, and William
Shatner. "We are thrilled to bring the show back to Warner
Bros." This year's Voice Arts® Awards includes many of the top
names in entertainment and there is no better venue to showcase
their amazing accomplishments in voiceover," says Emmy®
Award-winning producer and SOVAS™ CEO, Rudy
Gaskins.
The Voice Arts® Awards features nearly 100 categories stretching
across all aspects of the voiceover industry, including some of the
world's most beloved and recognizable voices spanning
video games, commercials and audio book narrators. In addition to
the Craft Category Awards; The Voice Arts® Awards also celebrates
the power of the voice to impart change in the world. Emmy-award
winning journalist and Senior Correspondent for Telemundo, Venessa
Hauc will be on hand to receive the Voice Arts® Environmental
Award. Other special honors will include the Voice Arts® Icon Award
for lifetime achievement and the Muhammad Ali Voice of Humanity
Honor. Last year's winners in these categories were Sigourney Weaver and Van
Jones, who were both present at the awards gala to accept.
Good Morning America called the Voice Arts® Awards, "The Oscars of
voiceover acting."
As part of the SOVAS™ weekend, Sci-Fi queen and Comic-Con
goddess, Katee Sackhoff, best known
for her iconic role as Captain Kara "Starbuck" Thrace on Battlestar
Galactica, will be accepting the Backstage Vanguard Award at this
year's That's Voiceover!™ Career Expo 2019 at the Hilton Universal
on November 16th. The
award presentation will be accompanied by a personal one-on-one
interview conducted by Hollywood
legend Edward James Olmos, Katee's
co-star from Battlestar Galactica.
Visit http://www.sovas.org/ for a complete list of the 2019
Voice Arts® Awards nominees and event ticket availability.
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