India Fisher (born 10 September 1974) is a British actress, narrator and presenter. Her father is the ex-MP Mark Fisher.[1] She is also the half-sister of musician Crispin Hunt and of actress Francesca Hunt, who appears with her in the play Other Lives.
India Fisher | |
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 Fisher in 2004 | |
| Born | India Fisher 10 September 1974 Stoke-on-Trent, England |
| Occupation(s) | Presenter, Actress, Narrator |
| Employer | BBC |
| Known for | Doctor Who (Big Finish) Voice Actress |
She has appeared in several episodes of the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Elephants to Catch Eels.[2] She provided the voice for the character of Sophia Winchell in the BBC.co.uk flash-animated webcast series Ghosts of Albion. Between 2001 and 2009, she voiced the character Charley Pollard for Doctor Who, which was part of the Big Finish audio range. She has been in various stories alongside both the Sixth Doctor and the Eighth Doctor. She came back in 2013, in The Light at the End, a two-part 50th Anniversary audio story released on CD in the same year.
On TV, she has appeared in the television series Dead Ringers, and narrates BBC One's cookery programme MasterChef. She also performs voiceovers for television advertisements.
Science fiction voice work
editFisher has provided voices on a number of Science Fiction audio dramas:
- In a series of audio plays based on the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who as the companion Charley Pollard.[3]
- In the Big Finish Productions audio drama Earthsearch Mindwarp, based on a James Follett novel, broadcast on the digital radio station BBC 7. Fellow companion actor Ingrid Oliver is also the daughter of an MP for Stoke on Trent Central.
- In Sci Fi Channel UK's online audio version of Blake's 7[4] by "B7 Productions" (aka "Blake's 7 Enterprises" and "B7 Media") – playing Lora Mezin, a federation officer forcibly conscripted to the rebel cause by Blake.
Other voice work
edit- MasterChef (UK TV series) narrator.[5]
- Junior MasterChef narrator
- The Girl on the Train (novel) audiobook narrator (2016 Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year)[6][7]
- NatWest telephone banking [citation needed]
- Make or Break? narrator
- PG Tips
- The Dumping Ground Leera in the 11th episode of the seventh series.
- Body Bizarre: Girl with a Split Face narrator
- Mathswatch video narrator [citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "TARDIS Report December 20, 2005". Outpost Gallifrey. Retrieved 9 May 2006.
- ^ "Elephants to Catch Eels - what time is it on TV? Episode 2 Series 2 cast list and preview". RadioTimes. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "The Big Finish Podcast - India Fisher - Charley Pollard! (October #01) - Podcasts - Big Finish". www.bigfinish.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "SciFi Channel Website Cast List". Blake's 7 audio dramas. Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 9 July 2007.
- ^ Dear, Alice (10 May 2017). "The woman behind the Masterchef voiceover has been EXPOSED". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "The Year's Best Audiobooks: 2016 Audie Award Winners". The Booklist Reader. 11 May 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
- ^ "Meet the Cast: The girls from Paula Hawkins' THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (Exclusive Audio Clips) | Books on Tape". Retrieved 29 May 2017.
External links
edit- India Fisher at IMDb