Maria Pendolino
Vocal Descriptors:
Conversational, Youthful, Confident, Relatable, Upbeat, Friendly, Sassy
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers
Accents/Dialects: NYC/NJ, Buffalo, CA/Valley, Midwestern, Southern, Texas
Professional Voiceover Talent
Female Voiceover Artist
Millennial Voiceover Talent
Voiceover For Commercials
maria@voicebymaria.com | 607-222-1401
Maria is an award-winning female voice over talent. Working as an entertainment and media industry professional for nearly two decades, Maria's voice has represented major national brands like Google, Whole Foods Market, Dannon, American Express and many, many more. She also was a featured voice on NFL's Monday Night Football.
As a passionate political voiceover talent, Maria has voiced for national candidates like Kamala Harris, statewide election candidates like Rhode Island Lieutenant Governor Sabina Matos and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Jill Karofsky, and and many other winning folks up and down the ballot. Maria offers a quintessential conversational and relatable read that skews youthful and resonates with Millennial and Gen Z ears. She specializes in the negative "sarcastic/incredulous" read, as well as a warm, trustworthy, and heartstring-tugging emotional read. She's also a very fast talker and can fit a lot of copy into your spots, along with your required disclaimers! Maria has range and will bring it to all of your communications.
Maria is honored to have won three Reed Awards from Campaigns & Elections, two Voice Arts Awards from the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences, and a 40 under 40 award from Business Journals for her extensive work and portfolio. She has also been nominated for One Voice awards.
Maria makes a mean Sunday spaghetti sauce, or "gravy", and her other fun fact is that she was on a recent episode of HGTV’s flagship show, “House Hunters” with her husband.
Studio DetailsMaria maintains a professional studio that is equipped with a StudioBricks OnePlus sound booth, Neumann TLM-103 microphone, Sennheiser MK-416 microphone, Audient id14 interface, Mogami Gold Cables, and Mac Pro Editing Suite.
Turnaround TimeEastern Standard Time (EST, GMT-5). Maria is a full-time voice talent and can offer immediate and same-day turnaround. She is available after traditional business hours and on weekends for urgent voiceover sessions and rush jobs.
Connection DetailsMaria is available for live remote directed voiceover sessions via SourceConnect, ISDN, ipDTL, SessionLink, Phone Patch, Zoom, Google Meet, WebEx, Microsoft Teams, and others.
VIDEOS
"Buh Bye Blakeman" - NY Accent AVO for NYLCV
St Paul Future Forward - Enough Is Enough
Saba Haider for IL-84
Sabina Matos Campaign - Image
Elected to RI Lieutenant Governor 2022
Diana DiZoglio Campaign - Image
Elected to MA State Auditor - 2022
Emergencies
Jill Karofsky Campaign - Negative
Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2020
Jill Karofsky Campaign - Image
Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2020
Jill Karofsky Campaign - Negative
Elected to Wisconsin Supreme Court, 2020
Commercial Video Demo
Medical Narration
E-Learning Narration
More About Maria Pendolino
Professional Voiceover Actor
Maria Pendolino is an award-winning professional voice actor based in Buffalo, New York. Maria specializes in political voiceover performances for campaigns, advocacy organizations, and issue-based communications. With over a decade of experience, she is a trusted voice for candidate image ads, PAC and independent expenditure campaigns, and issue advocacy. Maria’s clients depend on her to deliver both warm, credible, and relatable reads as well as firm, authoritative, and hard-hitting contrast messaging. Her ability to navigate the different tones required in political voiceover—from empathetic and conversational to urgent and persuasive to sarcastic and incredulous—has made her a go-to voice for political clients seeking authenticity and impact. She also knows that you need her immediately and as a full-time talent, she can offer immediate turnaround to hit those news & advertising cycles hard.
In addition to her political voiceover work, Maria provides professional, broadcast-quality voiceover services for commercials and advertising agencies, e-learning narration, corporate training content, animation, and video game voice acting. She has collaborated with global brands, production companies, and creative teams on projects spanning television and radio commercials, streaming and digital advertising, explainer videos, corporate narration, IVR and telephone systems, radio imaging, and live announcing (Voice of God). She is also experienced in emerging formats including in-app narration, AR/VR experiences, and interactive media, delivering broadcast-quality audio from her fully equipped professional home studio with fast turnaround times. You’ll also catch Maria’s voice on some pop culture and history documentaries on streaming channels.
Maria is a two-time Voice Arts Award winner, a three-time Reed Awards winner, and One Voice Awards nominee. She was also named to the 40 Under 40 list for Business Journals in Buffalo-Niagara. Maria’s expertise in modern and youth-driven communication styles and audience engagement makes her a strong choice for partnership in political and advocacy messaging.
With a background in theater, television, and film, Maria brings her whole self to every project. She has appeared in over 40 stage productions and has on-screen credits including recurring and guest roles on television as well as appearances in film, including the internationally recognized Bollywood film English Vinglish. Maria’s varied acting career gives her the ability to deliver nuanced, believable reads, particularly in first-person testimonial and citizen-first conversational spots.
When she’s not in the booth voicing for her global clientele, you can find Maria in the kitchen trying new recipes or watching yet another episode of Beat Bobby Flay on The Food Network, or camping along Lake Ontario in her RV.
Maria resides in Western New York with her husband, Eric, and their rescue cats.