Meet Jillan Broddie, the voice of SOPHIE WASHINGTON! Jillan has spoken on six of the seven total SOPHIE WASHINGTON animated book trailers and hopes to continue the role with future releases.
The 15-year-old high school sophomore is a student at Louisville Male High School in Louisville, Kentucky. She took time to share a bit about her role as a voice-over artist.
What were your thoughts when you were chosen as the voice of SOPHIE WASHINGTON? I felt really excited, and I couldn’t wait to get started.
How long have you held the role? About two years.
How do you prepare to do your voice-over work? Do you do anything to get into character? It definitely helps to read the books, so I know Sophie’s point of view.
Are you involved in any other performance arts? What other things have you participated in? I sing in school and at my church (First Virginia Avenue Baptist Church).
What inspired you to get into acting? Watching musicals and things like that always held my attention, so I decided to try it out, and I liked it.
What are your career aspirations/future goals? I want to work with abused women and children.
Do you like to read? What books did you read at Sophie’s age (11). What are some of your favorite books now? I have always enjoyed realistic fiction books, and some of my favorites right now are We Were Liars and Recovery Road.
Check out Jillan’s latest work in the trailer for SOPHIE WASHINGTON: My BFF:
Tonya Duncan Ellis is author of the Amazon Best Selling, Readers’ Favorite “Five Star†rated Sophie Washington children’s book series, geared toward readers ages 8-12 and is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
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