Portia Scott
Portia Scott is a pioneer in the Voiceover arena in Hollywood! She has over 25 years of experience as a Voiceover agent is the only African American woman leading one of the top divisions as the Director of Voiceover at Coast-to-Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles. Along with her talented team, she represents both adult and youth talent in all areas of voiceover.
Representing Top Talent
Her client roster is among the top talent in the industry having worked on animated Academy Award® & Golden Globe® awarded films such as Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio and Toy Story 4. Further recent notable animation feature credits include Space Jam: A New Legacy, Raya and the Last Dragon, Over the Moon, Wish Dragon, Into The Spider-Verse, Blue’s Big City Adventure, AINBO: Spirit of the Amazon, The Mitchells vs. The Machines, Abominable, Inside Out, UP and Frozen.
Portia has additionally placed clients in copious TV animation roles, video games, and national commercial campaigns. Leveraging her strong relationships with top animation studios, Portia has secured client roles on animated television series on Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix, Cartoon Network, Marvel, HBO, Paramount+, Pixar TV, LucasFilm/TV, and DreamWorks Animation, to just name a few. Ms. Scott’s clients have worked for some of the industry’s top video game companies including EA Sports, Nintendo, Bio Ware, Blizzard, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Sony Interactive, Activision, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive, Microsoft, Rockstar Games, Riot Games, Xbox Game Studio, Cygames, Warner Bros., BrightSkills, Lucas Arts, Naughty Dog, and Blindlight. Booked commercial spots include a plethora of brands such as Nike, the 11-Year Campaign for Tobacco-Free, Walmart, BMW, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Apple, Gordon’s Fish Sticks, Carvana, Chewy, Carters, Hyundai, Spotify, AT&T, Norton Lifelock, LATAM, Cantu, Zales, Google, Asana, Facebook Portal, Mercedes, KFC, Hotels.com, Geico and Oatley. In addition, on the ADR/Dubbing side, Portia’s clients have worked in the genre with Amazon, Netflix, Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, Paramount, Disney, Apple TV, HBO, Showtime, Hulu, and 2kGames.
Curriculum & Courses
Ms. Scott has created and co-authored, alongside Melique Berger, a curriculum of technique and performance courses for university, baccalaureate, master’s degree programs, and performance
conservatories that are inclusive of voiceover as part of the discipline of study. Through their company “Indigo Voices,” the pair created a curriculum entitled “Method on the Mic/Actors Tool Kit”/ “Art of the Pivot©.”
Portia Scott has a passion for the entertainment industry. A native of Los Angeles, she earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre from California State University, Long Beach. She then set her goals higher and moved to New York City, where she garnered a Master of Arts in Theatre from New York University’s famed Circle in the Square Theatre School. Ms. Scott gained notoriety in the theatre community of Manhattan performing throughout the Tri-State area.
Upon returning to Los Angeles, she produced, co-wrote, and starred in her own one-woman show, “The Secret Diary of Sandra Woodward.” This “Secret” wasn’t a secret for long and burgeoned into a one-woman show-biz extravaganza. After receiving public acclaim and success with the show, work in television and film continued to flourish. Ms. Scott continued her quest for further knowledge of the industry by working for MCA/Universal. On the studio side, Ms. Scott has worked in such areas as feature marketing for Universal Pictures and in sitcom development for Universal Television.
Melique Berger
Melique Berger is a Queer Black Jewish powerhouse of the VO Industry.
Film and TV Career
With over three decades of experience in VO and 4 in live-action and stage, she has honed her craft with continuous perseverance and dedication. She is a four-time nominee for the One Voice Awards, including Best Actor. Most recently, she lent her voice to the Best Anime of 2022 winner from Anime Corner and IGN, “Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” and for multiple characters in the critically acclaimed “The Cuphead Show.” Both series are currently streaming on Netflix.
She has been on multiple seasons and is still currently voicing characters on Disney Jr’s hit show “Spidey and His Amazing Friends.” One of Melique’s most well-known characters is Mrs. Pancakes in the Emmy award-winning series “Rick and Morty.” She has been highly sought out in the ADR community voicing numerous feature films, including X-Men, Academy award-winning Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, and Fight Club. She worked multiple seasons of the critically acclaimed series Insecure and The Goldbergs, the latter for which she is still working.
Making Video Game History
Outside of television, Melique made gaming history by voicing a Great Fairy in the Legend of Zelda videogame series as Kaysa in Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity. This marks the first time a Great Fairy has had dialogue in the gaming franchise. She also voiced Molina and Katanga Computer in Aliens: Fireteam Elite. Melique has lent her voice to Disney, Warner Bros., Nickelodeon, Adult Swim, Sony, Nintendo, NBC, HBO, 20th Century Fox, Michael Bay, and Procter & Gamble, to name a few.
Coaching & Teaching
Melique’s passion outside of performance is coaching and developing new talent at Bergers Reels LA: A Company of Voice-Over Actors. Starting around a kitchen table 14 years ago, the conservatory has evolved into weekly training sessions hosted via Zoom where aspiring and working voice-over actors stay at the top of their game. Additionally, Melique offers private lessons where she can work with clients of all ages to land their big roles for networks such as Cartoon Network, Dreamworks, Disney, and Nickelodeon.
In her next step towards cultivating diversity in VO, Melique created her singular acting technique “Art of the Pivot©” and merged it with her longtime agent and business partner Portia Scott’s “Method on the Mic/Actors Tool Kit©” to found their company “Indigo Voices.”
These techniques will serve as the throughline for courses offered at university baccalaureate and master’s degree programs and performance conservatories. Melique hopes with this endeavor she can make her mother, legendary commercial agent, Myra Berger, and godfather Anthony Barnao, head of CBS casting and founder of Blue Sphere Alliance theatre company, proud in memoriam.