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Eve Karpf

Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles she was the voice of Weed for the 2001 Bill and Ben reboot.[1]

Early life

She was born in 1947 in London, England, United Kingdom. Her mother is the Polish concert pianist Natalia Karp ée Weissman (1911-2007), a Jewish refugee from the Nazis and Holocaust survivor.[2] She was trained at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She then attended University of Bristol to study drama and theatre, graduating with a BA in Drama and Theatre Studies.

Career

She was also the voice of Dennis's Mum and Matilda in the 1996 Dennis the Menace television series, Mrs. Bird in The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Voice in the first series of Trapped! and Grandma in The Large Family.[3] Karpf also featured in several audiobooks, among them A Creepy Company who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound".[4] She is known for being the voice of the Ferrero Rocher commercial line, "Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us."[5]

She has voiced numerous roles in video games from various franchises based on other media, including James Bond and Star Wars. Her credits include Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter video games, including Philosopher's Stone (released in the US as Sorcerer's Stone), Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows – Part 2. She also did the voice over for the role of Monica the mother of St. Augustine in the movie Restless Heart (Ignatius Press), Kristina Boaz in the 2003 video game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, the cat Alvina in 2011 video game Dark Souls and the elf Fiona and Divine Justinia V in the 2014 video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. She is also represented by Hobson's International until 2009. Karpf also did the additional voices in the 2015 film Minions.

Personal life

Eve's son Mark Lowen is the BBC News Southern Europe correspondent and her sister Anne Karpf is a journalist.[6]

Filmography

Television series

Anime series

Animation

Film

Podcast series

Video games

References

  1. ^ "BACK ON THE FLOBAJOB; Cold Feet star John lands role voicing return of Bill & Ben.(News)." Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland). MGN Ltd. 2000. [1][dead link]
  2. ^ Heslop, Caroline (11 July 2007). "Natalia Karp". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ "Voice of Dennis's Mum - Dennis the Menace and Gnasher | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 8 June 2021. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  4. ^ "BOOKS ON TAPE.(Books)(Review)." Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO). Primary Source Media. 1997. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Paradise lost". BBC. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Last survivors of the Holocaust keep memories alive". BBC News. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
  7. ^ "Voice of Sylvia the Flute - Oscar's Orchestra | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 1 July 2022. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ "Voice of The Cloud Woman - Peter in Magicland | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 19 April 2023. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ "Voice of Wai Lin - Tomorrow Never Dies | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 February 2024. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  10. ^ "Voice of Minerva McGonagall - Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 9 March 2024. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  11. ^ "Voice of Lady Croft - Tomb Raider: Legend | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 7 October 2020. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  12. ^ "Voice of Alvina of the Darkroot Wood - Dark Souls | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 15 January 2012. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  13. ^ "Voice of Erin - Terminator: Resistance | Behind The Voice Actors". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 16 December 2020. Check marks indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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