Veronika Hyks

Veronika Hyks (born 21 October 1951) is an English voice over actress and narrator. Hyks is often employed as a voice actress or works as a narrator.

Early life

Hyks was born to Czech parents[1] in the London borough of Westminster. Her family name is Hykšová.

She was a student at the University of Bristol, where she read Drama and Spanish, before graduating in 1974.

Career

She mainly works as a voice-over artist, and works in audio description. She worked as a continuity announcer for Channel 4 in the 1980s. Most of her narration work has been for BBC Two, and more recently BBC Four.

Voice over artist

Productions she has worked for as a narrator include:

  • Airline
  • Celebrity Fit Club
  • Cutting Edge
  • Everyman
  • Horizon[2]
  • Inside Story
  • People's Century
  • Timewatch
  • World in Action
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier
  • Wild Discovery
  • Aristotle Onassis: The Golden Greek

Personal life

She married in 1982 in Westminster and has a daughter.

See also

References

  1. ^ David Vaughan (18 October 2010). "Veronika Hyks: the past is not always a foreign country". Český rozhlas.
  2. ^ "Horizon 1993–1994". BBC.

External links

  • Veronika Hyks at IMDb
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International
  • VIAF
National
  • Czech Republic