Audie Award, Earphones & Parent’s Choice Awards winner Rachel L. Jacobs has narrated over 300 titles with the industry’s top publishers and producers. Rachel’s versatile voice easily adapts from a love struck teenager rejected by their crush to a middle aged mother haunted by the loss of her daughter to a lifestyle expert helping others find their style (and so much more). Her chameleon-like ability to transform her voice to what the text calls for allows her to speak to listeners across genres and styles. Through living abroad in multiple countries, Rachel has conveniently picked up many authentic accents such as British, French, Irish, Scottish etc. Her performances have landed many awards and have graced many “top” lists. Some notable titles include No Two Persons (Audie Award Winner 2024, Earphones Award 2023), Brandon Sanderson’s The Dark One: Forgotten, and Disney’s Lizzie McGuire. Rachel has been an avid audiobook listener since she was a child, and with every project she devotes herself to creating a meaningful experience for listeners across the world.
SOME NOTABLE - awards + reviews
STUDIO TOUR —with Freddie
THE SET UP + EQUIPMENT
Mic: AKG c414
Preamp + Interface: Apollo Twin
DAW: Reaper
Booth: Scott’s VO BoothsCan accommodate an in person engineer or director
Remote recording set-up through ZoomRecording Hours: 7:30am-1pm PT
Fun Fact: Rachel’s home studio is actually not at home (there’s no room in her tiny apartment}. Her small office space in West Hollywood, which holds her booth & equipment, can accommodate an in person engineer or director and even other narrators + voice actors in need of studio space. If you’d like to get in touch about renting studio time send Rachel an email!
CLIENTS
Audible
Blackstone
Brilliance Publishing
Curated Audio
Deyan Audio
Disney Press
Dreamscape Media
Eljin
Epic!
Findaway
Hachette
Harper Audio
John Marshall Media
Macmillan
Mainframe
Mosaic
One Night Stand Studios
Orange Sky Audio
Penguin Random House
Podium Audio
Recorded Books
Scholastic
Vooks
MORE
YOUNG LISTENERS
Middle Grade
Young Adult
FICTION
Mystery / Thriller
NON-FICTION
ACCENTS
More accents samples coming soon
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE - and more
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Training
Rachel began performing professionally as a kid with San Francisco Opera. She has a BA in Theatre from Oberlin College with a focus in Musical Theatre & Shakespeare. She has studied intensely with The American Conservatory Theatre, The National Theatre Institute, and Shakespeare and Company and studied abroad with The Gaiety Theatre in Ireland and The St. Petersburg Institute of Performing Arts in Russia.
Rachel is trained singer in classical, jazz, and musical theater. Her musicality has leant her a great ear for pitch matching (hello seamless pick ups!), fast accent retention & more dynamic vocal characters.
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Rachel has always had a passion for the visual arts. Specifically: watercolor, calligraphy and design. (In fact all the hand lettering on this website is Rachel’s). Rachel runs a small design business Flowered Words Co. She creates many things including invitations, notebooks and one of a kind keepsakes.
Rachel has always enjoyed creating things and has been fascinated by fashion history & costuming for most of her life.
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Rachel minored in computer science in college. Learning HTML, CSS, Javascript and Python. She worked at Apple upgrading new computers, transferring data and teaching private and group classes on various apple programs.
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Rachel has spoken French since she was 5 years old. While no longer fluent - she speaks conversational french well with an authentic accent.
She also studied Italian for a brief period when singing classically - though her Italian is a bit old fashioned…
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• Rachel is a former ballerina and figure skater. Which surprisingly does occasionally help in audiobook narration - particularly when voicing a dance instructor or choreographer giving steps to dancers.
• She loves animals! (If you couldn’t already tell from the many many photos she posts of her dog Freddie). They spend many afternoons hiking through the Hollywood Hills.
• Don't trust her "sweet face", when she's not listening to an audiobook, it's a True Crime podcast in her ears. There is an unhealthy wealth of crime knowledge behind those innocent eyes.