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.
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.
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.
Productions she has worked for as a narrator include:
She married in 1982 in Westminster and has a daughter.
Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver is an American actress. A figure in science fiction and popular culture, she has received various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for three Academy Awards, four Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2003, she was voted Number 20 in Channel 4's countdown of the 100 greatest movie stars of all time.
Marcus Bentley is a British actor, broadcaster and voice-over artist. Bentley is most known for narrating the UK version of the Dutch reality television programme Big Brother since its inception in 2000. He also did other continuity announcements for Channel 4 until he left in July 2011 to continue narrating the revived Big Brother on Channel 5. Bentley's voice-over work and distinctive Geordie accent has led to him becoming one of Britain's most recognised voices.
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Sue Robbie is a British television presenter and voiceover artist. Born Susan Robinson on 5 July 1949 in London, she grew up in North West England and attended Keele University, where she read English and psychology. Before working in television, she was a schoolteacher at Hazel Grove High School, a volunteer at a halfway house for drug addicts, a warden at a children's home, an air hostess and a management trainee on a two-year course.
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