VOICE OVER
Fiona is an award-winning audiobook narrator and voice-over artist whose work has earned the 2021 Audie Award for Best Middle-Grade Audiobook (The Good Hawk by Joseph Elliott), the 2022 Audie Award for Best Fiction for the full-cast narration of ‘The Final Revival of Opal & Nev’ by Dawnie Walton, Finalist for 2020 Best Young Adult for ‘Lovely War’ by Julie Berry (multi-cast), Finalist for 2019 Best Middle Grade for ‘The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book VI’ by Maryrose Wood, an ALA Odyssey Honor for ‘The Scorpio Races’ by Maggie Stiefvater, and 20 AudioFile Earphones Awards. For three consecutive years titles she's narrated were included in the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 'Top Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults’; list.
Fiona has narrated over 425 titles across genres and is renowned for her extensive range of character voices and accents, bringing depth and versatility to audiobooks, animation, ADR, commercials, documentaries, video games, trailers, and film.
Her animation credits include Pokémon: Detective Pikachu, Disney’s The Magic of the Glass Slipper (as Jacqui the French mouse in the 100th-anniversary edition of Cinderella), and leading roles in the SMOSH series Otaku Taco Truck and the feature film Monster Island.
Fiona was the ongoing voice announcer for ESPN’s popular radio and TV sports series Grantland and later Jalen & Jacoby, hosted by Jalen Rose and David Jacoby—a role she held for over a decade.
VOICE REELS
ANIMATION
AUDIOBOOKS
THE GOOD HAWK by JOSEPH ELLIOTT
*2021 Audie Winner & a Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
“The first in a trilogy, this tale set in mythic Scotland features two engaging characters brought to life through Fiona Hardingham’s and Gary Furlong’s alternating narrations. Hardingham is masterful at sharing Agatha’s worldview with listeners; a brave, fierce Hawk, she is proud of her job patrolling the walls of her island home. However, some say she’s given the work to occupy her due to her Down syndrome-like disability. Ultimately, the unlikely heroes Agatha and Jaime embark on a perilous journey to save their people. The narrators give the characters wonderful Scottish inflections and skillfully build suspense while developing this duo into unique new heroes whom listeners will want to hear succeed. J.C.G. AudioFile.”
An Ember In The Ashes, by Sabaa Tahir
*Award-winning AudioFile Earphone Award and listed in the YALSA 'Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults, 2016.'
"Fiona Hardingham’s soft, cultured tones convey both Laia’s overwhelming fear and sheer determination to overcome the horrible abuses she experiences." - Audiofile Magazine
AND I DARKEN, by KIERSTEN WHITE
*Award-winning AudioFile Earphone Award, 2016.
"Fiona Hardingham's commanding narration steers a clear path through this densely woven tapestry of mid-fifteenth-century intrigue, rife with conspiracy, assassination, and the varied courses of love and loyalty. With measured pacing and a somber tone, Hardingham unfolds White's sweeping tale of Lada, daughter of the infamous Vlad Dracul, and her younger brother, Radu, who are given as hostages to the Ottoman Empire, where their lives become inextricably linked to the sultan's ambitious son, Mehmed. Hardingham's resonant voice keeps listeners firmly grounded as a strange and destructive triangle of friendship and love develops, with forays into murder, lust, and homosexuality. S.G. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2016]"
The Scorpio Races, by New York Times Bestseller Maggie Stiefvater
*ALA Odyssey Award honor and listed in the YALSA 'Most Amazing Audiobooks' list.
"Told from the points of view of 19-year-old Sean (Steve West) and the younger Puck (Fiona Hardingham), the narration is a seamless blend of Sean’s rough edge and Puck’s courage. Listeners will find themselves with a deep and lasting sense of the island and of Sean and Puck’s complicated relationship." - Audiofile Magazine
THE FAIR FIGHT, BY ANNA FREEMAN
"This is a story of female pugilists, bloodshed, brutal poverty, and monied ruthlessness in 1790s Bristol. Fiona Hardingham uses a broad accent to portray Ruth, a lowborn bare-knuckle pugilist sponsored by Dryer. Ruth slugs it out with men and women in the ring, and, shockingly, teaches Charlotte to throw a strong punch. Hardingham, Eyre, and West join forces to enthral, repel, and horrify listeners. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2015, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2015]"
The summer before the War by helen simonson
*E.C. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award
"Narrator Fiona Hardingham breathes life into a huge cast of characters--from the grieving, determined Miss Nash to a Romani schoolboy. She's especially adept with accents; the American author who is trying to downplay his heritage sounds appropriately ambiguous, and a Belgian refugee who speaks halting, heavily accented English is convincing. With subtle wit and barely suppressed emotion, Hardingham chronicles Miss Nash's first year in Rye, which stretches from summer garden parties to England's entry into WWI. This is storytelling at its finest, with a narration to match." - Audiofile Magazine
MY (NOT SO) PERFECT LIFE BY SOPHIA KINSELLA
"Humor and humility are expertly conveyed in narrator Fiona Hardingham's portrayal of 26-year-old Katie Brenner, who is struggling to create the perfect facade for her not-so-perfect-life. Katie's downtrodden moments, which are quickly lifted by quirky optimism, are recounted with a light and amusing perkiness that contrasts with the smooth, articulate elegance of Katie's snooty boss, Demeter Farlowe. Hardingham's quick pace and occasional faltering emphasize Katie's entertaining attempts to present herself as refined and successful in the eyes of her family and peers. Hardingham's compelling portrayals of both Katie and Demeter illuminates Demeter's authentic self and Katie's realization that her own life is just perfect. M.F. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2017]"