Estelle Hubert, French voice over artist

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   September2026VO Social, Paris

   September 2026, at the VO Social in Paris: this is where the story starts, in the present.

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   2026A seventh One Voice Awards nomination

   At the One Voice Awards in London, Blue Whale: Taste to Life, produced by BMV Communication, receives a nomination. I performed the brand film in French, then in English and Spanish with my French accent. In June, I welcome Pierre-Alain de Garrigues to the Apéro Voice.

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   September2025The first VO Social Paris

   On 27 September 2025, VO Social comes to Paris for the first time, bringing nearly eighty voice professionals together at La Felicità. I write about the gathering in my article on VO Social Paris.

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   2025Sharing

   Riviera des îles de Guadeloupe, produced by Vitamine C Production, is nominated at the One Voice Awards in London. A soft, almost whispered voice leaves the images room to speak. That year, the Apéro Voice, the online gathering I host, welcomes Hervé Lacroix in April and Sébastien Croteau in July, with more than sixty actors, sound engineers, directors and voice enthusiasts attending. On 25 January, in Manchester, I meet up with Katie Flamman at the first Great Big VO Social, organised by Helen and Rob Bee.

   Listen1:25Discover the Riviera des îles de Guadeloupe commercial

   Video interview“Voixlà la voix ! Summer Édition”Channel: Alexis JL Bernardet, 1 August 2025, 1 hr 6 min · my interview starts at 5 min 40

   Watch on YouTube : “Voixlà la voix ! Summer Édition”

   • La Lettre ProEstelle Hubert, a voice craftswoman always keeping an eye on her professionInterview, 25 September 2025 · PDF reading copy, in French

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5. 2024Hotels.com, and a career’s journey

   My fourth win at the One Voice Awards in London, for a Hotels.com TV commercial recorded in a directed session between France and the United States. That year, the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences also nominates me for a Voice Arts Award, in a category recognising a body of international work.

   Listen0:30Discover the Hotels.com commercial

6. 2023Wonderland Talents

   I join remote sessions with Wonderland Talents, working on both the craft and the business without leaving my booth.

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   2022London, and a third win

   In May, I attend the One Voice Conference in London in person for the first time. I’ve returned every year since, meeting colleagues from around the world. At the One Voice Awards in London, Nocibé, Brand Equity, produced by Alexandre Pierre, brings me my third win.

   Listen1:00Discover the Nocibé, Brand Equity commercial

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   2021Two wins and Studio Bis

   At the One Voice Awards, I win in London with MyStanley, produced by Chris Hopkins, and in Dallas in the United States with “Être soi-même”, produced by Vincent Bailleul. The “voice from a cupboard” of my early days is recognised by her peers in the Best International Voiceover Performance category. I also begin attending the One Voice Conference online that year. We build Studio Bis, my second recording studio: smaller, with the same exacting approach to sound, and equipped for remotely directed sessions. On 19 October 2021, I register my ESTELLE HUBERT® trademark with France’s INPI.

   • Delta FMThe voice of Delta and her awards in London and DallasNatacha Delmotte, 30 August 2021
   • Terre d’agglo“Estelle Hubert, the voice of CAPSO”Issue 3, June 2021, “Talents d’ici” portraits, p. 19 · PDF, in French
   • La Voix du NordA profile, in French

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9. 2020A first nomination, a first Apéro Voice

   My first One Voice Awards nomination in London, for an EVE Sleep commercial recorded in a directed session. A smooth, rounded voice with a slightly husky edge, and plenty of humour. That recognition gives me confidence in the range and quality of my work. In September, during the pandemic, the Apéro Voice is born: an online gathering where voice enthusiasts can meet and share.

   Listen0:20Discover the Eve Sleep commercial

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    2014The “bling-bling booth”

    After two years of work, my main studio is ready. An entire room is dedicated to it: a control room and a booth built as a room within a room, with 60 cm walls, air gaps, cork, wood and cellulose insulation. It took months of research and expert advice. Stéphane brought my ideas to life with a craftsman’s precision. I fully embrace the pink glitter wall and Vicoustic panels, alongside a Neumann U87 microphone, a Manley VoxBox channel strip and Source-Connect so you can follow the session live.

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11. 2008Beijing, in French

    I record the audio guide for Beijing’s film museum, inaugurated during the Olympic Games. Thousands of words and nearly 250 Chinese directors’ and actors’ names to pronounce correctly. Apart from Jackie Chan, I don’t know any of them. The challenge is so intense that I cry more than once. With Stéphane’s help, I deliver a finished project. I remember it whenever a script contains difficult names.

12. 2006Life steps into the booth

    In August 2006, nearly eight months pregnant, I record the very first imaging package for Totem radio in a professional studio. I’m still the station’s voice today. A few days later, while playing a wicked witch for a Nigloland Halloween commercial recorded for Select Conseil, my son decides to make his entrance, five weeks early. I leave the moment in my outtakes before heading to the maternity ward.

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    2004My first home studio

    A pioneer of professional home recording in France since 2004

    We invest over €10,000, and my husband Stéphane builds it with me, by hand: a Neumann microphone, a TL Audio Ivory 2 preamp and already a room-within-a-room booth designed for broadcast. Leading American voices are already working this way. In France, people ask: “What exactly are you? Did you train at Cours Florent? You have a proper studio?” They talk about “voices from cupboards”, and I start to doubt myself too. Impostor syndrome. I keep going, often working more than fifteen hours a day. It’s also where my most valuable training begins: directed sessions connected to my clients.

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14. 2003The turning point

    I’m making a live announcement in a Carrefour store when a synthetic voice cuts in. The new automated system takes over. My microphone goes silent, a computer speaks in my place, and part of my work disappears. That day, Stéphane and I decide to build a proper studio at home. I choose to defend the human voice by demanding more of my own.

15. 2002The voice of Delta FM

    Since 1994, I’ve been recording in professional studios in Besançon, Lille and Paris, in Calais for Radio 6, and at Opalis FM, where Nikky Damien helps me make my first proper demos: documentary, corporate, commercial, a whole palette to explore. Commercials, liners and station imaging teach me what directors expect and the discipline of studio work. From 2000, I work in studios across northern France and expand my network. That’s where I meet Gilles Sénicourt, now Delta FM’s programme director. In 2002, I become the voice of Delta FM, a story that continues today.

16. 1998Working for myself

    In April, I meet Stéphane Hubert. We fall for each other, beginning an extraordinary life together and a working partnership. On 1 October 1998, we create VOICES, our live events business. Microphone in hand, we host trade shows, fashion shows, store openings, shopping centres and stage events. Speaking to a passing audience and holding its attention in seconds is still what a commercial asks of me.

17. 1996Business and languages

    I finish my studies with a business qualification and a degree in modern languages. I’m already dreaming of travelling with my voice: a suitcase, a microphone, an audio interface and one of the first PowerBooks, as heavy as a pack of bottled water, at a time when remote recording still seems a fantasy. Working in sales for an employers’ organisation brings me into contact with hundreds of businesses of every size: their constraints, their language and what they expect from a message. One conviction stays with me: selling is serving.

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    Around1993Sucrée Salée

    To pay for my studies, I spend two years hosting “Sucrée Salée”, Radio 2000’s evening show from 8 pm to midnight: intimate, free-flowing conversation. Radio leaves me with a love of live performance and listening. A voice is always speaking to someone.

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19. At 18Radio 2000

    Radio 2000 hires me to schedule and load commercials across its 13 frequencies. It’s demanding technical training. Fred Ferry, who heads the production studio, has me record my first commercials. The very first is a sung advertisement for a newspaper.

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    1982Radio Charlie

    It all begins in my village in the Doubs, answering the phones at Radio Charlie, a pirate station that became a free radio station in 1982. Christian at the mixing desk, me on the phone, surrounded by vinyl records and Revox tapes. Already, I feel I’m in the right place.

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