Conversations with Morgan Meadows

Today we’d like to introduce you to Morgan Meadows.

Hi Morgan, thanks for sharing your story with us. To start, maybe you can tell our readers some of your backstory.
I was a junior in college getting my BFA in acting, when a group of seniors who were close friends of mine told me about a voiceover contest they were submitting for. They had one seat left in their carpool, and I had time between classes, so I joined them. We drove to a southeast-based production studio that had locations all over the country, and just happened to have one in my college city of Richmond, Virginia. To make a very long and exciting story short: I won this national voiceover contest and got signed to a production company that launched my career. Suddenly, I was getting auditions and booking work constantly in the voiceover industry. That same summer I made my professional stage and screen debuts, all before graduating from college, and I’ve been working across these same mediums of the acting industry ever since. I’ve since lived and worked in DC, New York, and am now happily settled in Los Angeles, working full-time as a voice actor in genres like commercial, animation, video game, promo, in-show narration, and beyond. I stay busy in theatre and on-camera work as well, and really feel like I’m living my dream. But it really all started for me with a group of friends who had one extra seat in their car. I’ll always be grateful for that crazy springboard moment.

Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
You know — being a young adult and navigating unprecedented world events like a global pandemic, industry strikes, AI, and global turbulence has definitely left my generation with a different set of expectations than what was originally asked of us. Especially as an actor, it’s just a different world than it used to be, and it continues to evolve and change rapidly. It feels like what we were taught to do, be, and expect in school and by our elders isn’t necessarily true anymore. So it’s constantly about adapting. Making sure your ethics as a human being come first. Making sure you enthusiastically say yes to projects and stories you believe in and setting boundaries otherwise. Being flexible and going with the flow. For me, personally, I’m a silver lining gal. I’m always trying to find the positive and make every task, every project, even the most mundane, fun and exciting. I would never dare compare the importance of my work to that of a doctor, a nurse, or a teacher, but my work IS important. Stories and art give our lives meaning, inspire us, provide escapism in times of darkness, teach and protect us, make us feel understood, seen, and not alone. It feels like my life’s mission to align with that importance.

Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
In the voiceover space, I’m an award-winning voice actor, and I’ve been working in this business for almost 15 years! Which feels crazy to say, because I don’t feel old enough for that to be true. I was fortunate to get started very young. I’m a four-time consecutive Female Voiceover of the Year nominee by One Voice, and last year I won Best TV/Documentary In-Show Narration for my work narrating “How I Caught My Killer” on Hulu, Season 2, Episode 7. You may have heard my voice on campaigns for Listerine, United Airlines, Toyota, Kinda Joy, Walmart, Nature Valley, Nerds Gummy Clusters, and thousands of others. I’ve lent my voice to games like Forza Motorsport and the mobile game Momento Mori, and I am a series regular on a few animated series, one of which is called Lil Wild, where I play a whole range of ancillary and supporting characters. Onscreen, you may have seen me as an unhinged “Real Grunswife” in the Grüns Gummy commercials, and I’ve been seen in the College Humor/Dropout sketch “Go to College” with Michelle Obama and Jay Pharoah. Theatre has always been my heartbeat, the roots of my training and experience, and my home. I’ve worked on stages all across the country, in New York and off-Broadway, on tour, and now in my home of Los Angeles.

I think what I’m most proud of is never throwing in the towel. I hustled through COVID and let that dark and isolating time motivate me to take Zoom classes, upgrade my home studio, read plays, and journal. Through the strikes, I held onto hope and tried to share information about how best to support our industry in a trying time. I feel I’m always moving forward – even the world forces us to slow down – because being a storyteller is as integral to my identity as anything else is. But that said, I refuse to let my worth be defined by my career. That is not all that I am. I have a wonderful expansive community of friends, an incredible husband and dog, hobbies and interests outside of my work. To me, striking that balance is the hardest part of being an actor. I’m very proud to be dedicated to maintaining that beautiful balance.

Let’s talk about our city – what do you love? What do you not love?
Oh, I LOVE Los Angeles. Coming here as a New Yorker, the thing I looked forward to most was the weather. I am, unfortunately, very seasonally affected, so New York winters were tough. Coming here, being fueled by the sunshine and the culturally slower pace of life, I feel way more productive. I can work in my home studio, meet my friend for lunch and a hike, and make it to rehearsal in the evening. I rarely have to worry about rain. I LOVE that. And so does my dog.

What I like least is the traffic. But hey, as a new Angelino/former New Yorker, it’s either getting stuck in traffic by yourself in your car with your Spotify playlist, or getting stuck underground on the L train with no service, surrounded by 50 strangers. I know which I’d prefer!

Contact Info:

• Website: Theatre and On-Camera: morganmeadows.org Voiceover: voicesbymorgan.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/morganmeadows/