Eve Karpf
Eve Karpf | |
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Born | (1947-08-02) 2 August 1947 (age 77) London, England |
Occupation(s) | Actress, voice actress |
Eve Karpf (born 2 August 1947) is a British actress. Among her roles she was the voice of Weed for the 2001 Bill and Ben reboot.[1] She was also the voice of Dennis's Mum and Matilda in the 1996 Dennis the Menace television series, Mrs. Bird in The Adventures of Paddington Bear, The Voice in the first series of Trapped! and Grandma in The Large Family. Karpf also featured in several audiobooks, among them A Creepy Company who was praised as being "a marvelous performer whose storytelling talents keep the listener spellbound".[2] She is known for being the voice of the Ferrero Rocher commercial line, "Monsieur, with these Rocher, you're really spoiling us."[3]
She has numerous minor roles in video games from various franchises based on other media, including James Bond and Star Wars. Her credits include Minerva McGonagall in the Harry Potter video games, including Philosopher's Stone (released in the US as Sorcerer's Stone), Chamber of Secrets, Prisoner of Azkaban, Order of the Phoenix, Half-Blood Prince and Deathly Hallows – Part 2. She also did the voice over for the role of Monica the mother of St. Augustine in the movie Restless Heart (Ignatius Press), Kristina Boaz in the 2003 video game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness, the cat Alvina in 2011 video game Dark Souls and the elf Fiona in the 2014 video game Dragon Age: Inquisition. She is also represented by Hobson's International until 2009. Karpf also did the additional voices in the 2015 film Minions.
Her mother is the Polish concert pianist Natalia Karp.[4]
References
- ^ "BACK ON THE FLOBAJOB; Cold Feet star John lands role voicing return of Bill & Ben.(News)." Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland). MGN Ltd. 2000. [1][dead link]
- ^ "BOOKS ON TAPE.(Books)(Review)." Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO). Primary Source Media. 1997. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Paradise lost". BBC. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Heslop, Caroline (11 July 2007). "Natalia Karp". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
External links
- Official website
- Ève Karpf at IMDb