Veronika Hyks
Veronika Hyks (born Veronica Hyks on 21 October 1951) is an English voice over actress and narrator. Often employed as a voice actress for work as a narrator.
Early life[]
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.
Career[]
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.
Voice over artist[]
Productions she has worked for as a narrator include:
- Airline
- Celebrity Fit Club
- Cutting Edge
- Everyman
- Horizon[2]
- Inside Story
- People's Century
- Timewatch
- World in Action
- Breaking the Sound Barrier
- Aristotle Onassis: The Golden Greek
Personal life[]
She married in 1982 in Westminster and has a daughter.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ David Vaughan (2010-10-18). "Veronika Hyks: the past is not always a foreign country". Český rozhlas.
- ^ "Horizon 1993–1994". BBC.
External links[]
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Bristol
- Channel 4 people
- English people of Czech descent
- English voice actresses
- Horizon (British TV series)
- Radio and television announcers
- People from Westminster
- Actresses from London
- BBC people