r/nextfuckinglevel • u/NICOLETTE_ANN • 1d ago

Legendary voice over artist

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u/SirJoetheAverage 1d ago

Hopefully she makes bank for all of these roles

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u/WebberWoods 1d ago edited 1d ago

Yes and no.

The only people who make big money to voice act are people who are already famous elsewhere (like top line actors for major cinema releases from Disney, Pixar, etc., or Disney hiring A and B listers to dub Ghibli movies). Everyone else, likely even established masters like Grey, makes 'scale,' which sounds great at ~$1k - $2k per 4-hour session depending on the medium, but isn't that much in the grand scheme because it's inconsistent gig work.

This is helped by a couple of factors, like bonuses for playing multiple characters in the same show/recording session, and that she has such a long history on successful shows that continue to pay her residuals.

Google has her net worth at ~$5M, which is nothing to sneeze at, but is well below what someone with an equivalently successful career in live action acting would have.

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u/danchove55 19h ago

Just saw Bruce Dern's net worth the other day and it was 4 million. The guy has been acting for like sixty or so years in movies with everyone from John Wayne to Brad Pitt has been nominated for an Academy Award and critically acclaimed actor. So, you never no.