Veronika Hyks (born 21 October 1951) is an English voice over actress and narrator. Hyks is often employed as a voice actress or works as a narrator.
Early life
Hyks was born to Czech parents 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
- Inside Story
- People's Century
- Timewatch
- World in Action
- Breaking the Sound Barrier
- Wild Discovery
- Aristotle Onassis: The Golden Greek
Personal life
She married in 1982 in Westminster and has a daughter.
See also
References
- David Vaughan (18 October 2010). "Veronika Hyks: the past is not always a foreign country". Český rozhlas.
- "Horizon 1993–1994". BBC.