Benedetta’s journey in voiceover began in 1994, following a successful career as an international radio and TV presenter that started in the mid-’80s. She interviewed the world’s biggest music stars on and off camera, and global music icons like James Brown and David Bowie top her list. One of her most notable achievements was interviewing David Bowie live on RAI Uno—the Italian national TV channel—during the ‘Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert’ in 1992.
From 1990 to 1995, she presented on camera and co-produced NBC’s ‘Culture Calendar’. She created and produced ‘Wanted’ for the pan-European TV network Super Channel and conducted interviews for the Italian terrestrial music channel VideoMusic. She also featured on three BBC children’s Saturday morning TV episodes.
Benedetta’s extensive background in TV includes being the voice of Cartoon Network Italy for 17 years, RAI-London for 15 years, and ESPN Classic Sports Italy for ten years, as well as recording TV promos for major networks, including the BBC, Discovery, Sky, Bloomberg, National Geographic, CNN, MTV, JimJam, ABC, Hallmark, and Disney Channel.
She is a highly experienced narrator with prestigious clients such as the Imperial War Museum—Churchill War Rooms, the British Museum, the Tate Gallery, the Tate Modern, St Paul’s Cathedral, The Courtauld Gallery, The Louvre, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, The Real Mary King’s Close, Dickens’ Home, Arktikum, Loch Ness Walkthrough, Ellis Island, and The Statue of Liberty NYC. She also narrates the BBC Italian learning drama “La Mappa Misteriosa”.
Throughout 30 years, her voice has promoted top brands, including Alfa Romeo, British Airways, Alitalia, Expedia, EasyJet, BT, Hill’s, Mentadent, iRobot, HelloFresh, FIAT, Google, Amazon, Müller, The Observer, The Times, Vanish, Apple, Microsoft, Vodafone, Nokia, Samsung, and Canon.
She is the voice of the Stansted Express, Gatwick Express, Luton and Gatwick Airports, and various airlines’ inflight announcements.
She also specialises in recording toys. She is the voice of Fisher-Price’s Puppy (Cagnolino), Furby, My Little Pony, and Star Wars Queen Amidala.
Benedetta is a respected voice coach and worked with Cate Blanchett on the Italian pronunciation lines in the “Si – by Giorgio Armani” TV commercial.