Jennifer Carss

Voiceover, Improviser

Originally from bonny Northumberland, my career so far has been an amalgamation of laughter and storytelling.

So if you're looking for a playful creative with a penchant for puns?

Look no further!

On the first day of drama school, I was asked why I wanted to act.

'I want to make people laugh'.

Ten years later, my passion remains the same.

I have a wealth of experience making funny and collaborative family theatre, including working as Co-AD of Curly Tales.

You can count on me to play a silly Teeside Knight, a Mancunian vinegar sniffer and a Scottish Rabbit.

Lots of different things make me chuckle. Religious political views, woo-woo conartists and nasty power hungry people.

So what to do?

Well, I've started making sketches that tickle my funny bone and putting them onto YouTube.

We all need a laugh right now, don't we?

For almost a decade I've dabbled in the world of audio.

I. LOVE. IT.

In fact, my first gig out of drama school was Stannington- a BBC Radio 4 drama set up in Northumberland.

I've been training to jump into the world of Animation as I find it the most imaginative place in the audio world right now.

Please check out my official Voiceover page

Making it up is harder than it looks.

But improvising is the most liberating and exciting practise as an actress.

Anything Could Happen host a quarterly show in Leeds for children. They come up with the bonkers ideas, characters and situations. We respond!

You can only imagine the hilarious chaos that ensues.

'Who stole the Christmas Pud?'

Oh yes, twas I! Like the mad woman I am, I devised a one woman comedy show for children.

The show relied heavily on improvising with the audience who didn't have a clue what was about to happen.

The kids were quick off the mark with ridiculous responses and one even had the cheek to check me on my lines as she played the detective like a pro.

Imagine getting heckled by a nine year old?

This was as part of my new company with Jordan Larkin called New Leaf, reaching SCRAP in Leeds and Alphabetti in Newcastle.

The first time I sat and watched Murder Inc on stage, I was blown away.

Pure magic. There was almost telepathy between the performers.

As of 2025, I've been asked to join the troupe!

To say I'm excited is an understatement. I'm absolutely blown away.

I'm training up with the best Improvisers in the North and loving every minute!

I've recently joined Improquo's Drunken Classics and Queer Classics in Manchester.

IT HAS BEEN AN ABSOLUTE RIOT! (Even though I'm always sober)

I've played Ann from Jane Austen's Persuasion (as a Teesider), a mad taxi driver, an incoherent farmer and the love interest from Devil Wears Prada.

Next big show is Pride and Prejudice at Manchester Academy.