Get To Know Nina

NINA HERZOG became a star for her work as the singing and speaking voice of Odette, The Swan Princess, in Sony Animation’s “The Swan Princess” series. The role was the culmination of a singing career that started in grammar school. “In first grade, I enrolled in our local talent show and sang ‘Blue Moon,’” Herzog recalled. “I was also singing on a cable TV show when I was 12-years-old. My dad was a doctor, so I was going to study medicine in college, but when I was 17, I got a chance to sing with the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington D.C. The thrill of performing in front of a packed house made me decide to pursue a musical career.”  

While studying music and voice at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, she began a career as a session singer and voice actor, recording hundreds of demos and commercials for Universal, Sony and Broadway shows. She also added her presence to a series of Buzzfeed.com videos that have gotten millions of hits. Shortly after graduating at the top of the Dean’s List, she auditioned to become the speaking voice of Odette. She got the job. At one of her first voice over sessions, she was told the producers were looking for a woman to become Odette’s singing voice. She told them she was a singer, too. After another audition, HERZOG became the embodiment of The Swan Princess. 

“Up until now, I had mostly used my voice to sing other people’s songs, playing characters other than myself, telling stories that were not my own, hidden behind a costume or an animated figure.” A few years ago, HERZOG began writing her own songs. She’s now ready to share them with the world.