NEWS
In 2022 Marta became a member of BAFTA Connect (Games).
After working with the Holy Smokes Audio team in all 3 seasons of their audio production “Jackie the Ripper”, in 2023 Marta was cast as Mariana Ametxazurra (aka “Mrs. Hudson”) in their new show “Sherlock & co.”, produced by Goalhanger Podcasts. After only a few episodes, the audio drama reached the #1 spot in Fiction Podcasts in several countries, including the UK and then went on to win Podbible’s Best Audio Drama Award in December 2023.
In 2022 Marta was nominated for several awards, including the BBC’s “The Marc Beeby Award for Best Debut Performance” for her role in the BBC Radio4 and B7Media courtroom drama "Barred", and was awarded the "Best Female Performance in an Audio drama" prize for that same performance at the One Voice Awards 2022. Marta was nominated for a second consecutive time for "Best Female Performance in an Audio drama" at the One Voice Awards 2023. She was also nominated by the International Women’s Podcast Awards in the “Best Moment of Dramatic Tension” category for her work in “The Silt Verses” (season 3).
In 2020 Marta signed with Madrid based agent Alexandra Leight who will be representing her in both Spain and the UK. She is very excited to be working with them, booking more projects at home and in Europe, and is looking forward to this new chapter in her career.
Early in 2017 Marta launched her own theatre company, Starbound Theatre, and in December that year they staged their first production: "Pizza Man" by Darlene Craviotto at the Etcetera Theatre in London. On September 17th 2018 Starbound produced its second full-length show, “I will miss you when you’re gone” at the Hen and Chickens Theatre, which got some great audience feedback and reviews. In 2019, Starbound co-produced new writing piece “The Net”, which premièred at the Tristan Bates Theatre as part of their 2019 Camden Fringe line-up.
Videogame "Herald" (Wispfire Games), where Marta voiced Lady Tabatha Veazie, was released on Steam, GOG, and Humble in February 2018. Books III and IV will be released in 2024; “Green Hell” (Creepy Jar Games) where she voiced Mia, is now available on Steam. She worked on her first major AAA title in 2018, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 (Ubisoft Games) - now available on console and PC - and in 2019 she was lucky to be picked as the Spanish voice for protagonist Jesse Faden in “Control” (Remedy Games).
During and after the pandemic Marta was lucky to be able to record form her fully equipped professional home studio and voiced characters in Warhammer III (Creative Assembly, 2022), Rough Justice ‘84 (Gamma Minus Studios, 2023), Backfirewall_ (Naraven Games, 2023), and the upcoming Glam Pursuit (Larky Labs, 2024); as well as the Audio Drama adaptation of Far Cry 4’ prequel “Far Cry: Rise of the Revolution” (Audible, 2023) amongst many other projects.
Since 2020 she is a performing member in the actual-play podcast by Merely Roleplayers “Vigil”, where she portrays Harper “The Searcher”.
What clients and audiences have said about Marta’s previous work:
“[Marta is] an instinctive actor who I predict we’ll be seeing/hearing a lot more of.” - Andrew Mark Sewell, B7 Media Producer
“Marta is a real joy to work with. […] she brought together a sly, melancholy wit and silky smooth style to the character’s dialogue and noir monologues. She has great vocal range, and the ability to hone in and subtly convey complex emotions with layered meanings.” - Richard Mills, Witer/Director
“[Jackie the Ripper] is the best podcast I’ve listened to in a very long time. Funny and clever, great actors too, and I’m sad I’ve finished it.”
“What a show! Brilliantly acted, brilliantly written, brilliantly gripping.” - Apple Podcast reviewers
“This brand-new audio drama follows the woman-hunt of Whitechapel, with sharp, satirical dialogue from voiceover actors from Mumbai to New Zealand” - Podbible
"Herald is a delight to play. It has a cast of complex, interesting, and incredibly voiced characters, beautifully captivating art design, and a fresh and fun story..." - The Overpowered Noobs
"Despite indie roots, Herald also benefits from superb voice acting, bringing the cast to life and livening dialogue-heavy sections." - Matt Kamen & Andy Robertson, The Guardian.
"[…]The voice acting is superb, some much larger developers could learn a thing or two from Wispfire." - Highend Gamer.
“[Green Hell] An infinite survival experience with a short intro on the story to come which has superb voice acting” - Steam EA review
“[…]a relationship which is bolstered by some superb voice acting from Brandon Fague and Marta da Silva that more than holds a candle to the similar walkie-talkie relationship seen in Campo Santo’s Firewatch. It says a lot that I would love to gush about Green Hell’s story, yet I have to refrain as its narrative is something that you should discover all for yourself.” - Jimmy Donnellan, Culturedvultures
“Acting is not about being someone different. It’s finding the similarity in what is apparently different, then finding myself in there.”
“When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap.”
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Marta da Silva. Actor. Voice Performer. Wanderer.
Marta is a multilingual polyglot actor and voice performer who has been part of a wide array of stage productions. These include David Ireland's "The Hen Night" as Alejandra, Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" as King Polixenes, "Henry V" as Capt. Fluellen, "All's Well that Ends Well" as the Fool Lavatch and the Widow; Jane Austen in "Jane Austen's Forgotten Stories", The Actress in Lorca's "Play Without a Title", Julie Rodgers in "Pizza Man" by Darlene Craviotto, Evelyn in “I will miss you when you’re gone” by Jessica Moss, and Hana in “The Net” by Zoe Guzy-Sprague.
Since 2015 she has been deepening her voiceover craft and has since been nominated for several awards - please see details to the left under “News”
Born in Madrid, raised between Spain and Portugal, and educated at a British school, she moved to Glasgow to earn her MA in Acting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She went on to expand her training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Marta is a fluent speaker of several languages including English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. She is currently studying Japanese at SOAS university.
Besides acting she enjoys d&d, gaming, photography, music, baking, reading, and travel.
Marta is committed to devising and performing new work with other emerging artists. This led her to create Starbound Theatre in 2017, a new company formed in collaboration with other theatre makers she met during her time at the Conservatoire and RADA. Since its inception Starbound has produced and staged 3 full length plays.