Ruth Kaufman's upcoming projects include a comedic short and a feature film. She recently filmed an episodic she can't disclose yet and was nominated for Best Actress by Reel Comedy Fest for her role in Open House.
She offers sixteen years of experience as an on-camera and voiceover actor based in Chicago. Credits include numerous independent features and short films, national and local TV commercials, web series, pilots, industrials, internet videos and thousands of voiceovers including commercials, e-learning courses, medical/pharma narration, web videos and characters such as employees, an elf and a princess. National and international clients say she has a gift for making dry or technical copy sound interesting.
And she has improvised at venues including ComedySportz and iO. Her improvisational speed talking has been featured on America’s Funniest People and productions including a 24-hour event streamed on Facebook.
Ruth has extensive corporate role playing experience, is a storyteller and presents workshops including "Essential Sales Skills for Actors," "Creating a Persistence Plan" and "Improv for Authors."
She's also the award-winning author of two humorous novels, four historical romances and dozens of articles. Her Wars of the Roses Brides trilogy reached #1 Historical Romance on Amazon in the US, Canada and Australia. Ruth's freelance editing skills enhance many types of copy and scripts and she has critiqued novels for a bestselling author and others. For more information, visit ruthkaufman.com.
IN THE MEDIA:
HollywoodChicago.com: Director's interview about the dark comedy short "Open House"
HollywoodChicago.com: Producing a comedic web series during a pandemic
Lawyerpreneur Podcast: Launching into a second act with Ruth Kaufman
The Love of Acting: Ruth Kaufman on acting, real jobs and romance novels
Comedy Network Live: Ruth Kaufman: Comedian, Actor & Author
Authority Magazine: Rising Star Ruth Kaufman
Jeff & Dave Podcast, Ep. 11: Creative Swiss Army Knife Ruth Kaufman
Chicago Reader: Chicago voice-over actor and romance novelist Ruth Kaufman
Becoming a Voiceover Actor: Ruth's Story
