Get ready to be shocked as we reveal the unexpected real voices behind some of Hollywood's biggest names! From iconic sitcom characters to music superstars, these celebrities have been hiding their true voices. Whether it's for character development or personal branding, these vocal transformations will leave you stunned.
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00:00Like, just hearing you nod, this is you, isn't it?
00:02Yeah, this is my real voice. That was just a character I was playing.
00:06Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 celebrities with voices no one expected.
00:12I'm saying, go back to England. That's actually what I'm trying to do.
00:19Number 10. Megan Mullally
00:21What would classic sitcom Will & Grace be without its standout supporting character Karen Walker?
00:27Her shrill, nasally voice became a trademark of her character, making each line delivery hilariously iconic.
00:34So listen, Jackie, Stan and I had this tropical getaway planned for next week,
00:38but seeing as how he's in the prison warding off French kisses from a 500-pound felon named Tiny, I got an extra ticket!
00:44Actress Megan Mullally actually used her real voice in the pilot episode of Will & Grace,
00:49but from the second episode on, her voice became gradually higher as she settled into the quirks of her character.
00:55Grace, you're, you're what, 40?
01:03I'll be 31 next month. So I round it up.
01:07Karen Walker was such a breakout role for Mullally that many fans were surprised to learn that Mullally's real voice wasn't nearly as cartoonish as her character's.
01:15The character needed an energy that my regular laconic speaking voice does not have.
01:24And so I just kept making it a little bit higher and a little bit higher.
01:27And then that became, you know, a good character trait for her to have.
01:32More recently, Mullally's real voice has become a bit more well-known due to her scene-stealing performances as Ron Swanson's ex-wife Tammy in Parks and Rec.
01:41We're going to spend 11 days in my cabin in the woods.
01:45We bought 10 cases of Gatorade and a 40-pound bag of peanuts for energy.
01:50Number 9. Steve-O.
01:51The rough, gravelly voice of this jackass star seems to fit his up-for-anything-extreme-risk-taking personality so well, it's surprising that it's not his real voice.
02:02You think about how the last movie had, like, the credits, which showed us when we first started and it was 10 years later.
02:09Yeah.
02:09And now it's another 10 years.
02:11Yeah.
02:12Gotta say, I look great, though.
02:13Even more shocking, Steve-O himself didn't know the sound of his real voice until just a few years ago.
02:19A meeting with an ear, nose, and throat doctor revealed that Steve-O had learned to speak entirely the wrong way.
02:25Rather than using his vocal cords, he spoke using his throat muscles.
02:29He said that I'm using, to speak, I'm using, like, the muscles above my vocal cords, which is making this, you know, weird thing.
02:43And I was like, wow, doc, like, you're telling me after everything I've been through, I just suck at talking.
02:48The star has been working with a vocal coach to practice speaking in a healthier way, and hearing his normal voice is pretty jarring.
02:55Now the dilemma is keep the voice he's known for, or embrace his new, healthier speaking voice.
03:01I worked with a vocal coach who was making some progress and teaching me to speak, like, you know, like, a little bit more.
03:09Who?
03:10Who?
03:12Number 8.
03:13Melissa Rausch.
03:14When Bernadette Rostenkowski was introduced in the third season of The Big Bang Theory,
03:19actress Melissa Rausch was determined to make a memorable impression.
03:22Don't take him too seriously.
03:24A lot of what he says is intended as humor.
03:28Yeah, well, I don't think it's very funny.
03:30Me neither.
03:31But he just lights up when I laugh.
03:33Fans slowly grew to love the small but mighty microbiologist and her signature squeaky voice.
03:40After 10 years playing the same character on one of the most popular shows on television,
03:44Rausch became closely linked to her character.
03:47Oh, hey, look, it's Bernadette.
03:49I can't tell you how many times Dr. Fowler was gonna give up.
03:54And I would say to her, Amy, as your best friend, I'm not gonna let you quit.
03:59For this reason, many Big Bang Theory fans are surprised when they discover that Rausch's
04:04voice sounds distinctly different from her character's.
04:07Interviews with the actress reveal that her squeaky voice was actually a brilliant character
04:11choice that made Bernadette instantly recognizable even before she appeared on screen.
04:16Bernadette's voice is very similar to my mother's, except without the Jersey accent.
04:21But, um, yeah, it's, uh, it's, my mother, it's not quite, quite that high, but it's, it's
04:29in that, in that tone, in that range.
04:32Number 7, Mia Goth.
04:34This actress has become a certified scream queen thanks to her recent roles in Ty West's
04:39ex-film series.
04:41It's not about what I want anymore, Mitzi.
04:44It's about making the best of what I have.
04:47Her impeccable southern accent in roles of both Maxine Minx and Pearls sounds so believable
04:53that many are shocked to learn that Goth isn't from the South and she's not even American
04:58at all.
04:59It's amazing.
04:59It's such an honor.
05:00I'm such a huge fan of his writing and the fact that he even knows that, you know, this
05:04trilogy exists and it's, it's, it's amazing.
05:07Goth was born in London and lived in the United Kingdom, Brazil, and Canada throughout her
05:12childhood.
05:13But her natural speaking voice is distinctively English.
05:16Goth's ability to totally transform her voice is truly a testament to her incredible
05:21talent.
05:22I came out here when I was 19 and the first place I stayed was in this little hotel, which
05:28funnily enough, I just drove past that hotel on my way, on my way to the Maxine premiere.
05:35So that felt very full circle, I guess.
05:38And then it was that Maxine billboard that was on Sunset for a little while.
05:42Number 6, Iggy Azalea.
05:44This Australian musician moved to the United States at age 16 with dreams of becoming a
05:49famous rapper.
05:50It took a few years, but she eventually landed a chart-topping single with 2014's Fancy.
05:56Like we bring an ADF back.
05:58What?
05:58Bring the hooks in with a bass in.
06:01Champagne spilling, you should taste that.
06:03Azalea's voice in her music is clearly influenced by the rap and hip-hop artists who came before
06:08her.
06:08Given that the genre was created by and popularized by black artists, this has led some to accuse
06:14Azalea of putting on a black scent in her music.
06:17I just can't worry about no haters, gotta stay on my grind.
06:20Now tell me who dat, who dat?
06:21They do dat, do dat.
06:22Interviews of Azalea speaking in her Aussie-accented natural voice further highlight the artificial
06:28nature of her performing voice.
06:30Failure was really not an option for me, I just, I had to keep going until I couldn't
06:36go anymore and there was a point when I thought I was gonna run out of money and I would have
06:40to go home and that was right before I put out the first song off my mixtape called Ignorant
06:46Art and I kinda did a bit of a gamble and I made this mixtape and it ended up paying for
06:50me.
06:515.
06:52Hugh Laurie
06:53Of course this entry will be no surprise to British viewers, but Americans who know
06:58Hugh Laurie from his long time role on House might be surprised to hear his real voice.
07:04With everybody being American around you, did it help make it more comfortable?
07:07Uh, no, I still, I still felt everything, it was like just trying to walk with everybody
07:13and you're the one, you're the one with a stone in your shoe and everyone else is just
07:17floating along and you're always going, ah that didn't sound right, ah that didn't
07:21sound right.
07:22Hugh was born in Oxford, England and rose to fame across the pond as part of a comedic
07:26duo with Stephen Frye.
07:28You must have been delighted to hear the news of the big push.
07:30Absolutely sir.
07:31Our chance to show the hum that it takes more than a pointy hat and bad breath to defeat
07:35the honors of King George.
07:36That's the spirit.
07:38Aside from a few film roles, Laurie was mostly unknown in the United States until House premiered
07:44in 2004.
07:45Boys do a home search, girls do lab tests.
07:49I'm pretty sure that's not sexist.
07:51Where have you been?
07:53Picking up dry cleaning, filling up a tank, violating the dead.
07:57Laurie's accent was so convincing, even House executive producer Bryan Singer didn't realize
08:03Laurie was British until after he'd already been cast.
08:06With Laurie in the starring role, the series was a massive success and ran for 8 seasons.
08:11The infamous founder of the defunct blood testing company Theranos was known for her strikingly
08:18deep voice.
08:19I work all the time and I'm basically in the office from the time I wake up and then working
08:25until I go to sleep every day.
08:27Many wondered whether it was genuine, digging through old interviews and talking with people
08:30from the time I wake up and then working until I go to sleep every day.
08:34I work with Holmes' past to ask whether she'd always spoken like that.
08:51This quickly revealed that her natural speaking voice was very different.
08:56And her deep baritone had been like a character for Holmes, putting on her market disrupting
09:01startup founder persona.
09:02I talked about it in an interview I did with Forbes that we made a decision to expand our
09:08test menu to include all the specialty and esoteric tests that are traditionally run only
09:15very infrequently but cost a huge amount of money.
09:18Once it came out that her Theranos technology was completely fake, Holmes was arrested and
09:24charged with fraud.
09:25While on trial, Holmes dropped the voice, some say in an effort to come across as softer and
09:31more genuine.
09:32The baritone voice is now gone.
09:36She just talks in a normal voice.
09:40Number 3.
09:41Larry the Cable Guy, Dan Whitney
09:43Nebraska-born Dan Whitney rose to fame under a completely new name and a totally new voice.
09:48Alright, one more joke like that, I'm getting the hell out of here, alright, cause that's
09:54what I'm called for right there.
09:55Better known as Larry the Cable Guy, his distinctive southern accent was so hilariously compelling
10:00that it got him cast in a massive Pixar franchise as the anthropomorphic tow truck tow-mater.
10:06The inspiration for his southern persona came from his college roommates from Georgia and Texas at the University of Nebraska, where Whitney studied drama and speech.
10:11With a clear passion for comedy and a talent for manipulating his voice, it's no surprise Whitney became successful with such a distinctive and memorable character.
10:19I hang out with people that talk like that, so I picked it up, I picked it up in Georgia when I went to college, I'm able to talk like that, I can turn it on and turn it off anytime I want.
10:262. Paris Hilton
10:27Paris Hilton
10:28Paris Hilton
10:29Sorry, I'm doing a cooking tutorial and I have none of the correct things. I don't know what this is, but it looks like it will work. Yeah, it's working.
10:35Paris Hilton was everywhere in the early 2000s, and so was her trademark voice. Her breathy, baby voice tone seemed to fit the way.
10:42It's not just a lot of people that talk like that, but it's not just a lot of people that talk like that. So I picked it up in Georgia when I went to college, I'm able to talk like that, I can turn it on and turn it off anytime I want.
10:462. Paris Hilton
10:48Sorry, I'm doing a cooking tutorial and I have none of the correct things. I don't know what this is, but it looks like it will work. Yeah, it's working.
10:56Paris Hilton was everywhere in the early 2000s, and so was her trademark voice. Her breathy, baby voice tone seemed to fit the way.
11:04Persona of a ditzy socialite that was marketed to the public during her time on The Simple Life.
11:10It's the smallest town ever. There's nothing. There's like one store, one market, one gas station, like one hair salon.
11:19No one suspected her voice wasn't genuine, but Hilton revealed in 2020 that she had been putting on a character the entire time.
11:26Hilton, who survived abusive boarding schools as a teenager, says she created her ditzy blonde persona as a protective mask in response to her trauma.
11:34Sometimes I feel like so many things, but sometimes like this robot and this character that I did and talking with them, like I started remembering who I was before.
11:48Though Hilton still frequently uses her character voice in public appearances, she noticeably switches to her natural voice anytime she's dealing with a serious topic.
11:58My sweatsuit, my socks, being at home and then all this other stuff is just part of the character.
12:08Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
12:12Katherine Langford. No one knew she was really Australian after her breakout performance as Hannah Baker.
12:18Is that something you learned from watching television or from friends or studying or what?
12:23Um, I mean, I think, I mean, partially probably just like from watching films.
12:27I mean, I feel like everyone who doesn't grow up in America vicariously lives through like American films.
12:31But I think that and also like, I'm a little bit musical.
12:35Stephanie Beatriz.
12:36Rose's tough, deep voice on Brooklyn Nine-Nine sounds nothing like her real voice.
12:41Melissa got cast before me.
12:43And I read that she had been cast and I was like, I cried because I thought I'm so happy for her.
12:48But I also know that there's no way that a network is going to cast two Latinas.
12:52There's just, it doesn't happen.
12:54There's only one of us ever, you know?
12:56And then like two days later, my agents were like, guess what?
12:58That was amazing.
13:00Really good.
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13:18Michael Jackson
13:19There were many elements that made up the king of pop's unforgettable persona.
13:24One significant one being his high-pitched voice.
13:27Remember something, just because it's in print doesn't mean it's the gospel.
13:31People write negative things because they feel that's what sells.
13:37Good news to them doesn't sell.
13:39His distinctive voice was a signature of his music that seemed to carry over into his speaking voice,
13:44at least according to many public interviews.
13:47However, some fans point to certain concert footage and other videos of Jackson where he speaks in a more natural sounding voice,
13:54alleging that this was his real voice.
13:56Liza Minnelli, a close friend of Jackson's, says she heard his natural speaking voice on rare occasions.
14:02Like Paris Hilton, it appears that Jackson's voice was part of his public persona, and he used his real voice only in private and on serious occasions.
14:24Which celebrity voice surprised you the most?
14:39Let us know in the comments.
14:41You wouldn't let him spoil up all girls' lies and then run away without pieing?
14:45We'd go out of business, my girl.
14:47You wouldn't go off without pieing either.