Forbidden Diary Cast

Sevil Delin

Natalie Crouter

Sevil Delin is a voice artist and writer based in Istanbul who grew up in the US, Turkey, Egypt, Hong Kong and the UK and studied English Language and Literature at Oxford University.

Her son plays Bedie Crouter. A trained voice actor and singer, she has acted in TV ads, short films, stage productions and musicals. As a voice actor her projects include narrator for Domino: The Little One video game as well as voiceover for more than 100 commercial clients. Sevil writes travel books, including the Louis Vuitton Istanbul City Guide and articles for such publications as The Guardian, Monocle, Conde Nast Traveller and Wallpaper. What drew her to the role was the similarities in Natalie Crouter’s life and hers.

Mark Oliver

Jerry Crouter

Before you heard him as Jerry Crouter, you may have listened to Mark Oliver as the announcer for Turner Classic Movies. Mark has voiced hundreds of radio and TV commercials. His daughter plays June Crouter.

Claire Oliver

June Crouter

Claire Oliver is heard in 15 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943.

Luka Aslan Nas

Fred "Bedie" Crouter

Luka Aslan Nas is heard in 14 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943. He is the same age as the real “Bedie” when Natalie Crouter wrote her diary. In addition to Forbidden Diary, Luka has appeared with his father, Turkish actor Devrim Nas, in the movie Zubeyde. He is the son of Sevil Delin who plays Natalie Crouter.

Jeannie Anne Sioson

Nida

Jeannie Marie Sisson is heard in 14 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943. In addition to Nida, she also voiced the narrator in the opening of the first episode.

Jeannie worked as a Broadcast Engineer for more than twenty years in one of the top television stations in the Philippines. After retiring, she gained a following as an announcer for a provincial radio station and taught voice acting, radio dramatization, DJ and program hosting, news reading, etc., at a private school. Her voice-over work started as a hobby that led to Jeannie voicing cartoons characters and being cast as Nida. Being a daughter of WWII survivors, she herself heard stories about the Japanese invasion in the 1940s, as told by her mom and dad, aunties and uncles, most of which have now passed on. Knowing a little bit about how her parents survived WWII, she can easily relate to her character.

Maxwell Glick

Jim

Maxwell Glick is heard in 14 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 as Jim, the Camp’s newsletter journalist. He is an award-winning actor and audiobook narrator. Notable on-screen roles include…

starring in the Emmy Award winning The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, and appearances on The Office, The Upshaws, Castle, The Mentalist, and Timeless. He has done voice acting work for major companies like Nintendo, Nickelodeon, Hasbro, Marvel, and LEGO. He also has been a content creator since the beginnings of social media. His “mrcheezypop” brand is a family friendly destination specializing in food & drink, theme parks, and life as an actor in LA. For more Max, check him out on Instagram @mrcheezypop, Twitter @maxwellglick, Patreon at patreon.com/mrcheezypop, and YouTube at youtube.com/mrcheezypop.

Christine Atsuko Holloway

Miss McKim

Christine Atsuko Holloway is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing Miss McKim, a Tokyo bishop’s daughter who acts as the Camp’s diplomat and translator.

Christine is a fully bilingual voiceover talent who has been acting for most of her life in Japan and the United States. Her voice can be heard in commercials, children’s books, podcasts, corporate videos, video games, learning and meditation apps, and everything in between. She currently resides in the beautiful state of Oregon.

Rebecca Haugh

Peg

Rebecca Haugh is heard in 13 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing Peg, Natalie’s close friend. Rebecca is a voiceover artist with 20+ years of experience serving…

US and global clients, including Comcast, LPGA, Bank of America, Nestle, Ben & Jerrys, Intuit and most recently Valentino. She continuously studies VO acting (including improv 45 weeks a year). Her past performance experience includes training in Hollywood, regional comedy theater and on-camera for television, indie film and commercials shot in California.

Rebecca is truly honored to voice Peg and be part of this audio cast telling the incredible story of perseverance and determination in Forbidden Diary.

Melba Sibrel King

Millie English and Mrs. Saleeby

Melba Sibrel King is heard in 12 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943. Before making voice over her full-time pursuit, Melba worked in radio, video production…

and script writing, as well on stage and in front of the camera. Roles range from The Porter (played as a woman, mind you) in Nashville Shakes’ acclaimed uncut production of The Scottish Play, to a woman so irritating the crowd has been known to cheer when she is killed by zombies in low-budget SyFy channel favorite Hide and Creep, to bonus round winner on Wheel of Fortune. Behind the mic, MelbasVoice has been part of the North American cast of Nick, Jr.’s Tweenies, given life to various characters in the Dislyte VG franchise, and won an Audie Award for faith-based historical fiction audiobook To Win Her Favor.

Karen DeBoer

Enid

Karen DeBoer is heard in 12 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 as the head-strong Enid who is Arthur’s wife. She is uniquely qualified to play Enid because her mother, uncle and grandparents were interned by the Japanese in Manila during WWII.

Karen is an ADDY-award winning voiceover recording artist with over 30 years of experience serving clients around the globe, including Mercedes-Benz, Billy Graham, Dollywood and most recently as the in-flight announcer for Turkish Airlines. Her career also includes extensive on-camera work which includes representing the Maytag company in many appliance product videos and as a spokesperson for Volvo.

Karen considers it a great privilege to take part in sharing this incredible story of grit, perseverance and hope that defined “The Greatest Generation.”

Bob Ball

Arthur

Bob Ball is heard in 11 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing Arthur who is one of the Camp leaders and married to Enid. Bob is a voice actor with 30 years’ experience in acting on stage and film with…

PhD-level university credits in English and a graduate degree in quantitative agricultural economics. While often called “the numbers guy,” Bob always has countered by saying no, he is a “man of letters” who can do a little math. Bob’s varied work experience in business and the arts gives him insight into presenting characters that reflect the author’s intent and style in audiobook narration, audio drama, documentaries, and commercials. So knowing a little bit about a lot of stuff seems to have worked so far. Recent work includes audiobook narration for The Library of Borrowed Hearts (Dreamscape), and narrating for The Birthday Fairy Project, bios of mass-shooting victims to honor the victims’ families and bring awareness to gun violence in America.

Learn more about Bob and hear him read samples from many genres at robertsballvoice.com.

Julie M. Dean

Betty

Julie M. Dean is heard in 10 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 as Natalie’s friend, Betty.

Ina Marie Smith

Dotty

Ina Marie Smith is heard in 10 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 as the feisty Dotty. Ina is originally from Missouri and is now based permanently in the UK. Having started as a stage actor Ina became…

a voice artist ten years ago and has now worked in AAA games, Audiobooks, Animation, ADR, ELT as well as dozens of corporates and commercials for brands such as Amazon, Meta, Nestle, Roblox, Papa Johns and HPE. Recent credits include Jungle Beat: The Movie (Netflix), Sylvia Plath: Inside the Bell Jar (BBC), Xenoblade Chronicles 3 (Nintendo), Hitman 2 (IO Interactive), and The Good Daughter (Penguin Random House).

Diane Bolton

Hazel

Diane Bolton is heard in 10 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 playing Hazel who is a Camp nurse. She began her illustrious career as a high school German and English teacher. Ever the entrepreneur…

she started a professional speaking company, speaking nationally and internationally to myriad clients in business and industry. She has spoken professionally, in front of the microphone, to organizations that include automotive, education, aerospace, etc. That career morphed into a voiceover career, reprised from the off-chance opportunity she had years ago to do some voiceover work for a friend and colleague. That early VO work included local PSAs, automotive dealerships, and an occasional funeral home commercial.

Rich D'Aigle

Joe

Rich D’Aigle is is heard in 10 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943.

Patrick Golebiowski

Larry

Patrick Golebioski is heard in nine episodes of Seasons 1941-1943.

Scott Walton

Carl

Scott Walton is heard in 9 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 playing Carl who is a minister and good friends with the Crouters.

Mandy Balser

Colleen and Carlotta

Mandy Balser is heard in 9 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. She is a freelance voice actress out of Knoxville, IL and the owner of Truly Madly Mandy, LLC!

Mandy is the voice of national, and international campaigns for clients including Hyundai, ProActiv, Campbell’s Soup, Delta Faucets, Glad Trash bags, Spotify, Werther’s Caramels and many more! When she’s not behind the microphone she enjoys playing board games and going on bike rides with her husband and their ten-year-old daughter.

Nora Novak

Doris

Nora Novak is heard in 9 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Nora is an actress and filmmaker with a penchant for the absurd. You can check out her work at www.quickanddirty.xyz.

Dan Davis

Hank

Dan Davis is heard in 9 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Dan has been a newscaster, radio personality, voice actor, film and television actor, recording engineer/producer…

live sound technician, standup comedian, PA announcer for high school sporting events, and high school English and Speech teacher. As Dan likes to say, “I’ve been getting paid to talk since I was 15 years old.” He is currently retired from full time teaching and spends his time cooking, baking, managing the sound and video team for worship services at his church. He spent a year or so co-hosting, mixing, and editing the (now defunct) podcast “Boomers with Beverages.” For more about Dan, check out his website at dandavisvo.com.

Eric Bryan Moore

Phil

Eric Bryan Moore is heard in 8 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing Phil, the Camp’s resident inventor. Originally a stage actor from California, Eric spent nearly a decade traveling the globe and living in…

various countries. After finally settling down in Brazil, he built a home studio and finally put his acting degree back to use. When not recording books, video game characters, and various other kinds of voice overs, he is either playing with his daughter or has his nose buried in a book.

Allen Enlow

Tom Carlisle, Mr. Menzies, Old Man and More

Allen Enlow is heard in 7 episodes of Season 1941-1943. The question is: What character hasn’t Allen played in Forbidden Diary? Often called the man of a thousand voices…

the New York City actor and comedian has performed in movies (Majestyk and Jam), TV shows (The Sopranos and Mr. Robot), Broadway (The Rascals) and standup and improve venues across America. Check him out at www.allenenlow.com and see if you can spot one of his many characters in Forbidden Diary Episodes 3, 8, 13, and 17-20.

Ria Vrana

Nida's Auntie

Ria Vrana is heard in 7 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Born and raised in the Philippines, this multilingual voice actor has been based in Czechia since…

2016. She has completed voice over projects in languages English, Tagalog, and Cebuano–from elearnings, to brand presentations, to phone systems, to voicing a character of any age. When she’s not behind her mic completing her next project or traveling to Prague to record in a studio, she is either conducting ESL or communication skills classes, working as an interpreter, taking care of her family, or immersed in her writing or illustrations. For more Ria, visit her site riasounds.eu.

Troy W. Hudson

Ted English

Troy W. Hudson is heard in 7 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943. He began his career as a radio/TV broadcast journalist in the US Army serving proudly from 1984-1989. Troy worked in…

commercial radio, corporate multimedia, and commercial production. He started his voice-over business from scratch in 2012 and has since narrated nearly 70 audiobooks and voiced characters in video games, cartoons, and radio dramas. His voice is also heard in radio/TV commercials, elearning, and explainer videos for businesses. He works from his home studio in Georgia.

Pocholo "The Voicemaster" Gonzalez

Ismael

Pocholo Gonzalez is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1941 and 1942 playing Nida’s husband.

Yoshi Amao

Nakamura and Other Characters

Yoshi Amao is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing Nakamura (the Camp’s first commandant), a forlorn soldier, a bored soldier and Mr. Nagatomi. Yoshi is an actor, comedian, and samurai martial artist. He has appeared in Shogun…

(Episode 8, role of Sera, FX, hulu). In 2023, Yoshi worked as a fight director for Pacific Overtures at Signature Theater in Washington DC after he acted for Chushingura, 47 ronin at A.R.T./New York Theatres. He was the lead of Deadly She-Wolf Assassin at Armageddon! at La MaMa Theater (NYC) which was highly acclaimed by the New York Times. Yoshi is a founder of the theater company, Samurai Sword Soul, and has been performing all over the US. He appeared in Mr. Robot (USA), Blacklist (NBC), Billions (Showtime), Samurai Sportsman (OLN) and 2019 award-winning short film, My Daughter Yoshiko (Dir. Brian Blum). Yoshi hosted several TV shows such as Made in Japao (Record TV) in Brazil, Japanizi Going Going Gong (Disney XD), and Big in Japan in several countries in Europe.

Miki Hiramoto

Pvt. Haruki

Miki Hiramoto is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943 playing Pvt. Haruki, the everyman soldier, and other guards. He started his career acting in a Shakespeare theatre company in…

Japan and later expanded his field in voice over, spokesperson video, MC and improvisation theatres. His strength comes from various types of training and working with international clients.

Nick Steen

Dr. Dean

Nick Steen is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. He is a voice, stage, and film actor living in Cleveland, Ohio. Some of his clients include Disney, Porsche…

Pfizer, DHL, and miYoHo games. When he’s not in the booth, he’s taking care of his two doggies with his lovely wife, Nicki.

Dean T. Moody

Dr. Hall

Dean T. Moody is heard in 5 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. He is a voice artist living in Seattle, Washington. Originally a stage actor, a Hollywood…

projectionist, and a 4th grade teacher, his voice-over work includes documentary narration for the Native American History Channel on Youtube, animation work for the Boston Museum of Art, and several audiobook projects. Dean is currently active in online audio drama productions through groups like Stories to Voice, Soul Twins Audio, Cornucopia Radio, and Static. He performs regularly in local Radio Theater organizations and loves doing character work. His website is www.deantmoodyvoice.com.

Slava Timoshenko

Chef Alex

Slava Timoshenko is heard in 5 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Slava began his voice-over career on local Russia radio in 1994. Later, after finishing theatre school…

and becoming a professional actor, he started his career as an independent freelancer. His client list includes brands and companies from all over the world–Google, YouTube, eBay, Apple, Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Nissan, HP, Metlife, Caterpillar, John Deere, Philips, Sony, Kodak, Nokia, PepsiCo, Mettler Toledo, Siemens, Baxalta, Busuu, Grundfos–more than 300 names. Slava lives in Barcelona where he works from his home studio.

Halley DeVestern

Josephine

Halley DeVestern is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1941 and 1943.

Wendy Brown Chapkis

Committee Woman and Mrs. Coulter

Wendy Brown is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Wendy is a Telly Award winning voice actress with more than 30-years behind the mic. You may have heard her voice on Colgate Slimsoft, Pfister Faucets or Spectrum Reach TV commercials.

Christopher V. Thorn

Committee Man

Christopher V. Thorn is heard in 6 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Chris has recorded projects that have been heard on five continents and records for…

his global market in his professional home studio located in Central Ohio. Among his favorite projects are voicing characters for series work such as audio dramas, video games, and animation.

Jennifer Nittoso

Isobel

Jennifer NIttoso is heard in 5 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. Jennifer is an actor, audiobook narrator, podcast host, and dog dork.

Priscilla Hagan

Fern

Priscilla Hagan is heard in 5 episodes of Seasons 1941 and 1943. She is a Professor Emerita of Theatre from the University of South Dakota. She currently…

works as a voice actor in Minneapolis specializing in characters for podcasts, documentaries, elearning, museums, art exhibits and more!

Andrea Hadhazy

Diane

Andrea Hadhazy is heard in 5 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943.

Kathleen Godwin

Ginny Carlisle and Sister Godwin

Kathleen Godwin is heard in 4 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943.

Vincent Caruso

Herb

Vincent Caruso is heard in 4 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. He is the evening DJ on SiriusXM Satellite Radio’s classical music channel 78-Symphony Hall. Vincent also hosts…

and produces SiriusXM’s Classics On Film, a show he created that celebrates film and video game music. During his 25+ years as a classical music radio DJ in the NYC-FM market, the Brooklyn-based voice actor has also narrated and produced over 55 audiobooks (kids, young adult, adult fiction and non-fiction) and worked in commercials, animation, documentaries, film dubbing, eLearning, and explainer videos. When not behind the microphone, Vincent helps people as an executive, leadership and creative services coach.

Celia Lynn

Dr. Lee

Celia Lynn is heard in 4 episode of Seasons 1942 and 1943.

Bob Bavnani

Dr. Abellera, Manuel Quezon, Chinese Merchant, Dr. Viola

Bob Bavnani is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1941 and 1943.

Masaya Okubo

Lt. Mukibo

Masaya Okubo is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1941 and 1942.

Koji Asano

Mr. Hayakawa

Koji Asano is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943 playing one of the Camp’s civilian commandants. He is a bilingual voice actor, fluent in both Japanese and English, having grown up in Japan before moving to…

Australia. He has voiced main characters in various works, including the Japanese dub of Angry Birds: Mystery Island. Additionally, he is a YouTuber with over 300,000 subscribers on his channel, Kozy Games.

Jay Simon

British Man

Jay Simon is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943.

Emil Civan Nas

Little Boy

Emil Civin Nas is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1941-1943. He is the son of Sevil Delin who plays Natalie Crouter. In addition to Forbidden Diary, Emil has acted with his father, Devrim Nas, in the Turkish movie Zubeyde.

Deanna Johnston

Edith

Deanna Johnston is heard in 3 episodes of Seasons 1942 and 1943. She is a vocalist and voiceover actor who was chosen out of thousands to compete on CBS ROCKSTAR:INXS. She began…

her career as a singer and manager of a rock band, which ultimately led to a full-time career in the music industry. She has performed all over the world entertaining Fortune 500 giants like Apple, IBM, Google, Amazon and Toyota.

As a voice over actor Deanna’s voice can be heard everywhere including radio and TV commercials, explainer videos, live announce voice of God to meditation apps, social media campaigns to internal corporate narration. Her voiceover clients include US Bank, Moderna, Hyatt, Salvation Army and Fox Nation. To read more about Deanna go to www.deannajohnston.com.

Margo Zinberg

Mrs. Greer

Margo Zinberg is heard in three episodes of Season 1943.

Karla Wren

Mrs. Griffith

Karla Wren is heard in three episodes of Season 1943. She is a voice actor and EMC actor. Her last audio drama was The Tragical History of Dr. Faustus with Standby for Places…

where she played Robin, Horse-Courser and Pride. She narrates with The Master Teacher and her most recently narrated audiobook was Mr.Perfect.com. Karla was last seen in VRTC’s Shakespeare Epoch’s Tour where she got to play the roles of Paulina and Mistress Quickly. She is a company member of PlayGround Chicago, Ubiquitous Players, and VRTC. For more information, go to www.karla-wren.com.

Sandra Espinoza

Eleanor

Sandra Espinoza is heard in 3 episodes of Season 1942.

Osamu Iizuka

Private

Osamu Iizuka is heard in two episodes of Season 1942.

Andre Ricarte

Jorge

Andre Ricarte is heard in two episodes of Season 1942.

Dustin Parkhurst

Bill Moule

Dustin Parkhurst is heard in 2 episodes of Season 1943. He is a seasoned voice-actor known for his versatility. With a passion for storytelling and ear for nuance…

Dustin has over 20 years of national ad campaigns, video game characters, audiobooks, tutorials, and diverse array of other projects in his portfolio. He actively engages with industry trends to keep performances fresh and relevant for brands and creators.