Saskia Slaaf

Born in Maastricht, The Netherlands, Saskia Slaaf lives and works in New York City as an Actress and Model. During sabbatical leaves of her father (Professor and Chair of the Department of Biophysics at the University of Maastricht), she lived with her parents in Seattle (WA) and in Louisville (KY). As a result, she grew up bilingual (Dutch-English). Saskia studied in Maastricht and in Louisville (KY) at the Youth Performing Arts School. She majored in Classical Ballet and Acting. Since then, she has lived in Amsterdam, Paris, Milan, London, Tokyo, and New York, where she is studying with Wynn Handman at the Wynn Handman Studio. US, Dutch, and worldwide audiences have seen and heard her as a principal in Commercials, Film, Voice Over's, and Television. Her voice work includes a wide range of European languages. She is fluent in Dutch, English, French and German. She speaks Spanish at conversational level and is studying Russian and Received Pronunciation (RP), also referred to as Queen's English. She does not only speak Standard American English (SAE), but can also speak the American language with several accents.