She/Her, aussie, bi, millennial, actor.
Maybe you know me as Athena Hellier, Kitt, Mosman, Serena, Agent Winters, or maybe not!
Oh & I have a new show out now! https://vignettespod.carrd.co/
In typical fashion, I'm introducing myself after the fact... So, hi!
Whomst: Lea
From: Straya!
What: Actor (VA)
When: Now?
Pronouns: She/Her
Queer? Bi
Alignment: Chaotic Good
Background: Aussie/Filo
Misc: I part-time wear a hearing aid (if I remember to charge/bring it in crowds)
Links? Linktree
Road work ahead? I sure hope it does!
Acting + Socials:
I've been in the booth for about two and a half years, and if I have my way, I'll be doing this indefinitely! Happy to do all sorts of VA/VO, but I have fallen for audio drama in particular. I can hit quite a range of archetypes, but my specialties are snarky/sassy, and frantic. My Aussie accent is South Australian, and I regularly play many general English and general American characters. I study at SkillsHub, and spent six months in Canada to focus on my VA. I've since returned to Aus, but I want to go back!
Speaking of going back, I used to toil in the Tumblr mines a lonnnnng time ago so lol. I'm also on Bluesky and Insta, but with most things social media battery ebbs and flows because introverts gonna introvert. Let's see if I make it longer than two posts here...
Where you might have heard me in audio land?
- Actual Play: I Should Roll an unofficial Mass Effect pod (Athena + others)
- Audio Drama: Appalachia: A Fallout 76 Story (Kitt), Fallen Orbit (Mosman), [Redacted] (Agent Winters), Someone Just Like You (Serena), Black Sheep Shipping (Maddie), Heartglass (Trapped Townsperson), annnd quite a few that haven't aired yet! Like Radio San Lazaro!
- Interactive: Broadway Broadcast - A Fallout 4 New York Radio Mod (Eliot), For A Few Brahmin More - A Fallout New Vegas Mod (Dr. Vestch), Skywind (in production - don't ask me when, but production is humming away!
Anything else?
For ISR I create the episode promos and advertise on our BSky and IG, and have been dabbling in dialogue editing since November '25 (so feel free to hit me up for VA or DE). I also have a penchant for improv, and quite possibly have something to that effect in the works to be released some time this year... stay tuned, and I'll see ya around!
Edit: That project is here! Well, the trailer is. Check out my solo improvised audio drama Vignettes! Episodes coming May 26th, 2026 ☺️
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These folks have been working together to make Season 1 happen, along with the crew we know and love from Season 0: Chloe Briggs, Eva J Hansen Smith, Ani Engdahl, and myself Haven Gay,
Along with plenty of new folks! Keep your eyes peeled for the Season One cast and crew reveals here!
Hey look, it's the season zero cast being secret agents and portraying totally different characters! Get ready for us telling more story sets in the RSL world, listeners! (Also FYI the new additions to the cast are wonderful!)
discord letting you have custom emoji has really ruined my ability to communicate effectively on other apps. what do you mean i cant send jalute. what about givehand. cryingpat. torment. sittinghere. tvek. cant even send my wonderful beloved frogheart. whats the bloody point
When my mother forgets a word, she is the queen of coming up with new words. Words that would take a third National Treasure movie to fully decipher. I was talking to her yesterday, and she said this: “You know the time for los jibbities is coming up. You must be so excited!” Oh, is it time for los jibbities already? I must have missed it on my calendar. Are we celebrating something? “Of course! We should all be celebrating, shouldn’t we?” OK, so los jibbities is a happy thing. It’s not like something is giving you the heebie-jeebies, which would have been my one and only guess. “Los heebie-jeebies? Now you’re making things up...and this is my show.” You’re right. The time for los jibbities is coming up. Is this a season? “Yes, the season for love. The season for pride.” OK, los jibbities. “Yeah, sound it out.” Los…jibbities. LGBTs! “Sí, mira cuz you’re gay!” “You couldn’t just say pride season? You couldn’t just… *laughs*
E3. Downfall - They decide their timeframes. Are they good at their job?
Pop your headphones on and click here to listen to the episode! Transcript can be found in the show notes. And no, I did not record the other two in the conversation - is up to you what you think they might have said!
Vignettes, an improvised audio drama. Sci-fi suspense where you fill in the blanks, and every episode is different from the last.
Episode art by Maria Damianou. Expeditor played by meee (yes, I am australian, tada!)
Coming up next week, talking. LOTS of talking. Downfalls' protagonist listens (kinda), Speak When's does the opposite - so get ready.
CW for Downfall: (SPOILERS)
Lots of notification sounds, implied murder(s), lack of A.I constraints, sudden water main burst at 6:43, sudden electrical sounds 6:53 onwards
Hi! I'm just taking a moment to be appreciative of what I get to do. I'm a cis bi voice actor, and yes I've played quite a few characters who haven't had any sexual identity assigned to them (because it wasn't relevant to the story) but I've also gotten to play some wonderful queer characters!
Ainsley Peregrine - I've recorded a few episodes of a show, and not only is the budding relationship cute AF, but it's refreshing to play someone like her. (I'm not sure if she's bi or a lesbian yet but she's certainly sapphic!)
Unannounced - I'm slated to record an episode of a show where there's a little fun WLW flirting.
Kitt is probably a she/they.. because I play a literal Pip-Boy in Appalachia: A Fallout 76 Story. Sexuality not found - only sardonicism.
Lailisi Olani is an ace/aro Salarian in a one-shot (and I've briefly played her in a regular DD episode of I Should Roll).
And then there's my first and true audio love, Athena Fucking Hellier, my actual play character in I Should Roll who is unabashedly pansexual, also probably sapiosexual, has a history of sleeping with not just humans (because Mass Effect has aliens, synths, and mechs, yo), and is a general menace to society - I support women's rights, and women's wrongs muahaha.
I wanna say thank you to all the creators who write and/or play these characters - you make the wonderful alphabet mafia (affectionate) feel seen, and you are all important. Representation matters, in all flavours. Humanity can be found in every colour, and every corner of the universe. Audio Drama seems to feature a lot queer creators, and allies, and the world needs more. of. this!
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Every once in a while I'm struck by the fact that the early seasons of SG-1 took place in the late 90's, and what tech was and wasn't available, all of which is to say I 100% believe Teal'c had a LiveJournal account and was moderator of at least one Star Wars fan forum.
