Accent?

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CCCampedel — 17 years ago(November 18, 2008 11:22 AM)

She was born in New Zealand and moved back to England at age 11. So her "natural accent" would be British.
She's an actress - she uses whatever accent she needs to for the job she's doing.

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CCCampedel — 17 years ago(December 23, 2008 10:46 PM)

In tonight's episode of 'Leverage' ("The Miracle Job"), I'm hearing Gina do a bit of her original New Zealand accent. In the other episode I watched, she was doing a southern U.S. accent. She slips pretty easily from one to another.

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sparx_91 — 17 years ago(January 03, 2009 06:44 AM)

Thanks for the answers. I really admire actors/actresses who can change their accents and dialects to fit different characters.
I haven't gotten to see "Leverage" yet, but I'll look for it next time it's on tv.
Thank you again.
It was a joke! Do you not get the concept of a joke, or sarcasm possibly?

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evelinajazz — 17 years ago(February 17, 2009 11:20 AM)

I like the actress, but I think she can't do other accents to save her life. None of the accents on Leverage seems real when she attempts it. It's always british with a bit of trying hard to put something else in there. ((

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Smoke3723 — 16 years ago(May 04, 2009 02:46 AM)

I read somewhere (Wikipaedia I think) that she originally spoke with an NZ accent but took lessons in her teens to change to a British accent, which I assume has become her 'normal' voice over the years.

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jeffscsr — 16 years ago(September 15, 2009 01:30 AM)

wtf is a british accent.you mean english you divs (park aside)

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sweiland75 — 15 years ago(August 16, 2010 10:56 PM)

there is also more than one English accent
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scifisam — 12 years ago(June 15, 2013 05:04 PM)

Assuming the person who called it a British accent is American like me, using the term English gets confusing when we all speak it. I know British actually means a larger group than just the people of England, but using British rather than English (referring to accents) adds a bit of clarity to the conversation. (and the only place I've ever heard someone complain about the word switch is on these forums)
I don't know what a div is, and I don't really care, but thought I'd clarify.

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TheLionKingKong — 11 years ago(October 07, 2014 11:57 AM)

Many people don't know that "British" refers to more than one country. The UK is really 4 nations: Scotland, Wales, England, and Northern Ireland.
Whenever somebody says "British" to me, I say, "you mean English?". Then they get confused because they don't know the difference.

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juststacey-1 — 15 years ago(June 24, 2010 09:33 PM)

I completely agree that her attempts at different accents SUCK! Gina Bellman and Sophie Devereaux have something in common - they 1c84are both terrible actresses!