''Little Voice'' (also known as ''Her Voice'' in Europe) is an American romantic

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television series created by

Sara Bareilles Sara Beth Bareilles (, ; born December 7, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She has sold over three million albums and over 15 million singles in the United States. She has earned various awards and nominations including nin ...

and Jessie Nelson for

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. The series premiered on July 10, 2020. In August 2021, the series was canceled after one season.

Premise

''Little Voice'' explores "the universal journey of finding your authentic voice in your early 20s. It is described as a fresh, intensely romantic tale of the search to find your true voice...and then the courage to use it."

Cast

Main

Brittany O'Grady Brittany Ann O'Grady (born June 2, 1996) is an American actress and singer who is known for her work on '' Little Voice'', ''Star'', '' Black Christmas'', and ''The White Lotus''. Career After appearing in several television shows, O'Grady lan ...

as Bess Alice King *

Sean Teale Sean Teale (born 18 June 1992) is a British actor, known for his roles as Prince Condé in ''Reign'', Nick Levan in '' Skins'', and Ben Larson in the Syfy series '' Incorporated.'' He also co-starred in the Fox sci-fi/drama series '' The Gif ...

as Ethan *

Colton Ryan Colton Ryan (born June 10, 1995) is an American actor and singer. He is known for his performance as Conrad "Coco" Roy in the Hulu miniseries ''The Girl from Plainville'' (2022), for which he garnered critical acclaim, and for playing Connor Mur ...

as Samuel * Shalini Bathina as Prisha * Kevin Valdez as Louie King * Phillip Johnson Richardson as Benny

Recurring

* Chuck Cooper as Percy King * Nadia Mohebban as Ananya * Sam Lazarus as Phil * Mark Blane as Zack * Andrew Duff as Ted *

Ned Eisenberg Ned Eisenberg (January 13, 1957 – February 27, 2022) was an American actor known for his recurring role on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' as Roger Kressler. Early life and education Eisenberg grew up in the Riverdale, Bronx, Riverdale ...

as Al *

Samrat Chakrabarti Samrat Chakrabarti (born 22 August 1975) is a British-American film actor and musician of Indian descent. Early life Born in London to Indian Hindu Bengali immigrant parents from Kolkata. He performed in Indian community functions in Boston, ...

as Anil * Gopal Divan as Sundeep *

Sakina Jaffrey Sakina Jaffrey (born February 14, 1962) is an American actress. Early life Jaffrey was born in New York City, the youngest daughter of Indian-born parents, actress and food and travel writer Madhur Jaffrey, and actor Saeed Jaffrey. Her parents ...

as Vilina *

Luke Kirby Luke Farrell Kirby (born June 29, 1978) is a Canadian actor. In 2019, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Lenny Bruce on the television series ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Early life Kirby was born in Hamilton, Ontario, to ...

as Jeremy *

June Squibb June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. In 2013, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Nebraska''. Squibb has appeared in the films ''Alice'', '' In & Out'', ''About Schm ...

as Mrs. Daisy Finch *

Becky Ann Baker Becky Ann Baker (née Gelke; born February 17, 1953) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles of Jean Weir on NBC comedy-drama series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000) and Loreen Horvath on HBO comedy-drama series ''Girls'' (2012� ...

as Elaine

Episodes

Production

Development

On June 6, 2018, it was announced that Apple had given the production a straight-to-series order for a first season consisting of ten episodes. The pilot episode was written and directed by Jessie Nelson, who would also executive produce alongside

J. J. Abrams Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker and composer. He is best known for his works in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and produced such films as '' Regarding Henry'' (1991), '' F ...

, and Ben Stephenson. Along with Nelson, other directors for the series include

Cherien Dabis Cherien Dabis (born 1976) ( ar, شيرين دعيبس) is an American actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. She was named one of ''Variety'' magazine's ''10 Directors to Watch'' in 2009, and in 2022 was nominated for the Outstanding Dir ...

Bart Freundlich Bartholomew Freundlich (born January 17, 1970) is an American film director, television director, screenwriter, and film producer. Early life Freundlich was born and raised in Manhattan, the son of Debbie, a marketing consultant, and Larry Freu ...

, Christopher Storer, and Emma Westenberg. Nelson was also expected to act as the series' showrunner, and Bareilles wrote original songs for the series. Production companies involved with the series include

Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television Studios (operating under the name Warner Bros. Television; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division) is an American television production and distribution studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of ...

and

Bad Robot Productions Bad Robot is an American film and television production company founded on May 27, 1999 and led by J. J. Abrams and Katie McGrath as Co-CEO. Under its Bad Robot Productions division, the company is responsible for the television series ''Alias'' ...

. On August 4, 2021, Apple canceled the series after one season.

Casting

In October 2019, it was announced

, Shalini Bathina,

, and Colton Ryan had joined the cast of the series as main cast members. At the same time, it was announced that

, Gopal Divan,

, and Emma Hong would also be joining the cast. On May 21, 2020, it was announced that Kevin Valdez, Phillip Johnson Richardson, and Chuck Cooper would also star in the series.

Release

On May 21, 2020, it was announced that the series would premiere on July 10, 2020. On June 12, 2020, the official trailer for the series was released.

Critical response

On review aggregator

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, ''Little Voice'' holds a 77% approval rating based on 30 reviews, with an average rating of 5.88/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "''Little Voice'''s earnest tune is a little too familiar, but a winsome cast led by Brittany O'Grady and catchy music from Sara Bareilles make for a breezy summer binge."

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gave the series a weighted average score of 60 out of 100 based on 18 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Carolyn Siede of ''

The A.V. Club ''The A.V. Club'' is an American online newspaper and entertainment website featuring reviews, interviews, and other articles that examine films, music, television, books, games, and other elements of pop-culture media. ''The A.V. Club'' was cre ...

'' gave the first season a B− for some good and uplifting performances but a scattered performance by Brittany O'Grady and excessive storylines.

''More Love: Songs from Little Voice Season One''

''More Love: Songs from Little Voice Season One'' is an album by American pop artist

released on

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on September4, 2020. The release is also a soundtrack to the first season of ''Little Voice''. The album is made up of recordings by Bareilles of the songs she recorded for the cast of the series. The album reached 32 in its one-week on ''

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''s Album Sales chart on September 19.

Track listing

#"I Don't Know Anything" (Bareilles)– 3:13 #"More Love" (

Jack Antonoff Jack Michael Antonoff (born March 31, 1984) is an American singer, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. Antonoff is the lead singer of rock band Bleachers, and is the guitarist and drummer in the pop rock band Fun. He was p ...

and Bareilles)– 3:50 #"King of the Lost Boys" (Bareilles, Jason Blynn, Earl the Squirrel, and Peter William Harper)– 4:34 #"Dear Hope" (Bareilles)– 4:22 #"Ghost Light" (Bareilles)– 4:18 #"Simple and True" (Bareilles)– 3:39 #"Coming Back to You" (Bareilles)– 3:56 #"In July" (Jack DeBose and Samora Pinderhughes)– 4:04 #"Tell Her" (Bareilles,

Hillary Lindsey Hillary Lee Lindsey is an American singer-songwriter. She has written songs with or for a number of artists including Michelle Branch, Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Shakira, Lady A, Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Carrie Underwood, Kellie Pickler, Bon ...

Lori McKenna Lorraine McKenna ( Giroux; born December 22, 1968) is an American folk, Americana, and country music singer-songwriter. In 2016, she was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and won Best Country Song for co-writing the hit single " ...

, and Justin Trantor)– 4:58 #"Little Voice" (Bareilles)– 4:24

References

External links

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