Mum quits job as lawyer to voice Netflix cartoon
Summary
Emily McGonagle left her job as a lawyer to pursue voiceover work that offered more flexibility while raising her children. She now voices eight characters in the children’s series Spike, which premiered on Netflix on 12 October 2026.Key Facts
- McGonagle, 42, began her career as a lawyer in London and sometimes worked until 03:00.
- She switched to voiceover work in 2019 after seeking an alternative to commuting from Colchester to Canary Wharf.
- She built a home studio, auditioned for several months and landed her first voiceover job with Google.
- McGonagle took part in acting groups in Colchester and completed a six-week acting course in London.
- She voices eight characters in Spike, a cartoon about a dragon and his friends.
- Spike began as a preschool YouTube animation called Fire Spike! and was created by Lithuanian company Bored Panda.
- The article reports that Spike was Netflix’s top children’s show in the UK and ranked seventh among the platform’s most-watched shows globally in its first week.
- Bored Panda said the show’s YouTube channel had grown to 1.25 million subscribers.
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