[This is really about voice training, not the TV show.]

I've used expressions and inflections by actresses/characters in movies and television to develop not only my voice but how I hear my voice inside my head. What should it sound like? What am I doing with it? After all those years of social conditioning and testosterone damage, I am always looking for role models for voice.

I found a new (to me) show that is the mother lode of female voice inflection: The Girlfriend Experience (the series). It's a Starz series but I believe it's available on the various streaming services. Maybe on Netflix soon? https://www.starz.com/series/thegirlfriendexperience/episodes

Now, I understand that this show is not for everyone. When I first watched it, I was pretty overwhelmed by all the sex. But I was fascinated how Christine, the main character, winds up negotiating her way through what add up to several different life roles. Then I watched it again, because I couldn't get enough of her—how she used her voice in every scene.

[Note: I'm not really giving spoilers. This is a show to see and experience, not to figure out like a mystery or romantic comedy.]

* We first see her as a 2nd year law student. She's with her friend and they share info. But it's recruiting day and all the major firms are there to check out the up-and-coming class. So we also see Christine in interview mode. In a dry voice, she explains to her friend, "I just read up on them and parrot back what they want to hear." In the interviews, she projects the smart, ambitious young woman.

* We meet her with what appears to be an ex-boyfriend, who is also we assume her landlord. She's renting a room from his parents. So we get that relationship. She encounters another woman in the kitchen, who's apparently spent the night with him. He asks Christine, "What did you think of her? She's nice, right?" Christine evades. "Yeah, sure, if you're into that kind of thing." Again, dry sarcasm, but not nasty.

* Mom calls. The whole family dynamic gets very complicated. But we hear her now as the daughter who is a bit frazzled because she's late for class. Later she has scenes with her older sister, who is competitive with her. Then the family (oh boy).

* Then her friend reveals that she's working as a highly paid escort. Like $5k/night for VERY rich men. She sets up a casual meeting for Christine to come along and have drinks with a couple of clients. "It's just drinks," her friend says. Now Christine is defensive and nervous. "I get it," she snaps back. Then, when Christine gets an envelope with maybe a thousand dollars in it, just for having drinks with these guys, we start to see a new side to her.

* Christine as law intern. Now we see her spin bull->-bleeped-<- when she needs to, but really we see a young woman trying to stand her ground in a law firm that is defined by male power. Christine is on a real rollercoaster her, and she's "Yeah, I'm on it" mode one minute, and having to defend herself from blowhards the next. We see a real kind of sharp but benign snarkiness here.

* Christine as escort. Now we see her as the solicitous, cool, beautiful girlfriend role to these guys. This is an entirely different side to her, but we've already seen several sides of her. But now she's charming, but it comes off as totally sincere. She's not putting on a polite affect. She's being the girlfriend.

* Christine as businesswoman. How she handles her own escort transactions is so matter of fact.

What I find fascinating and instructive is how many voices she uses, reflecting the many different roles she plays in her life. The actress is Riley Keogh (who's actually Elvis' oldest granddaughter). Count me as a fan. But I have to say, the role provides a feast for the ears if you're looking for a great model of female voice variations in tone, inflection, emotion, all of it.

Are there voice models you have found helpful for you to develop your female voice?

Great subject, Amy!

I've used the same method, but I tend to prefer sources that are a bit less rehearsed than what we get in scripted dramas.  However, short of listening in to other women's conversations, where can you find something like this?

YouTube, for as it turns out, people really love to talk and share what they have to say. 

One interesting kind of model is the "TV show review," where a couple of women talk about an episode.  And this is kind of fun, because not only can you find models for voice, intonation, and the back-and-forth rhythm of a conversation, but it's also fun just hearing about something that you also find interesting.  For example:



The limitation of this, of course, is that there's only so much going on in this kind of conversation.  The advantage to something like The Girlfriend Experience is how there are so many different emotions and underlying intentions expressed by a character like Christine. 

But, I dunno, something like this Game of Thrones review really does capture how a natural conversation goes.  There's a lot of mutual reinforcement, for example -- they support each other's points and perspectives, even when they disagree!  There's a way of quoting other people (or our own thoughts) that women do when talking to each other.  And of course, they don't have the same exact conversational style or inflections! 

Anyways, just another thing to add to the list. 

Great subject! And great contribution of Sophia! Thanks, girls!!

I have as special voice role model: Alicia Silverstone.
I had a recording of her saying "I knew you'd come" that I used as a message ringtone ages ago. I believe it is from the movie The Crush.
This voice was so beautiful!! It charmed me!

It is still my voice model today. I like her voice because it is very beautiful and the tone is not high; it is not hard for me to work with her voice. What I did was to find on youtube some interviews with her (here is a playlist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJKyfR4bC84&list=PL1OxrI7_PhXRSMAq7NIUYHHH4IbIn5upQ

Then I downloaded the audios as MP3 (using any Mp3 extractor/downloader) and later used Audacity (a freeware application, for Mac or Windows) for editing the audio files.
I left only the moments when she is speaking, erasing all the rest, and added some silence moments after each group os sentences of her, so I could use these silences to repeat what she says.

I then record she speaking and me repeating after her and compare the results. The results are amazing for me!

It is a great way to use a voice model. I really suggest you doing that!!