Elizabeth Holmes real voice
Amanda Seyfried is getting into the turtleneck of disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on Hulu's The Dropout. As well as selling a dangerous lie to the masses, Holmes is known for her uncannily deep voice. In the trailer for the series, we see Seyfried intentionally lowering his voice. In the real world, opinions about Elizabeth's actual voice vary. Is she faking her, like almost everything else?
Is Elizabeth Holmes' deep voice real?
If there's one thing we can all agree on, it's that taking down women is practically a national pastime for the United States. And while we're not suggesting that's what's happening to Elizabeth Holmes (she did a lot of really bad things), we can see how she might get to a point where she felt it would be beneficial to have a deeper voice.
Remember when Donald Trump used the word "shrill" as an insult in reference to Hillary Clinton during the 2016 presidential campaign? The world went through this strange period where the recycled reason to discredit women was nothing more than the recording of their voices. This is all due to something to do with how a higher register voice didn't translate well over the radio in the old days, but that has nothing to do with Elizabeth Holmes.
Rebecca Jarvis, host of the ABC News podcast The Dropout, spoke with Phyllis Gardner, a professor at Stanford, where she attended for two years before dropping out. Phyllis, who taught at the medical school, was not in favor of one of her earlier ideas, but she remembered that Elizabeth's voice sounded different at the time. "When she came to me, she didn't have a low voice," she told Phyllis. “She was like a typical undergraduate student. The next time I saw her again, she was quiet, and I was like, 'Oh my God. It was quite awkward."
Several years later, when Theranos was in its early stages, Elizabeth would hire former Apple product designer Ana Arriola. Anne described Holmes as passionate, energetic and "expressive with her hands." Ana also noted Elizabeth's "distinctive voice," stating that she used it to draw people into "what she's conveying, and her conviction and belief really shine through."
