Kay Bess is an American actor. She studies Meisner Technique at The Ruskin School in Santa Monica. She was raised in Santa Barbara, California by her parents Shirley Compton and Howard Bess, a high school English teacher and Baptist minister, respectively, who divorced when Kay was 15 years old. She trained in the BFA acting program at The University of Southern California, and studied Philosophy at UCLA. Kay is also a writer and poet.
Kay's primary focus has been voiceover. She is the female voice of The Tennis Channel (2010-current), DirecTV,(2009-2013), and The Property Brothers TV series on HGTV (seasons 1-4.)
She has been heard on hundreds of TV and radio commercials including Motel 6, Intuit, Hidden Valley Ranch, Kaiser Permanente, Apple Computers, Jergen's, Toyota, Hyundai, Big O Tires, Oster Small Appliances, Curves Fitness, Sears Optical, and Southern California Edison. She's done promos for CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Comedy Central, The Disney Channel, and CTV News Canada. She has narrated documentaries airing on HGTV, The Discovery Channel, WE Women's Entertainment, and The Learning Channel.
Kay published her first book of poetry in 2011.
Kay has one child, a daughter, born in 2003.
