Bever-leigh Banfield

Actress, voice artist, author, director, producer, and award-winning journalist Bever-leigh Banfield is an accomplished storyteller on television, in movies, onstage, and on the page. With an M.F.A. from Yale University and a B.A. from Stanford, she has performed in scores of productions from sitcoms to Shakespeare, and is perhaps best known for her TV roles as author Alex Haley’s grandmother, Cynthia, in Roots: The Next Generations and T.C., the plumber’s helper, on Good Times.

Her voice-overs are enjoyed in numerous films, TV and radio commercials, cartoons, animated movies, planetarium star shows and the audiobook narration of her inspirational non-fiction book You Can Change the World: Be a Change Wizard and Get It Like You Like It.

Across every medium, Bever-leigh strives to entertain and enlighten, infusing her work with a belief in the limitless power of love, creativity, imagination, intention, and self-transformation.

From the coastal escape of Martha's Vineyard: A Summer You Can Keep, the uplifting affirmations of Marvelous Mindful Mandalas, and the restorative of Relaxing Retreat, to the uplifting principles of You Can Change the World: Be a Change Wizard and Get It Like You Like It and the indomitable heroines of Twelve Stories High, each project invites you to experience a different aspect of growth, creativity, strength, and well-being.

When she isn’t creating books, music, videos, or new worlds to explore, Bever-leigh is painting, designing, photographing, sewing, gardening, and developing future projects to share, including her upcoming KidzKan World for children, and beyond.

Creating experiences that inspire people to imagine more, feel more, and become more