Ione Butler

Ione is the daughter of a English mother and Bahaman father and was raised in Southall, West London. She trained at two prestigious drama schools in the UK -- The Brit School of Performing Arts, an institution known for nurturing the talents of famous alumni like Adele and Amy Winehouse, and Rose Bruford College, graduating with a BA Hons in Acting. Out of college, Ione toured in a theatre production that visited over 20 cities across the UK. She later starred in the feature film, The Adored, and in commercials for brands like McDonald's, Blackberry and Deloitte. She then moved to Los Angeles, where her career really took off. Ione began working with Google's Niantic Labs (the company behind Pokemon Go) on their flagship game, Ingress, where she hosted over 125 episodes of "The Ingress Report," a weekly show aired to the game's 20 million players. This led to a starring role in the cult classic "Zoombies," which premiered on Syfy and has become so popular that it garnered a prequel. That same year, she co-starred in an episode of CSI: Cyber alongside Patricia Arquette. Around this time, Ione began booking more and more voiceover work and has gone on to narrate dozens of audiobooks for top publishing houses including Audible Studios, Simon & Schuster Audio, Harper Audio and was nominated for an Audie Award for "Dark Eden," produced by Random House Audio. Ione has also leant her voice to commercial and in-house projects for brands including Apple, Marriott, BMW and Dyson. She has dubbed numerous foreign language TV shows into English and has recorded voiceovers for hundreds of films, apps, animations and video games. Alongside her acting career she founded "Uplifting Content," a social media platform, podcast and blog with an audience of over 1.4 million people. Designed to uplift and inspire those with depression and anxiety Ione creates and shares video content, blog posts and interviews prominent individuals like Prince Ea, Gabrielle Bernstein and Christine Hassler for The Uplifting Content Podcast. Through her social media channels she talks to her audience via Facebook Live, sometimes speaking to upwards of 20,000 people, providing a safe space for them to share their stories. In September 2020 Ione will release her first book, Uplifting Stories, published by Simon & Schuster. It is a collection of 19 true inspirational tales, each followed by an exercise designed not only to educate but also to inspire the reader to take positive action towards their goals. Ione is available for acting, voiceover, hosting and speaking engagements.