You won't see Oscars live announcer Randy Thomas on camera, but you'll recognize that voice

On Oscar night, her voice will be one of the most important you'll hear - so much so that, in awards show parlance, it's called "the voice of God." But like an ethereal deity, you won't see her face.

At the 90th Academy Awards, Randy Thomas - who in 1993, made history as the first woman hired by the Motion Picture Academy to announce the Oscars - returns for her ninth stint on the show.

When you hear a disembodied voice say, "Ladies and gentlemen, Emma Stone" or "from Russia, 'Loveless,' directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev" or deliver a so-called winner walk-up like, "this is the third nomination and second win" for so-and-so - that's her.

Thomas, who began her career as a radio personality