ABOUT JENNIFER
How I went from growing up on a tropical island without TV to coaching A-list actors
With Judi Dench
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I'm an Australian born woman, but grew up as a child in Vanuatu speaking French, English and some of the island creole language Bislama.
With no TV on the island, my ears swam in the global voices and sounds surrounding us ... dialects, languages and music. I went to French primary schools in Vanuatu and Australia so have a lived experience of what it's like to authentically change your voice, culture and language. And so began my passion for personal and cultural expression. |
From professional actor to expert coach
Before graduating as a Coach from NIDA, I was a professional actor, singer and voice-overs artist touring Australia and New Zealand.
I graduated drama school with a Bachelor of Arts (Acting) degree and have performed in 2,000 seat theatres, been the solo Guest Singer at a VIP Dinner for the Prime Minister of Australia, and recorded hundreds of voice-overs for leading brands including NRMA and Prouds Jewellers.
As a former professional performer with two degrees and over 25 years' training, I bring a unique and signature perspective to coaching. I've walked in a performer's shoes and excelled in the very fields I now guide others through.
As a Coach, I've worked on feature films, television, plays, musicals, cabarets, internationally televised live events watched by millions, and lectured at prestigious performing arts training institutions, including 12 years at the renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney.
I have the privilege of coaching some of the finest actors in the local and international acting industry, expanding their skills, raising their confidence and guiding them to award-winning performances, rave reviews and standing ovations.
My coaching philosophy is not just about skills improvement. It's about achieving excellence with authenticity, mastery with joyful creativity and making a greater impact locally and globally.
Training & Qualifications
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA (VOICE): National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), Sydney
BACHELOR OF ARTS (ACTING): University of Western Sydney, Nepean
PRIVATE SINGING TRAINING: 25+ years training and experience in musical theatre, cabaret and classical/opera
RADIO VOICE OVERS: Australian Film, Television & Radio School short course and over 15 years' experience recording for leading brands including NRMA, AMP, Prouds and Kennards Hire
CERTIFICATE IV IN DESIGN & STYLING DIPLOMA: International School of Colour & Design (ISCD), Sydney. Graduated with 6 awards: two Awards of Excellence (1st Place) and four Highly Commended Awards (2nd Place)
BACHELOR OF ARTS (ACTING): University of Western Sydney, Nepean
PRIVATE SINGING TRAINING: 25+ years training and experience in musical theatre, cabaret and classical/opera
RADIO VOICE OVERS: Australian Film, Television & Radio School short course and over 15 years' experience recording for leading brands including NRMA, AMP, Prouds and Kennards Hire
CERTIFICATE IV IN DESIGN & STYLING DIPLOMA: International School of Colour & Design (ISCD), Sydney. Graduated with 6 awards: two Awards of Excellence (1st Place) and four Highly Commended Awards (2nd Place)
LECTURING & TEACHING
From 1999-2021, I was a lecturer at leading performing arts training institutions in Australia. This included at the renowned National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) for 12 years and the University of Western Sydney
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LECTURER: NIDA
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA) - 2009 to 2021
- Position: Senior Lecturer, Academic Teacher, Production Coach and Guest Tutor for 12 years at NIDA, Australia's leading actor-training school for the Voice and Acting Departments
- Description: Coached full-time degree students in the Masters of Fine Arts (Voice), Bachelor of Fine Arts (Acting) and Masters of Fine Arts (Directing), and marked students' assessments and performances to meet academic degree criteria. Coached part-time students in the Diploma of Stage & Screen Performance and Diploma of Music Theatre, and taught for the NIDA Open Program general public short courses
- Teaching: Group coaching and private tutorials in voice, dialects, acting, storytelling, live & recorded performance, text analysis, script delivery, voice-overs, demo reels, stage & camera craft, microphone craft, theatre voice, film & television voice, radio voice, corporate voice, dialects for screen, phonetics, vocal direction for the theatre, vocal warm ups, agent's day showcase, production coach for 3rd Year Acting's public plays, and supervisor to MFA Voice students
lecturer: uws
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY, NEPEAN
- Position: Lecturer for 3 years in the Bachelor of Arts (Acting) degree
- Description: Coached full-time 1st and 3rd Year students and marked performance assessments to meet academic-degree criteria
- Teaching: Group coaching in voice, dialects, poetry, script delivery and performance
GUEST TEACHER
AUSTRALIAN FILM, TELEVISION & RADIO SCHOOL (AFTRS)
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS (WAAPA)
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (AIM)
SCREENWISE FILM & TV SCHOOL
- Position: Invited Guest Lecturer for Bachelor of Arts (Directing) degree
- Description: Lectured full-time students on directing performers for optimal voice, authenticity and storytelling work in screen productions
WESTERN AUSTRALIAN ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS (WAAPA)
- Secondment: Guest Teacher secondment during my NIDA Voice degree training to full time students in Bachelor of Arts (Acting), Bachelor of Arts (Music Theatre) and Bachelor of Arts (Dance) degrees.
- Teaching: voice, dialects, poetry and French language support for 3rd Year Acting graduation play
AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MUSIC (AIM)
- Position: Part-Time Tutor to the full-time Bachelor of Music (Music Theatre)
- Teaching: voice, dialects, phonetics, Shakespeare, voice-overs, text analysis, script delivery, microphone techniques and directing voice-over demo reels
SCREENWISE FILM & TV SCHOOL
- Position: Guest Teacher to the part-time screen acting students
- Teaching: voice, dialects, phonetics and script delivery for camera work
Dialects Coached
Actors and singers coached to speak or sing in 50 dialects and 18 languages
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
Standard Australian & variations (Educated, Broad), Greek-Australian mix, Yorkshire-Australian mix, German-Australian mix, Italian-Australian mix, Broad Australian with drug addicted speech, Standard New Zealand, Wellington, Maori
ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND & WALES
Received Pronunciation (RP), Advanced RP (Period), Standard British (modern & 1950s), London/Estuary, Cockney, North Country (Liverpool, Manchester, Yorkshire, Lancashire), Northeast (Geordie), West Country (Gloucester, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall), Welsh, Irish (Dublin, North Dublin, Belfast), Scottish (Glasgow, Edinburgh)
NORTH AMERICA
General/Standard American, Californian (Los Angeles), Washington (Seattle), New York variations (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, NY Jewish & NY Latino), New England (Boston, Connecticut, New Hampshire), Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), Southern American variations (modern, 1800s Southern, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia & Tennessee replicating Dolly Parton's voice/dialect), African-American, Standard Canadian, Newfoundland (Gander), Puerto Rican, Mexican
EUROPE, ASIA & AFRICA
French, German (modern & 1930s German/Bronx mix), Italian, Spanish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Scandinavian-British mix, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian, Lebanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Indian, African, South African
Standard Australian & variations (Educated, Broad), Greek-Australian mix, Yorkshire-Australian mix, German-Australian mix, Italian-Australian mix, Broad Australian with drug addicted speech, Standard New Zealand, Wellington, Maori
ENGLAND, IRELAND, SCOTLAND & WALES
Received Pronunciation (RP), Advanced RP (Period), Standard British (modern & 1950s), London/Estuary, Cockney, North Country (Liverpool, Manchester, Yorkshire, Lancashire), Northeast (Geordie), West Country (Gloucester, Somerset, Devon, Cornwall), Welsh, Irish (Dublin, North Dublin, Belfast), Scottish (Glasgow, Edinburgh)
NORTH AMERICA
General/Standard American, Californian (Los Angeles), Washington (Seattle), New York variations (Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens, NY Jewish & NY Latino), New England (Boston, Connecticut, New Hampshire), Midwest (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois), Southern American variations (modern, 1800s Southern, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia & Tennessee replicating Dolly Parton's voice/dialect), African-American, Standard Canadian, Newfoundland (Gander), Puerto Rican, Mexican
EUROPE, ASIA & AFRICA
French, German (modern & 1930s German/Bronx mix), Italian, Spanish, Greek, Swedish, Danish, Scandinavian-British mix, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Russian, Lebanese, Arabic, Vietnamese, Indian, African, South African
Languages Coached
LANGUAGES: FOR ACTORS' SCREEN & STAGE ROLES
LANGUAGES COACHED FOR SCREEN & STAGE ROLES:
- French, German, Italian, Spanish, Greek, Russian, Hungarian, Serbian, Polish, Yiddish, Arabic
LANGUAGES: FOR GLOBAL SPORTING EVENTS
NETBALL WORLD CUP, SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK: NATIONAL ANTHEMS
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP - AUSTRALIA VS FRANCE, MELBOURNE
- Position: I was the Foreign Languages Coach of National Anthems for the 2015 Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park
- Description: This role saw me coach Australian choir Vox in the accurate pronunciation of 7 non-English national anthems. These were sung/televised live internationally at the Opening Ceremony and I supervised the recording studio session for pronunciation accuracy.
- Audience Size: The Opening Ceremony was attended by up to 15,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
- National Anthems and recordings coached:
- Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh)
INTERNATIONAL RUGBY WORLD CUP - AUSTRALIA VS FRANCE, MELBOURNE
- Position: Foreign Language Coach for the French National Anthem - Australia versus France World Cup Match
- Description: I coached leading lady of music theatre Patrice Tipoki in the accurate pronunciation of the French National Anthem "La Marseillaise". At the time, Patrice was playing Fantine in the Australian touring production of Les Misérables.
- Audience Size: The anthem was sung live at Etihad Stadium, Melbourne in front of 50,000 people
JENNIFER WHITE
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