DIALECT COACH
A leading Dialect Coach based in Sydney Australia, I've coached acclaimed actors including Rose Byrne, Sam Neill, David Wenham, Elizabeth Debicki, Damon Herriman, Yvonne Strahovski and more for international and Australian film, TV and theatre
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about my work ...I've coached professional actors & singers to speak or sing in over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages. A full list of accents and languages coached can be viewed at: About I coach for film, television, theatre, musical theatre, cabarets, voice overs recordings and internationally televised live events. Companies include for Warner Bros and Sony Pictures, Sydney Theatre Company, Opera Australia and on Cate Blanchett's award winning Netflix drama series Stateless. Performers and productions coached by me have won multiple screen and stage awards, received standing ovations and praise in the press. |
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HEATHER MITCHELL
I worked with Jennifer White as my Dialect & Voice Coach on the one-woman play RBG: Of Many, One for Sydney Theatre Company. I had to play US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg from 13 to 87 years, as well as voice and embody up to 30 other characters, including three male US Presidents. Jennifer transformed the way I thought about accent and character. Her detailed observation and knowledge of human behaviour, patterns of speech and character physicality is inspirational. She offers great exercises, insights and ultimately confidence in one's performance.
FILM & TELEVISION
coaching for:
Pre-production, on-set, online, post-production pick up shoots and ADR
Dialects, voice, acting/text work, voice-overs and foreign language
Dialects, voice, acting/text work, voice-overs and foreign language
RECENT RELEASES
Dialect Coach to Rachel Griffiths as Dr Fiona Wood on TV series Bali 2002; Dialect Coach for director Benjamin Millepied's film Carmen; and Dialect Coach to Krew Boylan as Dolly Parton in film Seriously Red.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FILM & TV INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on Cate Blanchett's award-winning drama series Stateless for Netflix and ABC TV; the films I Am Woman, Peter Rabbit and Jasper Jones; and the long running TV series' A Place To Call Home.
READ COACHING TESTIMONIALS: here
Dialect Coach to Rachel Griffiths as Dr Fiona Wood on TV series Bali 2002; Dialect Coach for director Benjamin Millepied's film Carmen; and Dialect Coach to Krew Boylan as Dolly Parton in film Seriously Red.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FILM & TV INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on Cate Blanchett's award-winning drama series Stateless for Netflix and ABC TV; the films I Am Woman, Peter Rabbit and Jasper Jones; and the long running TV series' A Place To Call Home.
READ COACHING TESTIMONIALS: here
full list of film & TV credits
FILM CREDITS
- CARMEN: Dialect Coach, dir. Benjamin Millepied - Goalpost Pictures
- GOLD: Dialect Coach (ADR), dir. Anthony Hayes, Rogue Star Productions & Deeper Water
- MORTAL KOMBAT: Voice & Dialect Coach (ADR), dir. Simon McQuoid - Warner Brothers Pictures
- I AM WOMAN: Dialect Coach, dir. Unjoo Moon - Goalpost Pictures
- SERIOUSLY RED: Dialect Coach to Krew Boylan, dir. Gracie Otto - Dollhouse Pictures
- WONDER PARK: Dialect Coach: ADR (Australia) - Paramount Pictures
- PETER RABBIT: Dialect Coach, dir. Will Gluck - Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures & Animal Logic
- TOP END WEDDING: Dialect Coach, dir. Wayne Blair - Goalpost Pictures
- THE NIGHTINGALE: Dialect Coach to Michael Sheasby (pre-production), dir. Jennifer Kent
- JASPER JONES: Dialogue Coach, dir. Rachel Perkins - Porchlight Films
- CARGO: Dialogue Coach, dir. Ben Howling & Yolanda Ramke - Causeway Films
- J. EDGAR: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Clint Eastwood
- THE WATER DIVINER: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Benedict Hardie, dir. Russell Crowe
- UNBROKEN: Dialect Coach to Travis Jeffery, dir. Angelina Jolie
- THE HUNTER: Dialect Coach, director Daniel Nettheim - Porchlight Films
- JUNGLE: Dialect Coach to Angie Milliken, dir. Greg McLean
- MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS: Dialect Coach to Luke Mitchell, dir. Paul Duddridge & Nigel Levy
- STANDING UP FOR SUNNY: Voice Coach to Phillipa Northeast, dir. Steven Vidler
- JOE CINQUE'S CONSOLATION: Dialogue Coach, dir. Sotiris Dounoukos - Consolation Productions
television credits
- BALI 2002: Dialect Coach to Rachel Griffiths, dir. Peter Andrikidis & Katrina Irawati Graham - Stan
- PIECES OF HER: Dialect Coach to David Wenham, Nicholas Burton & Ewen Leslie, dir. Minkie Spiro - Netflix
- JOE VS. CAROLE: Dialect Coach to David Wenham, dir. Justin Tipping - Stan
- STATELESS: Dialect Coach, dir. Emma Freeman & Jocelyn Moorhouse - Dirty Films/Cate Blanchett & Andrew Upton, Matchbox Pictures, ABC Television & Netflix
- STAR TREK: STRANGE NEW WORLDS: Dialect Coach to Jess Bush, dir. Akiva Goldsman - CBS TV
- A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): Dialect Coach to Maya Stange, dir. Jeremy Sims - Foxtel & Ch 7
- MR INBETWEEN: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman, dir. Nash Edgerton
- IRON FIST: Dialect Coach to David Wenham - Marvel/ABC TV/Walt Disney Company
- THE OUTLAW MICHAEL HOWE: Dialect Coach to Damon Herriman & Darren Gilshenan, dir. Brendan Cowell - Cordell Jigsaw Productions
- BIKIE WARS: Dialect Coach, dir. Peter Andrikidis - Screentime/Channel 10 TV series
- WE ARE MEN: Dialect Coach to Rebecca Breeds - CBS Television
- PACKED TO THE RAFTERS (Seasons 1 & 5): Dialect Coach - Channel 7 TV series
- OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN: HOPELESSLY DEVOTED TO YOU: Dialect Coach to Jeremy Lindsay Taylor - Channel 7 TV series
- HOUSE OF BOND: Dialect Coach to Anne Looby - Channel 9 series
- HOUSE OF HANCOCK: Dialect Coach to David Campbell - Channel 9 series
- IT'S A DATE: Dialect Coach to Amber Clayton, dir. Peter Helliar - ABC TV
- DARWIN'S BRAVE NEW WORLD: Dialect Coach to Socratis Otto as Charles Darwin - ABC TV series
DIALECTS & LANGUAGES
Over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages coached to actors and singers: a full list is on the About page
Dialects coached for film and television include:
General/Standard American, New York (Bronx & Queens), Californian, Southern American, Florida, Tennessee (replicating Dolly Parton's voice/dialect), Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London (modern), London 1950s, Yorkshire, Devonshire, Southern Irish, Scottish, German (modern), 1930s German/Bronx mixed accent, German/Australian mixed accent, Yorkshire/Australian mixed accent, Australian variations (educated, broad & Italian/Australian), New Zealand, Mexican
Languages coached for film and television: French, German
Famous voices/dialects replicated for screen: Dolly Parton, Dr Fiona Wood, Governor Gavin Newsom, Don Lewis, Lillian Roxon, John Easterling, Bruno Hauptmann
Voice work coached for film and television include: English language fluency for Japanese actor, voice/breath work for ADR, text delivery, character analysis, narration/storytelling skills, voice-overs, safe screaming and more
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actor testimonial
SUSIE PORTER
I worked with Jennifer White on creating a general American accent for my character on a feature film “Dirty Boy”. I adored working with Jennifer, she's an absolute Godsend! Not only is she incredibly knowledgeable about dialects and vocal orchestration but she also showed me how to integrate the dialect and character traits to create a fully formed individual that jumps off the page. Jennifer is a gifted teacher who truly understands the human condition. She is now my go to person for all dialect and vocal coaching!!
THEATRE & MUSICALS
coaching for:
Pre-production, rehearsal room & theatre, previews, opening night warm ups, training understudies
& new cast members, notes sessions (in-person or online) and online coaching when touring
Dialects (spoken & sung), voice, acting/text work, character voices and foreign languages
& new cast members, notes sessions (in-person or online) and online coaching when touring
Dialects (spoken & sung), voice, acting/text work, character voices and foreign languages
RECENT SHOWS: 2022-23
As Voice & Dialect Coach on 7 plays for Sydney Theatre Company including: On The Beach for STC Artistic Director Kip Williams, Julia starring Justine Clarke (Sydney Opera House and Canberra Theatre Centre seasons) and RBG: Of Many, One starring Heather Mitchell
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THEATRE & MUSICALS INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on multiple plays for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Belvoir Street Theatre; and major musicals for Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House and Gordon Frost Organisation
READ COACHING TESTIMONIALS: here
As Voice & Dialect Coach on 7 plays for Sydney Theatre Company including: On The Beach for STC Artistic Director Kip Williams, Julia starring Justine Clarke (Sydney Opera House and Canberra Theatre Centre seasons) and RBG: Of Many, One starring Heather Mitchell
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THEATRE & MUSICALS INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on multiple plays for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company and Belvoir Street Theatre; and major musicals for Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House and Gordon Frost Organisation
READ COACHING TESTIMONIALS: here
full list of stage credits
THEATRE CREDITS
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
- ON THE BEACH: dir. Kip Williams
- JULIA: starring Justine Clarke, dir. Sarah Goodes (Sydney and Canberra seasons)
- RBG: OF MANY, ONE: starring Heather Mitchell, dir. Priscilla Jackman
- STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE dir. Kip Williams (touring production)
- A RAISIN IN THE SUN: dir. Wesley Enoch
- THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL: dir. Jessica Arthur
- TOP COAT: dir. Courtney Stewart
- ALL MY SONS: dir. Kip Williams
- TOT MOM: dir. Steven Soderbergh
- TRUE WEST (pre-production): dir. Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- AUGUST: OSAGE COUNTY: dir. Anna D. Shapiro (co-production with Steppenwolf Theatre Company)
- THE WHARF REVUE (2014): dialect coach to Phil Scott as Anthony Albanese and George Brandis
MELBOURNE THEATRE COMPANY
- SOLOMON AND MARIAN: dir. Pamela Rabe
- GHOSTS (pre-production): dir. Gale Edwards
BELVOIR STREET THEATRE
- THE DROVER'S WIFE: dir. Leticia Cáceres
- MORTIDO: dir. Leticia Cáceres
- MY BRILLIANT CAREER: dir. Kate Champion
- THE WOLVES: dir. Jessica Arthur
- BACK AT THE DOJO: dir. Chris Kohn
STATE THEATRE COMPANY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA
- GIRLS & BOYS: dir. Mitchell Butel (Adelaide season, return season & Sydney Festival season)
GRIFFIN THEATRE COMPANY
- RICE: dir. Lee Lewis (co-production with QTC)
- THE SEA PROJECT: dir. Paige Rattray
BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE
- WARU - JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE: dir. Stephen Page - voice coach
ENSEMBLE THEATRE
- Over 19 plays coached including DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver; TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE; RAIN MAN; LADIES IN LAVENDER; THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
REDLINE PRODUCTIONS
- THE JUDAS KISS: dir. Iain Sinclair
- STALKING THE BOGEYMAN: dir. Neil Gooding
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRAMATIC ART (NIDA)
- Over 20 plays coached including CLOUD NINE dir. Kip Williams; PUNK ROCK dir. Imara Savage; ANOTHER COUNTRY dir. John Bashford; THE WINTER'S TALE dir. Lee Lewis
SEYMOUR THEATRE CENTRE
- STAINLESS STEEL RAT: dir./prod. Wayne Harrison
- STEEL MAGNOLIAS: dir. Darren Yap, prod. Matt Henderson
- RESIDENT ALIEN: starring Paul Capsis as Quentin Crisp
VIRAL VENTURES
- THE GREAT GATSBY (immersive theatre production): dir. Beth Daly
ACTING TRUE, TASMANIA
- A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE: dir. Lisa Gormley
MUSICAL THEATRE credits
OPERA AUSTRALIA
- WEST SIDE STORY: dir. Francesca Zambello – Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour
- WEST SIDE STORY: dir./chor. Joey McKneely – touring production (Australia, New Zealand, Germany)
- MY FAIR LADY: dir. Dame Julie Andrews - Dialect Coach for final round of 'Eliza Doolittle' callbacks
SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE
- IN THE HEIGHTS: dir. Luke Joslin – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
- MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap – Studio Theatre
CAPITOL THEATRE, SYDNEY
- 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL: private dialect coach to Erin Clare as Doralee and other cast - Gordon Frost
- CHICAGO: associate dir. Tânia Nardini - Gordon Frost Organisation
- WIZARD OF OZ: dialect coach to Samantha Dodemaide as Dorothy (pre-production) – John Frost
- CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG: dir. Roger Hodgman - TML Enterprises, Australian Tour
- CHICAGO: res. dir. Karen Johnson Mortimer - Australian Tour
LYRIC THEATRE, SYDNEY
- DREAM LOVER: THE BOBBY DARIN MUSICAL: dir. Simon Phillips - Gordon Frost Organisation
- WEST SIDE STORY: dir./chor. Joey McKneely - Australian Tour
- THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW: dir. Gale Edwards - Australian Tour
THEATRE ROYAL, SYDNEY
- GHOST THE MUSICAL: voice consultant, dir. Matthew Warchus – Ambassador Theatre Group
- COMPANY: dir. Gale Edwards - Kookaburra
- TITANIC: dir. John Diedrich – Seabiscuit Productions
HAYES THEATRE COMPANY
- BONNIE & CLYDE: dir. Sam Hooper, prod. Josh Robson
- THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY: dir. Neil Gooding
- SHE LOVES ME: dir. Erin James
- ASSASSINS: dialect coach to David Campbell as John Wilkes Booth - dir. Dean Bryant
- DOGFIGHT: dir. Neil Gooding
- MIRACLE CITY: dir. Darren Yap
- SWEET CHARITY: dir. Dean Bryant
NEIL GOODING PRODUCTIONS
- Over 15 musicals coached including WICKED, MARY POPPINS, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, KINKY BOOTS, THE WIZARD OF OZ, MISS SAIGON, SHREK, WEST SIDE STORY, ANNIE, HAIRSPRAY, MAMMA MIA, LEGALLY BLONDE and OLIVER
CABARET CREDITS
Dialect, Text & Languages Coach for:
- TIM FREEDMAN: Everybody's Talkin' 'bout Me - The Life of Harry Nilsson
- MARIKA AUBREY: The Last of The Red Hot Mamas
- MICHAELA BURGER: A Migrant's Son
- JOHANNA ALLEN: The Songs That Got Away - The Music of Harold Arlen
- ELISE MCCANN: Everybody Loves Lucy - The Story of Lucille Ball
- PHIL SCOTT: Mario - The Story & Music of Mario Lanza
- HUGH SHERIDAN: Newley Discovered - The Life of Anthony Newley
These multi award-winning cabarets were performed at venues including Sydney Opera House, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, Melbourne Cabaret Festival, Hayes Theatre and at Snapple Theatre, New York
DIALECTS & LANGUAGES
Over 50 dialects and 18 foreign languages coached to actors and singers: a full list is on the About page
Dialects coached for theatre, musical theatre & cabarets include:
General/Standard American, New York variations, New York Jewish, Brooklyn, Californian, Midwest, Southern American (modern & 1800s), Georgia, Texan, Oklahoman, Received Pronunciation/Standard British, London, Cockney, Manchester, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Irish, Scottish, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Scandinavian/British mix, Puerto Rican, Hungarian, Czech, Indian, South African, Greek/Australian, Upper class Australian, Lower class Australian drug addicted speech, male-to-female transgender voice, and more
Languages coached for theatre, musical theatre & cabarets include: French, German, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Serbian, Hungarian, Yiddish
Famous voices/dialects replicated for stage: Ruth Bader Ginsburg (13 to 87 years), former USA Presidents Clinton/Obama/Trump, three USA Supreme Court Justices, Julian Assange, Julia Gillard, Quentin Crisp, Anthony Albanese, George Brandis and more
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LANGUAGES COACHING
Netball World Cup: national anthem languages
In 2015, I worked as the Foreign Languages Coach (National Anthems) for the Netball World Cup Opening Ceremony at Sydney Olympic Park.
My position saw me coach Australian choir Vox in the correct sung-pronunciation of 7 non-English national anthems. These were sung/televised live internationally at the Opening Ceremony, and I also supervised the recording studio session for correct pronunciation.
The following reel showcases the anthems and recordings I coached:
READ TESTIMONIAL: from the Creative Director Dr Jane Miskovic-Wheatley here
My position saw me coach Australian choir Vox in the correct sung-pronunciation of 7 non-English national anthems. These were sung/televised live internationally at the Opening Ceremony, and I also supervised the recording studio session for correct pronunciation.
The following reel showcases the anthems and recordings I coached:
- Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh).
READ TESTIMONIAL: from the Creative Director Dr Jane Miskovic-Wheatley here
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EVENTS COACHING
Voice & Presentation Coach: World Youth Day
In 2008, I worked as the Voice, Presentation & Voice-Overs Coach for World Youth Day and coached all the major events including the Opening Ceremony, Welcome Ceremony, Evening Vigil with Pope Benedict XVI and the Closing Ceremony.
The events were attended by up to 400,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
My position saw me coach presenters and speakers from all over the world in the following areas:
READ TESTIMONIAL: from the Producer/Creative Director Andrew Bee here
The events were attended by up to 400,000 people in person and televised live internationally to millions of viewers
My position saw me coach presenters and speakers from all over the world in the following areas:
- Voice, presentation, voice-overs, script writing and editing, microphone techniques, delivering sponsor advertisements, ad-libbing to a live audience, crowd motivation, and how to correctly pronounce the non-English names of dignitaries, speakers, musicians and guests
READ TESTIMONIAL: from the Producer/Creative Director Andrew Bee here
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