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, television 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. |
" Not only does she make you feel completely at ease, but her attention to detail, her research, her ear for accents, her ability for not only hearing but speaking accents - are all second to none. Could not have done it without her. "
DAMON HERRIMAN
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 COACHING: 2021-2022
In 2022, I recently worked as Dialect Coach on the upcoming Stan series Bali 2002 starring Rachel Griffiths. In 2021, I was Dialect Coach on Benjamin Millepied’s feature film Carmen (pre- and post-production), Warner Bros' film Mortal Kombat and director Anthony Hayes' film Gold starring Zac Efron. I was also Dialect Coach to David Wenham for his roles in the Netflix series Pieces of Her and the Stan series Joe vs. Carole.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FILM & TV INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on Cate Blanchett's award-winning drama series Stateless for ABC TV and Netflix; the feature films I Am Woman, Peter Rabbit and Jasper Jones; and the long running TV series' A Place To Call Home and Packed To The Rafters.
In 2022, I recently worked as Dialect Coach on the upcoming Stan series Bali 2002 starring Rachel Griffiths. In 2021, I was Dialect Coach on Benjamin Millepied’s feature film Carmen (pre- and post-production), Warner Bros' film Mortal Kombat and director Anthony Hayes' film Gold starring Zac Efron. I was also Dialect Coach to David Wenham for his roles in the Netflix series Pieces of Her and the Stan series Joe vs. Carole.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR FILM & TV INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on Cate Blanchett's award-winning drama series Stateless for ABC TV and Netflix; the feature films I Am Woman, Peter Rabbit and Jasper Jones; and the long running TV series' A Place To Call Home and Packed To The Rafters.
Full List of 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 Kew 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, dir. Peter Andrikidis & Katrina Irawati Graham - Stan
- PIECES OF HER: Dialect Coach to David Wenham, 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 Television
- A PLACE TO CALL HOME (Season 6): Dialect Coach to Maya Stange, dir. Jeremy Sims - Foxtel & Channel 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, Cornelia Rau, 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
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 COACHING IN 2021-2022
In 2022, I'm currently working as the Voice, Dialect & Text Coach on Sydney Theatre Company's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Top Coat. I recently worked as the Dialect Coach on State Theatre Company of South Australia's one-woman play Girls & Boys starring Justine Clarke, and for varying cast members in the Australian touring production of 9 To 5 The Musical.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THEATRE & MUSICALS INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on multiple plays for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, Griffin Theatre and Ensemble Theatre; and musicals for Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Gordon Frost Organisation, TML Enterprises and Hayes Theatre Company
In 2022, I'm currently working as the Voice, Dialect & Text Coach on Sydney Theatre Company's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Top Coat. I recently worked as the Dialect Coach on State Theatre Company of South Australia's one-woman play Girls & Boys starring Justine Clarke, and for varying cast members in the Australian touring production of 9 To 5 The Musical.
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS FOR THEATRE & MUSICALS INCLUDE:
As Dialect Coach on multiple plays for Sydney Theatre Company, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, Griffin Theatre and Ensemble Theatre; and musicals for Opera Australia, Sydney Opera House, Gordon Frost Organisation, TML Enterprises and Hayes Theatre Company
Full List of Credits
THEATRE CREDITS
SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY
- 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
- SOLOMON AND MARIAN dir. Pamela Rabe
- GHOSTS (pre-production) dir. Gale Edwards
- THE DROVER'S WIFE dir. Leticia Cáceres
- MORTIDO dir. Leticia Cáceres
- MY BRILLIANT CAREER dir. Kate Champion
- THE WOLVES dir. Jessica Arthur
- GIRLS & BOYS dir. Mitchell Butel
- RICE dir. Lee Lewis (co-production with QTC)
- THE SEA PROJECT dir. Paige Rattray
- WARU - JOURNEY OF THE SMALL TURTLE dir. Stephen Page - voice coach
- Over 19 plays coached including DEATH OF A SALESMAN starring Jacki Weaver; TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE; RAIN MAN; LADIES IN LAVENDER; THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED
- THE JUDAS KISS dir. Iain Sinclair
- STALKING THE BOGEYMAN dir. Neil Gooding
- 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
- STAINLESS STEEL RAT dir./prod. Wayne Harrison
- STEEL MAGNOLIAS dir. Darren Yap, prod. Matt Henderson
- RESIDENT ALIEN starring Paul Capsis as Quentin Crisp
- THE GREAT GATSBY (immersive theatre production) dir. Beth Daly
- 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
- IN THE HEIGHTS dir. Luke Joslin – Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
- MIRACLE CITY dir. Darren Yap – Studio Theatre
- 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
- 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
- GHOST THE MUSICAL dir. Matthew Warchus – Ambassador Theatre Group
- COMPANY dir. Gale Edwards - Kookaburra
- TITANIC dir. John Diedrich – Seabiscuit Productions
- 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
- Over 15 musicals coached including WICKED, MARY POPPINS, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, 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: Julian Assange, Julia Gillard, Quentin Crisp, Anthony Albanese, George Brandis
LANGUAGES COACHING
Showreel: Netball World Cup 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. I also supervised the recording studio session for correct pronunciation.
This reel showcases the anthems and recordings I coached for:
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. I also supervised the recording studio session for correct pronunciation.
This reel showcases the anthems and recordings I coached for:
- Malawi (Chichewa language), New Zealand (Maori), Samoa (Samoan), Singapore (Malay), South Africa (Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho & Afrikaans), Sri Lanka (Sinhala) and Wales (Welsh).
