This week we chatted to Holly Renaut! I worked closely with Holly for a little bit as she helped me refine my US accent and if you need an accent coach reach out to her! :)
We chatted about her acting journey and how she transitioned into dialect coaching, her work as dialect coach, an interesting conversation on diversity and accents in regards to the current Black lives matter movement and how it's affecting our industry and some fun rapid fire questions!
About Holly:
"Actor, Accent coach, Acting teacher, Presenter, Director, Producer, Writer, Translator, Public speaking coach
I’m passionate about storytelling, language, the arts, and community, and theatre is the perfect medium for all of those qualities to flourish. I have studied and performed with the cream of the crop, and my journey has taken me from Canada, where I was born, to London, Hong Kong, the USA, Ireland, Scotland, Kenya, and Spain, where I have lived and worked in both English and Spanish for the past 5 years.
When I’m not in front of a camera or an audience, you can find me teaching people all over the world how to speak with different accents. I love this work and have been doing it for 16 years now. It’s physical, neurological, fascinating, and I can’t believe I’ve found a career that allows me to literally make funny faces professionally. I am currently writing and recording my first full online course, to make this work more accessible to language learners as well as to the acting community"
