Our guest today is Catherine McNally
www.mcnallykennedyacting.com
Catherine is an award winning Canadian actor, educator, and acting coach with 36 years’ experience in theatre, t.v and film.
She received a BA Honours at Queens’ University in Canada and studied at LAMDA in London England. In Canada, she has created numerous art workshops, and curriculum for the public schools, theatres, and acting studios. She’s also been a professor of Acting at Sheridan college, University of Toronto, George Brown and presently the Toronto Film school. Catherine is also a private acting coach and is currently coaching on Orphan Black Echoes
In 2018, after witnessing unethical, and unregulated practices in the acting coaching space, Catherine founded McNally Kennedy Acting with her husband, renowned actor & coach Robert B. Kennedy. Her motivation was to create safe, creative, and accountable experiences where the actors authenticity is celebrated and their voices are heard -- Catherine is a proud member of the Association of Acting Coaches and Educators (AACE) - adhering to their code of conduct.
Our conversation with Catherine included discussing boundaries for both actors and educators, the similar ethical responsibilities between therapists and acting coaches and educators, power imbalances in acting classes, child actors involved in traumatic story narratives and the awareness their parents need to have to navigate, what can be, an intimating business.
