I am a professionally trained and experienced actor. In recent years I have used this background, together with my experience as a language trainer, to help actors who are non-native English speakers in their preparation for auditions and performances for theatre, TV and cinema.

I also continue to work as an actor myself in collaboration with multinational firms and independent productions.

Beyond helping actors with English language elements like pronunciation, stress and rhythm, I work a great deal on text analysis as I believe that an understanding of the character’s needs, desires and actions provides the actor with a natural connection to the text in English. Language skills are irrelevant if the actor does not know what the character is doing with the spoken words. I also find that this approach helps actors relax into speaking English, as all discussion of the characters, scene analysis, improvisation and rehearsals are done through this medium.

I began my training as an actor at the ZACH theatre school in Austin, Texas, USA. I then completed a two-year full-time acting diploma at the prestigious Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin, Ireland where I was awarded the top student grant for career growth by the Arts Council of Ireland. I worked for several years in all major theatres in Ireland – often in the role of the protagonist – and also worked in Television, Cinema, Radio and as a Voice-over artist. Today, in Italy, I work as an actor in recruitment programs for multinational firms, as well as in independent film productions.