Jeannette
Nelson

Jeannette has worked extensively as a voice coach in theatre, film and TV.  At the National Theatre from 1992 to 2001, returning in 2007 as Head of Voice until 2023; at Shakespeare’s Globe for 1997,1998,1999 and 2001 seasons; at the Royal Shakespeare Company from 2001 to 2005; at Sydney Theatre Company for a year in 2006. Other voice and dialect coaching in London and the UK includes work with the Royal Court, Young Vic, Donmar Warehouse, Shared Experience, Out of Joint, Complicite, Sheffield Theatres, Bristol Old Vic, Birmingham Rep, Liverpool Everyman/Playhouse, English Touring Theatre, Oxford Stage Company, The Bridge Theatre and the West End. 

FILM :  Merchant of Venice (with Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons & Joseph Feinnes), Kingdom of Heaven (Ridley Scott), Wuthering Heights (dialect coach to Juliette Binoche), Billy Elliot (casting and pre-production), Wild West, Chico, Cor Blimey, Honest.

BBC :, The Hollow Crown (full star cast including, Benedict Cumberbatch, Sophie Okondedo, Tom Sturridge, Keeley Hawes, Sally Hawkins), Love in a Cold Climate, All The King’s Men, Nature Boy, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, The Scold’s Bridle, Of Mice Men (radio 4), The Year of the Pig, Woof, Big Cat. 

Tomorrow`s World (voice coach to presenters).

BBC East (voice coach to journalists and newsreaders).

INDEPENDENT TV :  Lenny Blue, The Sins, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Tough Love, The Secret Life of Michael Fry, Wuthering Heights, Brinks Matt, Sharpe, Lovejoy.

Jeannette’s books, The Voice Exercise Book and Keeping it Active are published by the National Theatre and Nick Hern Books. Her forthcoming book, Centre Stage, will be published by Penguin Random House in August 2024.

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