Nat
Grady

Nat is a UK northern based Voice Coach and Accent Specialist with 20 years experience in coaching actors. She works regularly in TV, film, and theatre. Nat can offer coaching in all UK, American and European accents.

Trained as an actor initially at Drama Centre London, Nat understands the needs of an actor and key to her work is finding a route specific to each individual and project.
Nat has a wealth of on set experience and will be on hand for the actors and the director and also support the sound team with articulation. She understands the workings of a set environment and the time pressures involved and is thorough and efficient in her approach.

Actors are always incredibly complimentary of Nat's detailed and understanding approach and how she helps connect the accent work to the intentions of the characters. Directors and producers are grateful to Nat’s input on set and her precision during ADR sessions in post-production.

Some of the actors Nat has worked with include: Maxine Peake, Tom Burke, Daniel Mays, Daisy Haggard, Bella Ramsey, Ambika Mod, Leo Woodall, Sue Johnston, Caroline Quentin, Mark Lewis Jones, Vinette Robinson, Jill Halfpenny, Sacha Dhawan, Sian Brooke, Anna Madeley, Christine Bottomley, Leila Farzad.

Some recent projects include: One Day, Fool Me Once, Red Rose for Netflix, Happy Valley, Time (both series), The Reckoning, Boat Story, Virdee, Riot Women, Better, The Gallows Pole for the BBC, Feature film Midas Man coaching specifically The Beatles and Cilla. Natalie also has an extensive list of theatre production credits and is a regular voice and dialect coach at the Royal Exchange Theatre.

Reference from MAXINE PEAKE

I have worked with Natalie as a Dialect coach on several occasions. She is my go to dialect coach of choice. We have tackled accents such as Liverpool, North Walean, Scottish and German. Each time I have seen quick and consistent results.
 No accent is out of bounds for Natalie. She makes great informed choices relating to your character and is a stickler for detail.

Diction and understandability are key in her work. She works hard and is very thorough.
On set she is a joy. She will remain in the ‘background’ until needed. She never forces herself upon a situation. Natalie is sensitive to the workings of a set and also the pressures actors are under.

I couldn’t recommend her highly enough. Extremely actor friendly, considerate and a true professional.

Reference from TOM BURKE

Natalie’s approach is demystifying and creatively inspiring in equal measure. Her technical skill is imbued with curiosities and insights about the immediate and wider circumstances of place and time. She is an empowering, inspiring and fun creative partner.