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TESTIMONIALS

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Eve Myles

Cold Water, The Guest, The Hack

I’ve worked with Emma on many projects. She is incredibly generous with her time and is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to voice/dialect/preparation! 

When I’ve worked with Emma I always feel confident and excited about the challenges the job throws at me. 

Emma works for the individual. She sieves helpful ways of making the dialogue/dialect work for you and the character, so you fully own what you’re doing...

I’m very lucky to have Emma in my corner and I’d take on every job if it was required

Sarah Greene

Death of Bunny Monroe, Sexy Beast, Bad Sisters

I began working with Emma a few months before I started filming Sexy Beast in which I speak with a North London accent. An accent I had never worked in before. She is really incredible. Taught me many tricks to help me and gave me such confidence. She is patient and really accommodating with my schedule. I honestly would be lost without her on this job. I hope to work with Emma on every job I have in the future that requires me to work in a different accent to my own.

Ben Greenacre

Executive Producer 

The Forsytes, Black Mirror, Lazarus Project 

Emma is an extraordinary talent and person  She’s unbelievably good at her job on every level.  She’s incredibly well liked by cast and crew.  The talent love her and trust her and she is spotless in her exemplary teaching and gentle guidance.  Directors, Producers and ADs find her to be helpful, clever and collaborative.  She has an innate understanding of how to do her job on set without fuss or disruption and is very patient with all the vagaries of a film day and a filming schedule.  She’s also ridiculously lovely to have around, full of positivity and cheerful enthusiasm.  I’ve worked with Emma on almost every job I’ve done for the last 5 years and if I could I’d have Emma around all the time just for the good vibes she generates.

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Pippa Haywood
Green Wing, Bodyguard, Scott & Bailey

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Emma and I worked together both by phone and 'one to one' in person. I had never had to work in a South Wales accent before and felt quite worried that the accent might get in the way of my performance, but Emma soon made feel very confident. Emma was extremely detailed and our sessions together were very focussed. . She was very flexible on timings, extremely professional and helpful and I really enjoyed the process of working with her.I  strongly recommend her to other actors looking for help in becoming confident in any dialect work

Roberto Patino
Producer, Writer, Westworld, Sons of Anarchy

Emma was a critical and effective part of our production team. Her guidance and voice coaching imbued our actors with a sense of confidence with their lines, and thus the courage and freedom to take risks with their performances, elevating the entire production to a whole new level. Her knowledge of accents is thorough; her instincts are on point; her presence and commitment to her productions are unwavering; and, best of all, she is a truly kind and wonderful person to work with. I can't recommend her enough

Charles Babalola
Actor - The Offenders, Black Mirror

Emma’s dialect work with me was very detailed and thorough, but also easy going. As we’re both fellow dyslexics, she understood that side of my brain and what would beneficial to the process.

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Gamba Cole 
Actor - The Offenders, His House, Hannah

Emma is meticulous, so helpful, patient and makes learning accents feel effortless

Claire Rushbrook
Actress - Enola Holmes, Kiri, Requiem

II am an English actress playing a lead role [for a BBC production], who had to learn a Welsh accent . I had no previous experience of this accent, and found Emma's approach and skill invaluable.

 

I felt confident by the time it came to shoot, in my accent and have received excellent feedback in this area from cast and crew/producers.

 

Emma was concise and clear in her teaching. In particular she had great patience and empathy in supporting and guiding me through an area that I felt trepidation about.

She was lovely to be around , and I have no hesitation in recommending her.

 

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Chris Gordon
Actor  - Hollyoaks, The Crown, Bang! (S4C)

Emma’s attention to detail and manner of coaching is unique.  She works with ‘you’ the actor. Emma finds out how an individual works and then applies the appropriate method to get the desired result. It’s not a one size fits all approach and as someone who has found vocal and accent work very difficult in the past, this approach is refreshing. My dyslexia has never been an obstruction in sessions, but actually aids my work due to Emma framing things differently to other coaches. 

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 I now use Emma for every job.. regardless of its nature. She will add, hone and release me to do my best work. I highly recommend!

Penelope Mitchell
Actress -Vampire Diaries, Hellboy

Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you so much with all of your help with my character! It was so helpful having your support on set and it was great fun working with you in prep. Thanks for giving me your time and love - it really meant a lot :)

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Geinor Styles
Artistic Director , Theatr Na nOg

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Emma is unique in her ability to assist actors, not only on achieving the correct accent, but Emma is invaluable in assessing very quickly how to get the best from an actor by making them feel  secure. She is extremely perceptive. Emma is always professional and is an absolute dream to work with. Emma can improve a performance by giving actors precise and key direction which not only improves their accent/voice, but assists their performance holistically, with at times miraculous results.

'I thoroughly enjoy working with Emma. Whether on a one-to-one basis or in a rehearsal room I have found her knowledge and expertise to be invaluable. Accent work does not come easy for me but Emma's approach has given me confidence to use the skills I've learnt and apply them in auditions and performances.'

Gareth John Bale
Actor  - Apostle, The Darkest Day, Requiem, Grav (S4C)

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Pooneh Hajimohammadi
Actor and Writer
The Machine, Word with Gods

'I am an Iranian actress that moved to UK 8 years ago. During that time I wanted to improve my accent but found it difficult to know where to start or what the best methods might be. It is very difficult to improve your accent without an expert who knows how the English sounds are formed guiding you. After my first lesson I could tell straight away that there was an improvement in the clarity of my diction.  Now after 6 months my voice and accent is improving all of the time. More importantly I know lots of techniques that i can employ to continue to improve on my own. Emma is very professional,  each new lesson is always challenging and different. I highly recommend her classes for actors or people who want to have a clear English accent.'

 

Emma Stevens-Johnson is an experienced accent and voice coach for TV, film and theatre. She specialises in British, Welsh and American accents, and works with clients in the UK and internationally.

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“Emma is an extraordinary talent, she’s incredibly well liked by cast and crew. Directors, producers and ADs find her to be helpful, clever and collaborative.”

Ben Greenacre
Producer, Black Mirror

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