Rachel Pickup Shakespeare, Voice And Accent Coach

Hear what my students say about me.

It is truly wonderful to be able to help people, to solve problems, to bring confidence. Whether it is for a specific acting requirement or for a more general life goal I can bring self-belief where once there was insecurity, I can bring joy to things that once cause fear, I can offer tools that will open doors where once it seemed they were closed forever. I can bring direction to those who have felt routeless and I can bring grounding to those who have felt rootless! I have worked to find these changes in myself and I love to offer the same to others.

I am an award winning British American Actress - most recently won Best Actress Award for 2020 Origin's 1st Irish Theatre Festival in NYC. I have 30 years of experience.

I trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art , (RADA), in London, and am now living in NYC working on and off Broadway and in TV and film, (most recently Madame Secretary and Wonder Woman). I have worked many seasons with the Royal Shakespeare Company, (RSC) and Shakespeare’s Globe theater in London, as well as in most mainstream regional theatres in the UK and since moving here to New York I have worked at many of the best off Broadway houses as well as many of the country's top regionals.

I specialize in voice work, sight reading, classical or contemporary texts and dialect work, as well as general acting technique and building self confidence.

Many of my students refer to our sessions as being "like therapy"!

The only “method” I adhere to is the one that is the right for the student