DENISE WOODS is a graduate and former faculty member of The Juilliard School, and a long-time faculty member of California Institute of the Arts.  One of the nation’s most sought-after voice and dialect coaches, her clients include such luminaries as Halle Berry, Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Taye Diggs, Ray Liotta, Laurence Fishburne, Jessica Chastain, Taraji P. Henson, Mahershala Ali, Idris Elba, and many others. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• feeling like she was always a little left of center and how being accepted and attending the Performative Arts School Fame was based on put her on her path
• pursuing acting over singing because she loved delving into characters and how that it empowered her as a painfully shy person
• being the first Black woman in many roles and how she approached that
• getting off the company acting tour and accepting a position to teach at Julliard and how that led her to her utmost passion
• how valuable studying the voice is to actors in developing and getting into their characters
• what inspired her to write her book not just for actors but for everyone to learn the power of using their voice
• how she has handled working with the biggest stars and is able to show up in her fullness instead of showing up with doubts and fears
• how she started and grew her Hollywood Voice Coaching Business
• once her business took off, learning the value of boundaries and saying not right now

Find more from Denise at  https://www.speakitclearly.com

 And at @speakitclearly

Get her book The Power of the Voice

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