Sarah McGuinness

Dialect Coach

“I hugely enjoyed working with Sarah, who is as thorough and exacting as she is funny and kind. An excellent and inventive communicator, she made a somewhat dauntingly specific dialect come alive with insight, patience and great cheerfulness. I cant wait to work with her again.”

–Rory Kinnear (Bank of Dave)

“Sarah’s expertise, artistry and patience are immense and I look forward to any opportunity to work with her.”

–Jennifer Ehle (She Said)

Sarah is a London based dialect coach, whose practice is grounded in both linguistics and actor training.

Sarah’s recent television and film credits include The Outrun (Brock Media), Bank of Dave (Netflix), She Said (Universal Pictures), Lady Chatterley’s Lover (Netflix), Funny Woman (Sky Max) and The Brothers Sun (Netflix). She also works as a dialect coach for theatre, most recently coaching the casts of the official BBC live action Peaky Blinders: The Rise and Doctor Who: Time Fracture (Immersive Everywhere). As well as running workshops and courses for a range of companies, such as the Almeida and City Academy, Sarah has spent several years teaching at drama schools, including the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Italia Conti, ALRA, Drama Studio London and Emil Dale Academy.

After completing a Linguistics degree from the University of Edinburgh, Sarah trained as an actor at ArtsEd. She went on to study on the MA Voice Studies course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, where she graduated with distinction.