Claudette Roche
Claudette Roche is an accent (sociolinguistics) and accent reduction coach and professional actress based in California.
Background
Claudette played Grace Barnett on the sitcom The Game and has appeared on other TV series, including Cold Case and Without a Trace. She starred in the sci-fi action adventure series, Starhunter with Michael Paré. Claudette studied drama with Dora Wasserman at the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montréal and also learned improvisation at The Second City in Toronto and with Gary Austin, founder of The Groundlings . Roche studied acting with Milton Katselas and Jeffrey Tambor at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Student, Lolita Davidovich, received a Canadian Best Actress Gemini Award nomination for her work as a Serbian in the series ZOS: Zone of Separation.
Accent versus dialect
Accent refers to the sounds, the pronunciation of a language. A dialect is a version of a language that is special to a particular region or group. Many people having learned ESL (English as a second language) have been taught by non-native American speakers so when they come to the United States their English has traces of their original accent plus the accent of their teacher, therefore the accent is not American and may be difficult to comprehend . An Accent Coach teaches the general population and actors who wish to learn accents for film/theatre and television; British Received Pronunciation, Cockney, Irish, Russian, German, French, General and Regional American, Chinese and Mexican for example and Pronunciation spelling is an effective way to learn accents.