Dialect Coaching for Film, TV and Theater
Susanne is passionate about helping clients achieve the confidence and strength to portray new and often difficult dialects for their characters. She prepares for each dialect by doing extensive research on location, whenever possible, with local residents. She is available for private coaching, both in-person and via zoom. She is also available for on set coaching anywhere in the world.
She is frequently sought out by film, TV and theatre directors for her skills and has earned national recognition multiple times for her recent work on the acclaimed HBO winning series, Task, and the Emmy-award winning, The Pitt and Mare of Easttown. Susanne was also recognized for her work in the Academy-Award winning Silver Linings Playbook. Other recent gigs include coaching the inimitable Jean Smart in Call Me Izzy on Broadway, and in the film, Babylon. Susanne has also coached Glen Powell in the hit Amazon Prime movie, Hitman and series, Chad Powers.
"Working with Susanne Sulby, our dialect coach, was really helpful.She was there every day for every scene."
– Julianne Nicholson, Mare of Easttown, HBO,
Best Supporting Actress, 2021 Emmys
(Pictured with Evan Peters)
"I want to thank the amazing crew. Susanne Sulby
for the hoagies and the homes."
– Evan Peters, Best Supporting Actor,
Mare of Easttown, HBO, 2021 Emmys
– Katherine LaNasa,
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series,
The Pitt, HBO,
2025 Emmys
Silver Linings Playbook
"It helped that Bradley is a Philadelphian. Now and again, he would correct a vowel sound," she said, although she credited her "awesome" dialect coach, Susanne Sulby, with doing most of the hard work. [Philly.com]
– Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Task
“Susanne Sulby is her name. She’s an excellent accent coach. And she did it so well."
– Emilia Jones, Today Show
“Susanne Sulby was our dialect coach. She lives here, she works here, and she really was there for us every single moment before and while we were shooting."
– Mark Ruffalo, CBS News NFL
“She was responsible for me being able to sound the way I sounded on the job" "Because obviously the Delco accent is very specific…There are certain vowels. So, for me, I had no context to the accent, I had no context to the language…. So, it was Susanne. She's fantastic."
– Sam Keeley, People Magazine
Jean Smart
“We had a dialect coach who was from there and she was fantastic.”
– Jean Smart, Mare of Easttown HBO
“Susanne Sulby explains her unique approach in sculpting the aural experience of Jamie Wax’s northern Louisiana-set drama.”
– Call Me Izzy, Broadway News
Glen Powell
“Working with his Hit Man dialect coach, Susanne Sulby, they aggregated the “dirtiest accents from the South” and “Frankensteined” them together. Or, as Powell puts it: “If you were to try to invent a character and somebody was like, ‘Hey, throw on a voice right now.’ Under duress, what would you put on?"
– A Disguised Glen Powell Attempts a Football Comeback in Disney+ and Hulu Comedy Series, screenrealm.com
Violet
“Dialect Consultant Susanne Sulby plucks out the intricate southern sounds for Violet, her father, and the two soldiers, each distinguished by slight differences in their patterned delivery; all of which sound genuine and slide off the tongue with a 1960’s ease.”
– Amanda Gunther, DC Theater Metro Arts Violet at Ford’s Theatre
WHYY Radio Times Interview with Marty Moss Coane
“Talking About the Philadelphia Accent”
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SUSANNE SULBY
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