MFA , Theatre Arts

Dunn assisted Casting Director Mali Finn on numerous feature films, as well as apprenticing in the capacity of screen test reader directly with Russell Crowe, Matthew McConaughey, Billy Crystal and Carl Franklin. Kathleen S. Dunn is a professional TV/film/stage actress starting in 1987. Her credits include leading roles in the films Cold Intelligence with Michael Denney, The JoyRiders with Martin Landau and Fish, a Project Greenlight film.Theatre companies in Los Angeles where Kathy Dunn performed since 1987 include: The Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company; Evidence Room; Odyssey Theatre; Workshop 360 and Los Angeles Theatre Company. TV credits: Ford National Commercial 2005, ER, Sons & Daughters and Scrubs. Her stage performances have won her numerous awards in the Los Angeles Area. Actors such as Robert Easton (past) and Kathleen S Dunn (current) have had their career start in Dialect Coaching & Accent Reduction at the School of Theatre at the University of Southern California (USC). Actors to come out of the School of Theatre at the University of Southern California (USC) include: Will Ferrell - Actor and comedian, LeVar Burton - Actor, Sophia Bush – Actress, John Wayne – Actor. Dunn's approach as a Dialect Coach considers all regional and non-regional accent needs as well as the integration of Voice/Body Movement and Lessac theories into Accent and Dialect training. In the stage and screen business Screenwriting often calls for various accents within the Dialogue ([sic]:Dialog) of the Screenplay. By providing the actors a technique from which to integrate their accented performances, Kathleen Dunn's Dialects Theory has resulted in many successful acting careers.Recent Kathleen S Dunn coaching clients in 2007 + 2008 Include: The Weinstein Company | Phoenix Pictures | Bold Films | 20th Century Fox | Universal Pictures | Ken Watanabe - Shanghai | Ken Watanabe - Cirque Du Freak | Dong Gun Jang - Laundry Warrior | Chris Hemsworth - Star Trek - 2009 | Katharine Towne - Blur | Khan Chittenden | Stefanie Von Pfetten | Charlie Hunnam | Sameera Reddy | Michael Rispoli - The Oaks - TV Series | Jessica Paré - Life - TV Series | Se7ven |