Jessica Drake(I)
- Additional Crew
- Actress
Jessica Drake has offered sound advice for over 20 years on stage and
screen. She grew up in Hollywood and received her degree in acting from
The Juilliard School of Drama under the expert tutelage of
Edith Skinner,
Tim Monich and
Robert Neff Williams. She is a winner
of the Edith Skinner Speech Award at Juilliard and also a former
student of Jerry Blunt. In addition to her work as Dialect Coach, she
has acted in the theater and on television and is a member of SAG,
AFTRA, AEA and the International Phonetic Association. Ms. Drake also
has a lot of teaching experience and has taught at UCLA, The American
Academy of Dramatic Art, Cal Arts, LACC Theater Academy and The Los
Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts, where she
established the Voice and Speech Department. As well as her many screen
coaching credits, she has also coached in the theater both on and off
Broadway. Her father was the character actor Ken Drake, her mother is
the former L.A. Times theater critic Sylvie Drake, and her brother,
Robert Drake is the Producing Director of the Old Globe Theater in San
Diego, California.
