About Christy

I started teaching after years of casting and seeing talented actors second-guess themselves in ways that had very little to do with their ability. I realized that the thing I value most in casting and in coaching is the same: an actor who brings themselves to the work instead of trying to figure out what someone else wants to see.

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My approach is personal, direct, and shaped by more than two decades on the other side of the camera. I pay close attention to what’s actually coming across, where an actor is holding back, and what happens when they commit to the choice they might have been avoiding.

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I’ve taught actors in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, and New Zealand, and spent five years as an adjunct lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin. What I love most is helping actors discover the version of the work that belongs to them — the one that deepens the character, sharpens the scene, and reminds them why they do this in the first place.