Sophie Ann Rooney
<p><span><strong><span>Acting Coach & Director</span></strong></span></p> <p><span>In Toronto Sophie Ann Rooney is coaching actors in the Performance Lab at <span>Acting with Sophie Ann Rooney</span>, having also coached the Lyric School of Acting Vancouver, the <span><span><a type="1" href="http://bilingualacting.com/" target="_blank"><span>Bilingual Acting Workshop New York & Paris</span></a></span></span> and the <span><span><a type="1" href="http://www.aup.edu/" target="_blank"><span>American University of Paris</span></a></span></span> as well as private classes & coachings. </span><br /><span>She studied Acting in her youth at Central School of Speech & Drama and Oxford School of Speech & Drama in England. By 18 she was attending a full-time <span>Stanislavski School,</span>Atelier Balanche Salant, in Paris and joined Amy Werba, Lee Strasberg protégée, at the Bilingual Acting Workshop. Sophie has been coaching actors for 10 years. She has also studied with Larry Moss, Lori Triolo (Meisner), Valerie Landsburg and Ben Ratner (Chubbuck). </span><br /><br /><span>Sophie studied Directing (BFA) at the International Film School of Paris (EICAR). Sophie’s short film ‘Fallen Fighter’ was picked up by Oscar Contender Chicago International Children’s Film Festival and went on to screen at over 20 film festivals around the world. Her most recent film ‘Bollywood Beckons’ was awarded Best Foreign Film in New York. She is in developemnt of her feature film set to go to camera early 2014.</span></p>