This six-week course of collaborative learning sessions will prepare (or refresh) teens for confidence and creativity in professional film and television acting. The course will cover how to listen and be present while working, creating compelling characters, making choices that work for you, text/subtext/context comprehension, cold readings and text preparation for auditions and scene work. Teens who take this course should come away with a toolbox of knowledge and technique to provide the confidence to work in the professional acting world and one recorded scene of their work.

Nathalie Toriel is the proud mother of two amazing boys. She graduated from York University’s Acting Conservatory, and has been acting professionally on stage, screen, and from many sound-booths, from the age of 7. For the last 20 years, Nathalie has moved behind the scenes as well.

As an actor, Nathalie has appeared in lead and recurring roles in over 40 television and film productions. She narrates audiobooks (Penguin Random House, ECW Press). She has also performed mocap and voices for the wildly popular Assassin’s Creed video game series and voiced an array of characters for many animated series over the years.

As an on-set acting coach, Nathalie taught and prepared actors (kids, teens and adults alike) for 15 years on several seasons of 7 televised shows (Naturally Sadie, The Latest Buzz, What’s up Warthogs, Life with Boys, How to be Indie, etc.)

Nathalie has voice directed animated shows for 22 years for the largest animation studios in the world, including all 6 seasons of the 2019 Emmy and TCA-award-winning Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood, Emmy-winner Peg Plus Cat, and multi-award winner True and the Rainbow Kingdom. She recently directed Emmy award winning-Pinecone and Pony for AppleTV with Dreamworks. She is currently directing 2 new shows for Spin Master with BBC and Treehouse.

Recently, Nathalie has brought her directing talents to live-action television, directing multiple shows including La Petite Mairesse, Amelie et Compagnie, and Nickelodeon’s award- winning Blues Clues and You seasons 1-5, for which she also became a Creative Producer in its latest season. Nathalie is set to direct her first feature film this Spring in Northern Ontario.