"Jess is not only brilliant and forensically accurate with her dialect coaching, but perhaps more importantly, is great fun to have around set. I can't speak highly enough of her talents."

"Jess's approach to dialect works from the inside out. She starts with character and the knowledge that everyone's voice is entirely distinct to them and she is there every step of the journey to support and enhance the character, the accent, and the entire filming experience. I'll never work without her again, she's the best there is."

“On 'Lee' I played a character born and raised in the UK for the first time. This old Swedish American faced the challenge with trepidation but Jessica held my hand firmly and guided me every step of the way. She gave me confidence and even taught me how to pronounce impossible words, like 'Paris'!"

“I have LOVED working with Jessica on “The Essex Serpent” – she was so wonderfully thorough and yet everything always felt light and relaxed. I have treasured her commitment, availability and generosity. She made the whole experience so much easier.”

"I really enjoyed working with Jess. I realised that I was working with a tutor who deeply understood what is involved in learning an accent. It was enlightening, fun and enormously helpful. To begin with, Jess found great references for me to use. Not just random stuff, but voices appropriate to my age and voices which resonated with possibilities for the character. This was a notable feature of the work. Jess introduced me to key aspects of pronunciation while binding it to the character. The rhythms and patterns interplayed with the characters age, background and who in the world I (he) was talking with. All in, working with Jess was terrific."

“I worked with Jess when I needed to prepare a huge amount of text in Scottish accent for a self-tape and then again when playing a real person for a BBC drama. She dissected the speech patterns from a recording I shared and was able to give me a toolbox based on the psychological make-up of the individual, which I found incredibly useful throughout the length of the shoot. She is hugely insightful about the links between accent and character, which makes her so brilliant for actors getting under the skin of the roles they’re playing."