How Dialect Coaches put the accent on performances

“In this day in age, could stars even be considered convincing if they faile to nail their character’s accent? So how do they pull it off? Chances are, they work with someone like Denise Woods, one of Hollywood's small inner circle of twenty or so, A-List Dialect Coaches.”

– Martha Teichner
CBS Sunday Morning

Dialect coaches teach actors to sound more like the characters they're playing, accentuating the performances of such stars as Kate Winslet in "Mare of Easttown," and Rachel McAdams in "Eurovision Song Contest." Correspondent Martha Teichner talks with some of today's leading coaches for films and TV about how accents and dialects help tell a story.