Mel Churcher was an actress and broadcaster for twenty years. For the last ten years, she has been an international voice, acting and presentation coach. In the UK her voice work covers The Royal Shakespeare Company, the Young Vic and The Royal Court; she has also run voice text courses in Singapore, Croatia and Germany, and has worked with one of Japan's leading theatre companies. She has been a dialogue coach on a wide variety of films, including The Fifth Element, Joan of Arc, 102 Dalmatians and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, and worked with directors such as Luc Besson and Guy Ritchie. She is one of only two film acting coaches listed in the trade directory. The Knowledge, and she runs 'Acting for Film' workshops at The Actors' Centre for professional actors.