Our fantastic team
Tous nos profs sont natifs ou anglophones et comédiens. Ils ont tous ce petit quelque chose qui fait que les ados comme les petits accrochent et s’éclatent !
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Pour rejoindre notre équipe de profs, envoyez-nous votre CV à actandbloom@gmail.com.
Ingrid Ivorra Ingrid Ivorra, a versatile artist, thrived in the audition-only maitrise de Paris children's choir and perfected her English during a 10-month exchange program. With appearances in plays and short films, she now combines her passion for acting and music while teaching theater and music in English since 2020.
Born and raised in Western Canada, Carline Lemire Steel studied physical theatre in Edmonton and film acting at the Vancouver Film School. She has taught theatre workshops and lead drama clubs in various school settings. She also has a great passion for travelling which has led her to acquire new skills: teaching English to both children and adults in locations such as Taiwan, South America and of course Paris. Delighted to be part of the Act and Bloom team, Carline appreciates having the opportunity to use a combination of her acting and teaching expertise. She strongly believes that languages and the arts can truly enrich lives!
Born and raised in Vancouver, Taylor Scott moved to Paris after receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia. Taylor has written, performed, and directed several anglophone productions in Paris, and she is a founding member of Cygnet Theatre, Paris' only English-speaking Shakespeare company. She has a foundation in Early Years Education after working as a kindergarten assistant in the UK, and her favourite way to teach English is through song and theater !
Ophélia Deglin is a young bilingual actress living in Paris. She trained in the English section of the Cours Florent, where she studied several theatrical methods (Meisner, Stanislavski, Lecoq, etc.).
She is interested in the development and education of children, whom she greatly admires for their boundless imagination, and she advocates education through theater. Ophelia is also passionate about singing and dancing, two art forms she likes to integrate in her artistic projects.
Pamela Silverthorn is a Paris based actress and theatre teacher, coming from Ontario, Canada. She first stumbled upon the stage in her teen years, against all stage fright, and was surprised to find a world of personal expression and freedom through a love for play and imagination. She's since performed in and directed various productions throughout Canada, and Paris, where she has now resided for eight years.
After her training as an actress at Cours Florent, she's had the joy of helping to guide and teach children of different ages with language and confidence through theatre, over the last five years.
Ellie Whittaker is a British actress and director. She moved to Paris to study at L'école Internationale de Théâtre Jacques Lecoq. Since graduating she has performed in Chicago with Cie Oh La VaKa, worked with Cie Gros Plaisir & Cie ShiftShape as a director and outside eye and is currently developing a clown duo in Paris to premier in the UK in May 2024. Previous to moving to France she co-founded Fiercely Spun company with whom she performed multiple times at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and was a member of the Leeds Playhouse Young Company. Since 2020 she has enjoyed teaching theatre, musical theatre and English through theatre to students in France. She is passionate about empowering young people to express themselves through drama and creating safe spaces and collaborative environments where everybody can bloom.
Sofia W. Campos is a theatre and film actress, with a strong incline for physical theatre, that speaks over four languages. Raised in the British educational system her whole life, she got her IB Diploma in Theatre and English Literature, before moving to Paris where she graduated in Acting in English at Cours Florent. Before Act&Bloom, Sofia worked in a volunteer program, teaching pre-teens English and Shakespeare at a public school, and she still regularly works as an English tutor in Paris. She loves that Act&Bloom combines her passion for theatre with the pleasure of teaching young children how to express themselves in a new language.
Anya Opshinsky is an American actor, director and teacher originally from New York and currently based in Paris. She did her undergraduate studies in theater and sociology at Kalamazoo College and a masters in physical theater at Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris. Anya has been teaching theater in NYC and Paris for over 7 years. She has taught with the Magnet, NYC, American Children’s Theater Paris, Le Bus Anglais and Vis a Vis Theatre. Anya is currently touring an original physical theater show in and around Paris as well as producing and performing in local cabarets.
Aayesha Gurung is a Nepali-born dancer, singer, and voice actor who has been performing for as long as she can remember. Fluent in five languages, she brings her love of rhythm, storytelling, and theater straight into the classroom. For Aayesha, the best way for children to learn English is by singing it, dancing it, and acting it out!
Dallas Akins is a Texas-born actor, writer, and director based in Paris. A physics and theater graduate of Trinity University (San Antonio, 2016), he trained under Philippe Gaulier and at the École Jacques Lecoq. Founder of WOW o’clock, he creates playful, science-inspired shows for children, performed hundreds of times across the U.S., Paris, and London.
Maja Bieler is a Swedish actress, singer and director. She has been teaching and coaching both children and adults at all ages and levels around Europe and the United States and she uses different techniques and influences to bring out the best and most genuine from all of her students. Maja works in English, French and Swedish. Her never ending curiosity and passion for exploring new domains, has given Maja a rich and vast experience. She never seizes to try new expressions and has worked with a variety of styles in theatre, dance, clown, film and music… and is currently working on a play that she will perform in both Sweden and France during spring 2025.
Sophie Brech is a British actress and director who came to Paris to study at The International School of Jacques Lecoq. She continued to train in mask and clown with Mario Gonzales. She has notably worked with Shuji Onodera and Omar Porras in Japan. She co-founded Theatre Fools and Feathers and created two shows with Louis Fortier which have toured the world, including in Afghanistan, Canada and Colombia. Their first theatre show ‘The Tragicomic Destiny of Tubby and Nottubby' continues to tour in France and Europe, and has been performed over 160 times. Sophie has directed workshops and shows for young people in multiple schools in France as well as abroad for the last 20 years.
Dain Alexandra Rubin is an American actress living and working in France. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Acting from Emerson College in Boston Massachusetts, Dain lived in New York City for over 10 years where she studied with master teacher Wynn Handman while working in many staged productions, readings, short films, and commercials. Her participation in workshops with clown teachers Christopher Bayes and Kendall Cornell inspired her to study at the prestigious École Philippe Gaulier. There she completed the two-year program in 2017. Dain has since been creating theatre in English for and with children, working as a movement/theatre teacher at Ecole Philippe Gaulier, and is a principal in the creation and work of Tête de Babel Collectif with her colleagues. Their work has been shown at Théàtre de la Ville in Paris.
Louise Denyer is a native British actress, born and raised in England, educated and trained in England and France as a solicitor (lawyer), but retrained as a professional film and theatre actress at the acting schools of ECOLE DE JEU and METHOD ACTING CENTER in Paris. She has been based in Paris since 2006 and has over 15 years of professional acting and coaching experience, and has performed in numerous theatre, film, television, commercials, Voice-Over and dubbing productions in Paris, London, Moscow and Madrid and she acts in English, French and Spanish. She coaches and teaching acting to both children and adults, plus women and children at risk, including refugees at the former Refugee camp in Paris with the Good Chance Theatre Company, La Bulle and young mentally disabled adults in Paris and Madrid. She firmly believes that drama skills can increase students’ confidence, communication and oral expression in English, all imparted within a fun, safe and educational environment.
Elsa Parent Koenig is a Franco-American actress. She trained in London, and is now based in Paris. She worked in New York and Paris both on stage and camera. She taught theater to children ranging from 3 to 18, both in France and America. Having herself been brought up in both English and French, she naturally went towards teaching languages to children. She taught English and French to children in Paris and New York. She enjoys using many different techniques for theater and language learning, from yoga to masks and improv. She believes theater should be used as a tool for self development and most of all, fun!
Isabelle Cadé est comédienne, anglophone, a suivi sa formation chez Jean Perimony, Steve Kalfa et Tanya Lopert (Actors sudio). Elle a joué entre autres Molière, Feydeau, Guitry, Labiche, Bacri/Jaoui, Tchekhov, mais aussi Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde...Formée à l'enseignement et la prise de parole en public, Isabelle décide en 2009 d'allier ses deux passions, le théâtre et l'anglais, en créant la Compagnie Act&bloom. Maman de deux enfants, elle prend conscience des limites de l'enseignement de l'anglais en milieu scolaire et des bienfaits du théâtre dans le développement personnel.
