{"id":34445,"date":"2026-03-07T20:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34445"},"modified":"2026-03-07T20:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T12:29:35","slug":"rose-byrne-is-australian-why-actors-from-down-under-are-so-good-at-american-accents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=34445","title":{"rendered":"Rose Byrne is Australian? Why actors from Down Under are so good at American accents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/05\/df30e995-28ae-49e8-a099-3c19473514d8_19af4653.jpg?itok=SqD1XiQ0&amp;v=1772699479\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Geoffrey Rush, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett \u2013 voice coach Victoria Mielewska has trained some of Australia\u2019s most famous thespians in the delicate art of the accent and says actors and actresses from Down Under have a unique talent for getting it right.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Byrne, a native of the greater Sydney area, is vying for the best actress award on March 15 at <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">the 98th Academy Awards<\/span> for her powerhouse role as an overwhelmed mother in <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">If I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You<\/em> (2025).<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">So uncannily convincing is her American accent that some have expressed shock that she is Australian.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cShe masters that American, absolutely beautiful, accent that she does,\u201d says Mielewska, who worked with Byrne on the 2022 comedy <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Seriously Red<\/em>. \u201cShe\u2019s worked quietly and beautifully for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">For Mielewska \u2013 whose company, Creative Voice, trains everyone from actors to business executives in speaking \u2013 teaching an actor <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">an accent<\/span> is much more than just an impression.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3345543\/rose-byrne-australian-why-actors-down-under-are-so-good-american-accents?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geoffrey Rush, Rose Byrne, Cate Blanchett \u2013 voice coach Victoria Mielewska has trained some of Australia\u2019s most famous thespians in the delicate art of the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17542,7769,295,2318,17541,97,11320],"class_list":["post-34445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-accents","tag-actors","tag-american","tag-australian","tag-byrne","tag-good","tag-rose","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34445"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34445\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}