ABOUT ME

Nicole Gaskell
After graduating from the Arden School of Theatre & Acting Studio in Manchester, I felt a deep pull to continue exploring the craft: In a way that only now I can articulate; Beyond technique, beyond performance, towards something more truthful and connected. 

That journey brought me to London, where I trained with Mark Wakeling and then Tom Radcliffe (a direct student of the late Sanford Meisner). Under Tom’s guidance, I began to experience acting as something transformative, something alive. I was hooked. Through the Actors Temple, I had the opportunity to study with Martin Barter, master instructor at the Sanford Meisner Institute in New York. 

My many years of rigorous and soul-stirring training through the Actors Temple and beyond, shaped not only my skills as an actor, but also later my approach as a teacher...

Since 2014, I’ve had the privilege of teaching at the Actors Temple Studio in London as a Core Team Teacher. 

Over the past decade, I’ve developed a warm, accessible, and deeply personalised teaching style that remains rooted in the principles of Sanford Meisner while allowing space for each actor to discover their own voice, vulnerability, and power.

Coaching for me isn’t just about helping actors get work, it’s about guiding them to be fully present, free, and connected in their craft and in themselves.