Coco Kleppinger

Teaches at Acting & Voice Studios

Coco Kleppinger is an associate casting director and professor at UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television. Before that, she was an actress for 17 years and has been a dialect coach for nearly 15 years. In casting, she has helped cast films such as: "IT," "IT Chapter Two," "Valley Girl," "Playing With Fire," "Annabelle Comes Home," "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," "Shazam!," "Isn’t It Romantic," "Goosebumps 2," "Tag," "Game Night," "The Disaster Artist," "Fist Fight," and many more.​​​​​ In her teaching career, she has taught both at UCLA and various institutions around Los Angeles in subjects including: acting for the camera, auditioning technique, actor self-care, voice and speech, vocal extremes, and dialects. She comes from Wyoming and currently lives in LA.