Trained at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, whose alumni include Angela Lansbury, Donald Pleasance, Donald Sindon, Terence Stamp, Stewart Granger, Dulcie Gray, Paxton Whitehead, Sharry Flett, Wendy Crewson, Julia Ormond, Minnie Driver, Hugh Bonneville, Matthew Goode, Rupert Friend, Natalie Dormer, Julian Fellowes, Elizabeth Knowelden, Sue Johnston, Steven Berkoff, Margaret Rutherford, Anthony Sher.