Master the Chubbuck Acting Technique with Acting Coach Romy Irene
Acting Classes
We offer classes and private coaching for actors and directors
Actors
Take your craft to the next level through in-depth scene study and the powerful Chubbuck Technique. Our hands-on acting classes guide you in creating authentic, dynamic characters that truly move your audience.
Directors
Empower your vision by mastering how to guide actors to deliver authentic, compelling performances. We help you to enhance communication with actors, elevate storytelling, and craft dynamic, emotionally impactful scenes.
Private Coaching
Get personalized coaching designed for your unique acting journey. Whether you’re preparing for auditions, refining a role, or deepening character analysis, our one-on-one sessions help you unlock your full potential.
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Ivana Chubbuck
Founder of the Chubbuck Technique
“Romy has a profound understanding of my technique and human behaviour. With her intuition and eye for detail, she gives actors effective tools to use their own personal experiences and recreate interesting and dynamic characters with many psychological layers“
Empowering Actors and Directors
Empowering Actors & Filmmakers with Hollywood-Level Training in the Heart of Europe
Romy Irene is an internationally recognized acting coach based in Amsterdam. As Europe’s first accredited Chubbuck Acting Coach, Romy has been personally trained by Ivana Chubbuck, one of Hollywood’s most influential acting coaches.
With 18 years of experience, Romy has established herself as a go-to acting coach for professional actors, directors, and screenwriters seeking to push artistic boundaries and deliver emotionally compelling performances. Her expertise lies in guiding actors to access deep, psychologically complex emotions, enabling them to bring authenticity, intensity, and vulnerability to their roles.
At the core of Romy’s coaching is the Chubbuck Technique, a 12-step acting method that teaches actors to use emotions not as an end result, but as a driving force toward a goal. Instead of letting pain, insecurities, or fears create self-destructive behaviors, actors learn to transform them into fuel for action, empowerment, and breakthrough performances.
Romy Irene has worked with some of the most talented actors in and outside of Europe, including Sallie Harmsen, Matteo Franco, Yehuda Nahari, Halevi, Rifka Lodeizen, Melody Klaver, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, and Sinem Kavus, all of whom have delivered critically acclaimed performances in film and television.
Beyond individual coaching, Romy is committed to elevating the European acting community, bridging the gap between Hollywood-level training and European film and theater traditions. Her students consistently praise her for her depth of knowledge, direct yet nurturing approach, and ability to unlock an actor’s full potential.
With a growing reputation in both the Dutch and international acting industries, Romy Irene is shaping the next generation of actors and directors, helping them develop the skills necessary to deliver high-stakes, emotionally gripping performances that captivate audiences worldwide.
Testimonials
Read what actors and directors say about Romy Irene
Frans Mouton
Romy is a true professional. I have had the opportunity to work on several scenes with her as an actor and can only say that the Chubbuck technique is a great addition to any actor’s arsenal. Romy has a keen sense of where your pain points are and knows how to make direct connections to your scene by asking pointed questions. This makes your character and scene breathe much more in a short period of time.
Cyriel Guds
Romy is a good listener so she has a good understanding of how to guide you as an actor. There is no ‘Teacher Ego’ so you feel free and safe to share personal things that will further your work as an actor. Romy is open-minded, but most of all a woman with a big heart. I hope she continues to coach actors for a very long time.
Yehuda Nahari Halevi
Romy is an amazing teacher and a beautiful soul. She immediately connected with me on a profound level, which helped me access new depths in myself, reflected in my acting. I was so happy to work with her, and I highly recommend you do the same
Charlotte Peters
What is so unique about Romy is that she does far more than guide and facilitate the actor. She has the ability to connect with her students to the point of creating a safe bubble. In doing so, one can dredge up the deepest and most raw emotions from real life and harness what one can often describe as “that shit” in order to turn it to gold. She doesn’t just teach the technique and craft of acting; she teaches the individual how to be a better actor. To represent our unified humanity, an actor needs to understand their own. Romy walks this journey hand in hand with you, helping you to find the truth, so that you can offer it to others in your performance. Romy gets you to the point where you can let go and live your character’s life in the moment the director calls “action”. The Chubbuck technique is a harmonious marriage of craft and method. Romy is your facilitator and there is no better woman, whom I’ve worked with to do the job!
Matteo Franco
Romy is committed, professional, and purpose-driven. My acting process has been profoundly enriched by the quality questions she’s been helping to raise. Working with her helped me deepen my exploration of my character, understand his universal nature, and find the fire to win. I couldn’t recommend enough working with her.
Melody Klaver
Romy is a super powerful and inspiring acting coach. The classes I took with her were spicy, honest, and raw – in the positive sense of the word. You have to have the guts to work with Romy, but I also think you have to have the guts to play interestingly. At least, to portray lifelike and unpredictable characters. To show unfiltered and unpolished all the facets of human drama. Romy goes much further than just trying to play ‘as realistically as possible’. She searches for the core, for the heart of the scene. Even if it’s comedy. That’s what she tries to steer you towards. And that’s exciting, but incredibly liberating afterwards. That, I think, is why we ultimately like to watch actors or why we like to play ourselves.
Imanuelle Grives
Romy gives me clear tools to consciously use unconscious psychological processes from everyday life. This helps me to create interesting and layered characters. For many of my role in the series ‘Fighter’s Heart’ I worked intensively with her. The result of our hard work paid off. Laudatory press reviews emphatically talked about the layering and intensity of my character.
Twan Kuyper
Working with Romy was amazing. She helped me get a deeper connection to my character and I believe that her steering me through the script has helped my performance a lot. I am excited to work with her again.
We have many more Testimonials from leading professionals in the industry.
Workshops
Find out more about our upcoming workshops
Masterclass & Book Launch with Ivana Chubbuck
Chubbuck-certified acting coach Romy Irene and actor/performer Matteo Franco are hosting a 2-Day Intensive Masterclass and Book Launch with Ivana Chubbuck in Antwerp. This event offers a life-changing experience for both actors and directors. As a result of her 40+…
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Intensive Chubbuck Workshop for Directors and Actors
This intensive workshop offers directors and actors the opportunity to work with the groundbreaking Chubbuck technique, which helps them make profound and interesting acting choices and better communicate with actors. The workshop requires at least 6 hours of preparation and two…
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