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HAMNET • Focus Features

Casting by Nina Gold

Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel
Assistant: Steph Tataryn

Chloé Zhao | Director
Liza Marshall, Pippa Harris, Nicolas Gonda, Steven Spielberg, Sam Mendes | Producers

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28 Years Later | Casting Director: Gail Stevens
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
F1: The Movie | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Emily Brockmann, Associate: Katie Brydon
Warfare | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane

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I Swear • Sony Pictures Classics

Casting by Lauren Evans

Associate: Melissa Wilkins

Kirk Jones | Director
Piers Tempest, Kirk Jones, Georgia Bayliff | Producers

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The Ballad of Wallis Island | Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
Mr Burton | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
Pillion | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
Urchin | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig

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ADOLESCENCE • Netflix

Casting by Shaheen Baig

Philip Barantini | Director
Philip Barantini, Dede Gardner | Executive Producers

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Amadeus | Casting Director: Martin Ware, Associate: Olivia Brittain
Death By Lightning | UK Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
Toxic Town | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig, Associate: Jonny Boutwood
Unforgivable | Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Co-Casting Director: Shannon Dowling-McNulty, Associate: Heidi Lawry

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ADOLESCENCE • Netflix

Casting by Shaheen Baig

Philip Barantini | Director
Philip Barantini, Dede Gardner | Executive Producers

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The Death of Bunny Munro | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Goodbye June | Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
Hamnet | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
I Swear | Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
Paddington The Musical | Childrens Casting: Nicholas Hockaday

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Medical Aid For Palestinians ‘I Know’

Casting by Sue Odell

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The Booker Prize 2025 | Casting Director: Nanw Rowlands, Casting Associate: Harry Parker
Boots: You’re Never Too Far From a Pharmacist | Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
The Christmas Double – EE Christmas 2025 | Co-Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
Irn Bru; This is Not a Soft Drink | Casting Director: Sally McCleery, Assistant: Elisa Musson

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Paddington The Musical

Casting by Natalie Gallacher

Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
Young Persons’ Casting Director: Nicholas Hockaday

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Clueless | Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
Into The Woods – The Bridge Theatre | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Oliver! | Casting Directors: Felicity French & Paul Wooller, Associate: Lily Caisley
Sing Street – Lyric Hammersmith | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden

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Lord of the Flies

Casting by Jacob Sparrow

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Animal Farm | Casting Director: Lucy Casson
Cyrano de Bergerac | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
Dancing at Lughnasa | Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
Titus Andronicus (RSC) | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf

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Punch • Young Vic/Apollo Theatre

Casting by Christopher Worrall

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1536 | Casting Director: Amy Ball
Every Brilliant Thing | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
Inter Alia | Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Associate: Naomi Downham
Oh, Mary! | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Wendy and Peter Pan | Casting Director: Annelie Powell, Associate: Gabriella Shimeld-Fenn

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AMANDALAND • BBC1SW

Casting by Rachel Sheridan

Associate: Martin Poile & Katie Mozumder

Alyssa McClelland | Director
Tanya Qureshi, Sharon Horgan, Tim Mannion, Jenna Mills, Clelia Mountford, Barunka O’Shaughnessy, Helen Linehan, Holly Walsh | Executive Producers

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Big Boys Series 3 | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile
Dreaming Whilst Black (Season 2) | Casting Director: Heather Basten, Associate: Ri McDaid-Wren
Film Club | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Co-Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
Too Much | Co-Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Sacha Garrett

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Riot Women • BritBox

Casting by Rachel Sheridan

Associates: Katie Mozumder & Martin Poile

Sally Wainwright | Creator
Roanna Benn, Sally Wainwright, Robert Schildhouse, Tanya Qureshi, Jess O’Riordan | Executive Producers

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Dept. Q | Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb
House of Guinness | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
Slow Horses (S5) | Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Melissa Gethin Clarke
A Thousand Blows | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig