Jessica is Casting Director for Second Half Productions. She is also Casting Consultant for The Old Vic having spent the last 6 years as in-house Casting Director for Matthew Warchus.
Jessica is Vice Chair of the Casting Directors Guild and a voting member of BAFTA.
THEATRE
At The Old Vic:
Future Conditional (Rob Brydon)
The Hairy Ape (Bertie Carvel)
The Lorax (Simon Paisley Day)
The Master Builder (Ralph Fiennes)
The Caretaker (Timothy Spall, Danny Mays, George Maguire)
King Lear (Glenda Jackson, Rhys Ifans, Jane Horrocks)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire, David Haig)
Woyzeck (John Boyega)
The Girl From The North Country (Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Sheila Atim)
A Christmas Carol 2017 (Rhys Ifans)
The Divide
Fanny & Alexander
Mood Music
A Monster Calls
A Christmas Carol 2018 (Stephen Tompkinson)
The American Clock
All My Sons (Sally Field, Bill Pullman)
A Very Expensive Poison (Tom Brooke, MyAnna Buring, Reece Shearsmith)
Present Laughter (Andrew Scott, Indira Vama, Sophie Thompson)
Lungs (Claire Foy, Matt Smith)
A Christmas Carol 2019 (Patterson Joseph)
The Girl From The North Country, 2019 Toronto and London
Endgame (Alan Cumming, Daniel Radcliffe)
A Monster Calls UK Tour 2020
A Christmas Carol 2020 (Andrew Lincoln)
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OTHER THEATRE PROJECTS
Billy Elliot The Musical* (Original children won 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical)
Matilda The Musical* (Original children won 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical)
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory*
School of Rock The Musical* (Original children won 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music)
The Audience*
Made In Dagenham The Musical*
Bugsy Malone, Hammersmith Lyric
I Can't Sing The X-Factor Musical*
Angus Thongs and Even More Snogging, West Yorkshire Playhouse
To Kill A Mockingbird, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
The Sound Of Music, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Running Wild, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Love in Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory
* = Children's Casting Director
FILM
Emma
The Kid Who Would Be King
Hunky Dory
The Good Lie
Nativity 3
Patagonia
TV
Brideshead Revisited - Announced
Evermoor
Young Dracula
Eric and Ernie*
Jessica is Vice Chair of the Casting Directors Guild and a voting member of BAFTA.
THEATRE
At The Old Vic:
Future Conditional (Rob Brydon)
The Hairy Ape (Bertie Carvel)
The Lorax (Simon Paisley Day)
The Master Builder (Ralph Fiennes)
The Caretaker (Timothy Spall, Danny Mays, George Maguire)
King Lear (Glenda Jackson, Rhys Ifans, Jane Horrocks)
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Daniel Radcliffe, Joshua McGuire, David Haig)
Woyzeck (John Boyega)
The Girl From The North Country (Ciaran Hinds, Shirley Henderson, Sheila Atim)
A Christmas Carol 2017 (Rhys Ifans)
The Divide
Fanny & Alexander
Mood Music
A Monster Calls
A Christmas Carol 2018 (Stephen Tompkinson)
The American Clock
All My Sons (Sally Field, Bill Pullman)
A Very Expensive Poison (Tom Brooke, MyAnna Buring, Reece Shearsmith)
Present Laughter (Andrew Scott, Indira Vama, Sophie Thompson)
Lungs (Claire Foy, Matt Smith)
A Christmas Carol 2019 (Patterson Joseph)
The Girl From The North Country, 2019 Toronto and London
Endgame (Alan Cumming, Daniel Radcliffe)
A Monster Calls UK Tour 2020
A Christmas Carol 2020 (Andrew Lincoln)
-
OTHER THEATRE PROJECTS
Billy Elliot The Musical* (Original children won 2006 Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical)
Matilda The Musical* (Original children won 2012 Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Musical)
Charlie and The Chocolate Factory*
School of Rock The Musical* (Original children won 2017 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Music)
The Audience*
Made In Dagenham The Musical*
Bugsy Malone, Hammersmith Lyric
I Can't Sing The X-Factor Musical*
Angus Thongs and Even More Snogging, West Yorkshire Playhouse
To Kill A Mockingbird, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
The Sound Of Music, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Running Wild, Regents Park Open Air Theatre
Love in Idleness, Menier Chocolate Factory
* = Children's Casting Director
FILM
Emma
The Kid Who Would Be King
Hunky Dory
The Good Lie
Nativity 3
Patagonia
TV
Brideshead Revisited - Announced
Evermoor
Young Dracula
Eric and Ernie*