OLIVIA LAYDON (SHE/HER)

Casting Assistant

Olivia is originally from Wakefield and is a Probationary member of the CDG, she has been working in Casting since 2017, starting out as a Casting Assistant at the BBC before moving to Australia for a year and working as a Casting Assistant on commercials in Sydney.

Once returning to the UK Olivia worked as a Casting Associate for Amy Hubbard on projects for Film and Television until May 2022.

After 5 years of casting for screen she followed her Musical Theatre dreams and began working at Jill Green Casting and is loving working with Jill this side of the Casting world! When she is not assisting Jill Olivia also loves casting short films.

Credits as Casting Assistant for Jill Green include;
The Little Big Things (Soho Place) Jersey Boys (West End & UK Tour) Disney's ALADDIN (UK & Ireland Tour), Disney's THE LION KING (UK & Ireland /International Tour) & CRAZY FOR YOU (Gillian Lynne Theatre).

Credits as Casting Director for Jill Green Casting;
Elephant & Piggie, Mermaids & Pirates and The Dream for Children's Theatre Festival Perform in the Park.