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!

Credits as Casting Director for Jill Green Casting;

Elephant & Piggie, Mermaids & Pirates and The Dream for Children's Theatre Festival Perform in the Park. A Chorus Line Leicester Curve, Sadlers Wells & UK Tour

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).

Other Credits include:
Theatre: Casting Director for Evita at Leicester Curve, alongside Kay Magson CDG

Television/Short Film Casting/Co Casting Director Credits: Liv (Short Film) Bubble Boy (Short Film) Half Way (Short Film) Litvinenko (With Amy Hubbard Casting)
The Reckoning (With Amy Hubbard Casting)

Television/Film Casting Associate Credits: Spencer, Good Luck To You Leo Grande, The Thief His Wife and His Canoe, Hijack

Television Casting Assistant Credits at the BBC: Doctors, Shakespeare & Hathaway, Father Brown