Kirsty Kinnear is a London-based Casting Director specialising in film and television. She is a member of the Casting Director’s Guild and BAFTA.
Kirsty studied Drama & Theatre Arts at Birmingham University. She briefly considered joining the family profession before realising her true passion lay behind the scenes. As a junior agent at the boutique UK agency, Gordon & French, she found herself working daily with many of the UK’s top Casting Directors and soon decided to make the transition in to casting. Beginning as an Associate to Kate Dowd, she then spent over a decade as Associate and later partner to the legendary Susie Figgis.
Kirsty Kinnear Casting has developed a reputation for discovering new talent (particularly kids), attaching A-list actors to projects and providing creative casting support for a diverse range of productions. Kirsty and her team love a challenging brief, thrive on the investigative process and seek to work closely with directors to bring a writer’s work to life.
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