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Susie Figgis

Production · 1948–2025 · Kenya

Biography

Susie Figgis (24 March 1948 — 12 December 2025) was an English casting director. She has overseen casting for a wide range of British cinema, including, but not limited to, The Wildcats of St Trinian's (1980), Gandhi (1982), The Killing Fields (1984), Return to Oz (1985), Absolute Beginners (1986), Cry Freedom (1987), The Crying Game (1992), The Piano (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), The Full Monty (1997), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), Ella Enchanted (2004), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Son of Rambow, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Alice in Wonderland (2010), Bohemian Rhapsody (2018), Fast X (2023), and The Return (2024).

Known for

Filmography

2024The ReturnCasting
2023Fast XCasting
2023Love AgainCasting
2021A Boy Called ChristmasCasting
2021My SonCasting
2019The Song of NamesCasting
2019Blinded by the LightCasting
2019DumboCasting
2018Bohemian RhapsodyCasting
2018ColetteCasting
2018The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie SocietyCasting
2018Tomb RaiderCasting
2017Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No TalesCasting
2016Growing Up WildCasting
2016Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenCasting
2016The Legend of TarzanCasting
2016War and PeaceCasting Director
2015Come What MayCasting
2013Still LifeCasting
2013A PromiseCasting
2013Burton and TaylorCasting
2013ByzantiumCasting
2012Great ExpectationsCasting
2012Dark ShadowsCasting
2012Bel AmiCasting
2011The BorgiasCasting Director
2010The TouristCasting
2010Prince of Persia: The Sands of TimeCasting Director
2010OndineCasting
2010Alice in WonderlandCasting
2009FarewellCasting
2009The Time Traveler's WifeCasting
2009The Young VictoriaCasting
2008Love Live LongCasting
2008BlindnessCasting
2007Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet StreetCasting
2007PenelopeCasting
2007Love in the Time of CholeraCasting
2007SilkCasting
2007Son of RambowCasting
2006The OmenCasting
2005StonedCasting
2005Breakfast on PlutoCasting
2005Joyeux NoelCasting
2005Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryCasting
2004Ella EnchantedCasting
2004Bride & PrejudiceCasting
2003Touching the VoidCasting
2003The ActorsCasting
2003The Good ThiefCasting
2002Bear's KissCasting Director
2002Killing Me SoftlyCasting
2001Harry Potter and the Philosopher's StoneCasting
2000Purely BelterCasting
1999The End of the AffairCasting
1999Sleepy HollowCasting
1999Janice Beard 45 WPMCasting
1999Gregory's Two GirlsCasting
1999Simon MagusCasting
1999Hideous KinkyCasting
1999The Last YellowCasting
1998Velvet GoldmineCasting
1998The AvengersCasting
1998Left LuggageCasting
1998The Butcher BoyCasting
1997The Full MontyCasting
1997Kama Sutra: A Tale of LoveCasting
1996Michael CollinsCasting
1995An Awfully Big AdventureCasting
1995Rob RoyCasting
1995Land and FreedomCasting
1994Interview with the VampireCasting
1994Second BestCasting
1994A Good Man in AfricaCasting
1994Being HumanCasting
1993The PianoCasting
1992ChaplinCasting
1992The Crying GameCasting
1992The Last of the MohicansCasting
1992WaterlandCasting
1991Enchanted AprilCasting Consultant
1991KafkaCasting
1991Mississippi MasalaCasting
1991Robin HoodCasting
1991The MiracleCasting
1990Hidden AgendaCasting
1990The Big ManCasting
1990December BrideCasting
1989ScandalCasting
1989War RequiemCasting
1988A World ApartCasting
1987Cry FreedomCasting
1987AriaCasting Director
1986The MissionCasting
1986Mona LisaCasting
1986Absolute BeginnersCasting
1985Turtle DiaryCasting Director
1985Return to OzCasting
1984The Killing FieldsCasting
1984The Company of WolvesCasting
1984LaughterhouseCasting
1984Comfort and JoyCasting
1984Electric DreamsCasting
1984The Case of Marcel DuchampCasting
1983Saigon: Year of the CatCasting
1983The Ploughman's LunchCasting Director
1983Local HeroCasting
1983Heat and DustCasting
1982GandhiCasting Director
1980The Dogs of WarCasting

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