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Suzanne Smith is an Emmy & Artios Award winning Casting Director with over 30 years experience. Her mentor, Rose Tobias Shaw, was a tough, funny and smart American Casting Doyenne who helped Suzanne sharpen her skills into the Casting Director she is today. Not one to let her dyslexia be an obstacle, Suzanne began her career casting musicals including Tommy, Carousel and Crazy for You. She segued into film and television where she continues to make her mark to this day.

In recent years she has cast all the seasons of OUTLANDER ( Starz) CARNIVAL ROW (Amazon) GOOD OMENS (Amazon/BBC) SHADOW & BONE (Netflix) WARRIOR NUN (Netflix) BLACK SAILS (Starz), ABSENTIA (Sony) plus several films from the RESIDENT EVIL franchise.