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SARAH LEUNG, CDG, BAFTA

Full member of BAFTA and the CDG. Jury for BAFTA best casting award 2024.

Sarah is well known for her passion in casting a huge range of diverse multi- talented actors for both stage and screen.

Sarah has just completed casting Miss Saigon (New Production, 2025-26 UK & Ireland Tour, Cameron Mackintosh & Michael Harrison), ‘Iteration’ Dir Joe Johnston, pre prod (Captain America), England And Son EMU Pictures.

Born in Manchester, coming from a mixed British/Chinese background, Sarah started her career in film assisting producer Larry Franco on "Batman Begins". She later was asked to return on post-production as assistant to Emma Thomas, wife of director Christopher Nolan. From here, Sarah moved into casting, assisting in Film (Warner Bros, Universal) TV (BBC, ITV, C4), Theatre, West End, London.

Sarah has always had a passion for the arts and started dancing, and acting at the age of 3 yrs old, continuing on this path went on to train at 16 yrs on a 3yr professional course. Sarah gained her Associate teaching qualifications in Dance and drama (IDTA, ISTD, RAD, LAMDA). Sarah has always loved teaching, equally as much as performing. However, after working on her first production in Film for Warner Bros, fell in love with casting and has been enjoying it ever since!

Sarah still loves to coach in her free time and does so in various workshops and also on-line coaching sessions for actors.

These sessions are to help develop or just keep on top of those skills for acting for TV and Film.

Sarah has also joined many panels for drama schools as well as coaching and workshops for students at such colleges as Mountview, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, BOV, RWCMD, GSA, Leeds Conservatoire.

Casting Director Film credits include:

Iteration, Joe Johnston (Captain America) Pre-prod, England And Son (EMU Pictures) Pre-prod, Past Life, Simeon Halligan, Bjorn Of The Dead, Sara Sugarman (Save The Cinema), Croydon Cowgirl, Kellie Shirley, Chinaman (Peng Productions), Emily And The Magical Journey (Ovnell Film), Strangeways Here We Come (Collateral Films), Borderline (Born Wild), Alpine Zombie (Fischer Film), Act/Or (Stathi Productions). Rekindle (Original Feature Co), ‘K’ (All Enquiries) Music Land World (Onsight), Fortune Cookies (Reelscape), Woodhouse (Tread Softly), Life Lottery, Beanbag (Door 44 Films), Rekindle (Original Feature Co).

Casting assistant – Children Of Men (Universal), V For Vendetta (Warner Bros), Speed Racer (Warner Bros), Goal (Disney), Ninja Assassin (Warner Bros),

Casting Director Television includes:

Zayla (East/Sky), Too Good To Be True (East/Sky), The Boleyns (BBC), Red Dwarf (BBC), Inventions (Discovery Channel), Reagan (Discovery Channel),

Casting assistant - Luther 2 &3 (BBC), The Widower (ITV), What Remains (BBC), Frankie (BBC), May Day (Kudos/BBC), Homefront (ITV), Inside Men (BBC), Law & Order UK S1-6 (Kudos/ ITV), Just Henry (ITV), Waking The Dead (BBC), Waterloo Road 1V (BBC), Hope Springs (BBC), Life On Mars (BBC), Lilies (BBC), Shameless (C4).

Casting Director Theatre credits include:

Miss Saigon UK Tour 2025-2026 - Cameron Mackintosh and Michael Harrison, ‘Midnight At The Palace’ Sing Out Louise Productions. Cable Street (Southwark Playhouse), JingleClaw (Birmingham Hippodrome), Unfortunate (London and UK Tour) (six nominations, Off West End awards, 2023)

Level Up (Workshop), Trueman And The Arsonists (Roundhouse London), To Wong Foo (Hope Mill Theatre) What’s On Stage Awards, Best Regional show, nominee 2024.

George Takei’s Allegiance (Charing Cross) (What’s On Stage Awards, Best Off West End show nominee 2024.

Corrie The Play (Lowry), Waiting For Godot, Someone Who’ll Watch Over Me’ (Manchester Library Theatre)

Casting assistant - We Will Rock You (Dominion), Wicked (Apollo Victoria), Billy Elliot (Palace Theatre) Lion King (Lyceum) Dirty Dancing (Aldwych), Blueman Group (New London), Moving Out (Apollo Victoria), Acorn Antiques (Theatre Royal) The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing and The Hypochondriac (Regents Park), Winslow Boy (Rose Theatre, London),

Other work includes:

Various music videos, commercials, short films.

Sarah is represented by Mildred Yuen at www.mildredyuan.com