Sonia Allam is a London and Manchester based UK Casting Director.
Sonia Allam’s extensive experience includes working with Gary Davy Casting, Catherine Willis Casting, ITV, BBC and Lime Pictures. She’s been a part of the UK television casting profession since 2008, and is a member of both the CGD (Casting Directors’ Guild) and the CSA (Casting Society of America).
Her casting work has covered a diverse range of television productions, from TV series documentary Locked Up Abroad, TV Movie The Pact, to children’s television favourite Millie Inbetween.
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Contact Details
Website: Sonia Allam Casting
Emails: sonia@soniaallamcasting.com
Casting Assistant Leila Ali: LEILA@SONIAALLAMCASTING.COM
Casting Assistant Sherrelle McCalla: sherrelle@soniaallamcasting.com
OFFICE ADDRESS: Suite 160, Silk House, Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 7QJ
“Casting Director | I’m really northern & love a chippy tea. Member of the Casting Directors Guild, EDI Group & CSA | Adam Maskell | Curtis Brown”
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IMDb
Sonia Allam’s screen credits (2022) as Casting Director include:
- 2022 Silverpoint (TV Series) (13 episodes) (filming)
- 2020 First Ladies (TV Series documentary) (6 episodes)
- 2020 Obsession: Dark Desires (TV Series documentary) (casting director – 1 episode)
- 2020 The Windsors: A Royal Dynasty (TV Series documentary) (6 episodes)
- 2018-2020 Locked Up Abroad (TV Series documentary) (21 episodes)
- 2017-2020 Obsession: Dark Desires (TV Series documentary) (12 episodes)
- 2019 Home Sweet Homicide (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 2019 Holy Cannelloni (Short)
- 2019 Impact of Murder (TV Series) (6 episodes)
- 2019 The Killer Beside Me (TV Series documentary) (6 episodes)
- 2017 Home Alone (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- 2017 The Pact (TV Movie)
- 2017 Kiss of Death (TV Series) (1 episode)
- 2017 Millie Inbetween (TV Series) (7 episodes)
Other screen credits for Sonia Allam’s casting work include:
- 2019 Hope Gap (casting associate)
- 2019 The Spanish Princess (TV Series) (casting associate – 7 episodes)
- 2019 Baptiste (TV Series) (casting associate – 6 episodes)
- 2019 The Widow (TV Series) (casting associate – 8 episodes)
- 2018 White Dragon (TV Series) (casting associate – 8 episodes)
- 2016-2018 Hetty Feather (TV Series) (casting associate – 27 episodes)
- 2016-2018 Flowers (TV Series) (casting associate – 11 episodes)
- 2018 Urban Myths (TV Series) (casting associate – 1 episode)
- 2016-2018 Plebs (TV Series) (casting associate – 11 episodes)
- 2017 8 Days That Made Rome (TV Series documentary) (casting associate – 8 episodes)
- 2015-2017 Detectorists (TV Series) (casting associate – 13 episodes)
- 2017 Bad Move (TV Series) (casting associate – 6 episodes)
- 2017 Porters (TV Series) (casting associate – 3 episodes)
- 2017 Comedy Playhouse (TV Series) (casting associate – 1 episode)
- 2016-2017 Upstart Crow (TV Series) (casting associate – 12 episodes)
- 2017 Back (TV Series) (casting associate – 1 episode)
- Two Doors Down (TV Series) (casting associate – 12 episodes, 2016) (casting assistant – 1 episode, 2016)
- 2015-2016 Drifters (TV Series) (casting associate – 12 episodes)
- 2016 Going Forward (TV Mini Series) (casting associate – 3 episodes)
- 2016 Wolfblood (TV Series) (casting associate – 12 episodes)
- 2015-2016 Obsession: Dark Desires (TV Series documentary) (casting associate – 10 episodes)
- 2016 Cuckoo (TV Series) (casting associate – 7 episodes)
- 2015-2016 Evermoor (TV Series) (casting associate – 20 episodes)
- 2016 The Head Hunter (casting associate)
- 2016 Serial Thriller: Angel of Decay (TV Series) (casting associate – 3 episodes
- Rocket’s Island (TV Series) (casting associate – 14 episodes, 2015) (casting assistant – 13 episodes, 2014)
- 2015/IV The Chameleon (casting associate)
- 2015 Suspicion (TV Series) (casting associate – 6 episodes)
- 2015 Is This Thing on? (Short) (casting assistant)
- 2013-2015 Hollyoaks (TV Series) (casting ass ociate – 476 episodes)
- 2009 Everything But the Ball (TV Movie) (casting assistant)
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