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Susie Figgis

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Born March 24, 1948 · Kenya

Died December 12, 2025

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).

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Bohemian Rhapsody

2018Casting

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

2001Casting

War & Peace

2016Casting Director

The Borgias

2011Casting Director

Touching the Void

2003Casting

Gandhi

1982Casting Director

Still Life

2013Casting

The Killing Fields

1984Casting

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

2018Casting

Joyeux Noel

2005Casting

Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles

1994Casting

Chaplin

1992Casting

The Last of the Mohicans

1992Casting

The Mission

1986Casting

A Boy Called Christmas

2021Casting

Land and Freedom

1995Casting

Growing Up Wild

2016Casting

The Young Victoria

2009Casting

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

2007Casting

Breakfast on Pluto

2005Casting

Sleepy Hollow

1999Casting

Fast X

2023Casting

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

2005Casting

The Full Monty

1997Casting

Hidden Agenda

1990Casting

Cry Freedom

1987Casting

Blinded by the Light

2019Casting

Colette

2018Casting

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009Casting

Velvet Goldmine

1998Casting

Michael Collins

1996Casting

Mona Lisa

1986Casting

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

2016Casting

The Butcher Boy

1997Casting

Second Best

1994Casting

The Crying Game

1992Casting

Enchanted April

1991Casting Associate, Casting Consultant

Local Hero

1983Casting

Love Again

2023Casting

The Song of Names

2019Casting

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017Casting

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007Casting

Son of Rambow

2007Casting

Penelope

2006Casting

Rob Roy

1995Casting

Return to Oz

1985Casting

Dumbo

2019Casting

Alice in Wonderland

2010Casting

The End of the Affair

1999Casting

The Return

2024Casting