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Jill Anthony Thomas

  • Casting Director
  • Casting Department
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Jill Anthony Thomas
IMDbPro and the Casting Society present the "Casting Visionaries" panel with casting directors Carla Hool, CSA, Jill Anthony Thomas, CSA, Seth Yanklewitz, CSA, and Gohar Gazazyan, CSA, to educate and empower actors and casting professionals through stories of the evolving landscape of talent discovery. The panelists dive into self-tape tips, advice on how to get a casting director's attention, the challenges of industry consolidation, authenticity in casting, memorable talent discoveries, and more.
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Jill Anthony Thomas was born in Encino, California, USA. She is a casting director, known for Gilmore Girls (2000), Loot (2022) and Santa Clarita Diet (2017). She has been married to Jack Thomas since 7 October 2006. She was previously married to Byron Hudson.
BornFebruary 4
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BornFebruary 4
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Alexis Bledel and Lauren Graham in Gilmore Girls (2000)
    Gilmore Girls
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as Jill Anthony)
    Maya Rudolph in Loot (2022)
    Loot
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Drew Barrymore and Timothy Olyphant in Santa Clarita Diet (2017)
    Santa Clarita Diet
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as Jill Anthony)
    Katey Sagal, Maurice LaMarche, John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Tress MacNeille, Lauren Tom, and Billy West in Futurama (1999)
    Futurama
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Casting Director(as Jill Anthony)

    Credits

    IMDbPro

    Casting Director

    • What the F*ck Is My Password?!
      • Casting Director
      • Post-production
    • The Other Side of the Window
      • casting director
      • Post-production
    • Last Kids on Earth
      • casting director
      • Pre-production
      • TV Series
    • Vanity Vandals (2026)
      Vanity Vandals
      Short
      • casting director
      • 2026
    • Maya Rudolph in Loot (2022)
      Loot
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022–2025
    • Zachary Levi and Naya Desir-Johnson in Sarah's Oil (2025)
      Sarah's Oil
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Alan Ritchson in Motor City (2025)
      Motor City
      5.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Jacob Laval in The Unbreakable Boy (2025)
      The Unbreakable Boy
      6.2
      • casting by
      • 2025
    • Judy Greer, Beatrice Schneider, and Kynlee Heiman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (2024)
      The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
      6.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Rob Lowe and John Owen Lowe in Unstable (2023)
      Unstable
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023–2024
    • Gabrielle Union, Emma Roberts, Desi Lydic, Andrew Call, Tom Hopper, and Poppy Liu in Space Cadet (2024)
      Space Cadet
      5.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Brad Garrett, Gina Rodriguez, Hannah Simone, and Lauren Ash in Not Dead Yet (2023)
      Not Dead Yet
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2023–2024
    • Hilary Swank, Emily Mitchell, and Alan Ritchson in Ordinary Angels (2024)
      Ordinary Angels
      7.4
      • Casting Director
      • 2024
    • Joel Courtney in Jesus Revolution (2023)
      Jesus Revolution
      7.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • Christmas Always Finds Its Way (2022)
      Christmas Always Finds Its Way
      7.6
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022
    • Lucy Davis, James Patrick Stuart, Malachi Barton, Isabella Pappas, Reed Horstmann, and Kayden Muller-Janssen in The Villains of Valley View (2022)
      The Villains of Valley View
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022
    • Work Wife
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • Emily Osment, Michael Hsu Rosen, Gregg Sulkin, Cinthya Carmona, and Olivia Macklin in Pretty Smart (2021)
      Pretty Smart
      5.9
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2021

    Casting Department

    • Children Ruin Everything (2022)
      Children Ruin Everything
      6.8
      TV Series
      • casting: US
      • 2022
    • Will Sasso, Christina Vidal, Ireland Carvajal, Sedona Carvajal, and Ella Grace Helton in United We Fall (2020)
      United We Fall
      6.0
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2020
    • Sam Richardson and Tim Robinson in Detroiters (2017)
      Detroiters
      8.2
      TV Series
      • casting
      • 2017
    • Mech-X4 (2016)
      Mech-X4
      6.4
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2016
    • Jake McDorman and Lio Tipton in Manhattan Love Story (2014)
      Manhattan Love Story
      7.0
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2014
    • Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose in The Return of Jezebel James (2008)
      The Return of Jezebel James
      5.4
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2008
    • Kathy Najimy, Toby Huss, Mike Judge, and Stephen Root in King of the Hill (1997)
      King of the Hill
      7.6
      TV Series
      • casting associate (as Jill Anthony)
      • 1997–2003
    • Eric Roberts, Andy Dick, Andrea Parker, Sara Rue, Sherri Shepherd, and Zachary Levi in Less Than Perfect (2002)
      Less Than Perfect
      7.0
      TV Series
      • casting (as Jill Anthony)
      • 2003
    • Elise Neal, Ashley Monique Clark, Dee Jay Daniels, Marietta DePrima, John Henton, D.L. Hughley, and Eric Allan Kramer in The Hughleys (1998)
      The Hughleys
      6.1
      TV Series
      • original casting (as Jill Anthony)
      • 2000–2001
    • Promotional Poster
      Best in Show
      7.5
      • casting: Los Angeles (as Jill Anthony)
      • 2000
    • Courtney Thorne-Smith in Beauty's Revenge (1995)
      Beauty's Revenge
      5.8
      TV Movie
      • casting assistant: US (as Jill Anthony)
      • 1995
    • And the Band Played On (1993)
      And the Band Played On
      7.8
      TV Movie
      • casting assistant (as Jill Anthony)
      • 1993
    • James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Marla Gibbs, Sinbad, Luther Vandross, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, Big Daddy Kane, Robert Townsend, and Another Bad Creation in The Meteor Man (1993)
      The Meteor Man
      5.3
      • casting assistant (as Jill Anthony)
      • 1993
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Jill Anthony
    • Born
      • February 4
      • Encino, California, USA
    • Spouses
        Jack ThomasOctober 7, 2006 - present

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