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Donna Ekholdt

  • Casting Department
  • Casting Director
  • Producer
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Producing Principal Luschapanda Films and Rodabrook Films Principal-Donna Ekholdt Casting Senior Vice President of Talent Development and Casting-Big Ticket Television. Director of Casting for 20th Century-Fox Television Manager of Casting for the NBC network. Emmy Award for Outstanding Series casting "NYPD Blue" (television series) Emmy winner - Outstanding Series Casting -NYPD Blue 5 time Casting Society of America Nominee for: Menendez: A killing in Beverly Hills, Gary and Mike, Children of the Dust, Oldest Confederate Widow tells all, and NYPD Blue
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 4 nominations total

    Known for

    Death Becomes Her (1992)
    Death Becomes Her
    6.7
    • Casting Department(as Donna M. Ekholdt)
    • 1992
    John Heard, Mariette Hartley, and Phillip Irwin Cooper in Counting for Thunder (2017)
    Counting for Thunder
    6.2
    • Casting Director
    • 2017
    Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacqueline Obradors, Charlotte Ross, Henry Simmons, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
    NYPD Blue
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002)
    The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Casting Director

    Credits

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    Casting Department

    • Tinashe, Dominic Janes, and Jon Kent Ethridge in Out of Jimmy's Head (2007)
      Out of Jimmy's Head
      2.4
      TV Series
      • casting consultant & supervisor
      • 2007–2008
    • Graham Phillips in Ben 10: Race Against Time (2007)
      Ben 10: Race Against Time
      4.2
      TV Movie
      • casting consultant
      • 2007
    • Re-Animated (2006)
      Re-Animated
      2.9
      TV Movie
      • casting consultant & supervisor
      • 2006
    • David Morse and Andre Braugher in Hack (2002)
      Hack
      7.3
      TV Series
      • executive in charge of casting
      • 2002–2003
    • Greetings from Tucson (2002)
      Greetings from Tucson
      7.5
      TV Series
      • executive in charge of casting
      • 2003
    • Holding the Baby (1998)
      Holding the Baby
      4.1
      TV Series
      • casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1998–2002
    • Mia Kirshner, Graham Greene, Lou Diamond Phillips, Paul Wesley, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead in Wolf Lake (2001)
      Wolf Lake
      7.4
      TV Series
      • executive in charge of casting
      • 2001–2002
    • Dharma & Greg (1997)
      Dharma & Greg
      6.4
      TV Series
      • studio casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1997–2002
    • Kristin Lehman, Tim Guinee, Sandra Quarterman, and Vivian Wu in Strange World (1999)
      Strange World
      6.6
      TV Series
      • casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1999–2002
    • Gary & Mike (2001)
      Gary & Mike
      7.4
      TV Series
      • additional casting
      • 2001
    • Dina Meyer and Costas Mandylor in Secret Agent Man (2000)
      Secret Agent Man
      6.0
      TV Series
      • original casting
      • 2000
    • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Family Guy (1999)
      Family Guy
      8.1
      TV Series
      • casting executive
      • studio casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1999–2000
    • Calista Flockhart in Ally McBeal (1997)
      Ally McBeal
      6.9
      TV Series
      • studio casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1997–1999
    • Millennium (1996)
      Millennium
      7.9
      TV Series
      • studio casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1996–1999
    • Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan McDermott, Steve Harris, and Kelli Williams in The Practice (1997)
      The Practice
      7.7
      TV Series
      • studio casting executive (uncredited)
      • 1997–1999

    Casting Director

    • John Heard, Mariette Hartley, and Phillip Irwin Cooper in Counting for Thunder (2017)
      Counting for Thunder
      6.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2017
    • The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (2002)
      The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
      6.5
      TV Series
      • original casting director
      • 2002–2004
    • David Morse and Andre Braugher in Hack (2002)
      Hack
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2003
    • Choppy
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2000
    • Green Sails (2000)
      Green Sails
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • casting by
      • 2000
    • Dina Meyer and Costas Mandylor in Secret Agent Man (2000)
      Secret Agent Man
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2000
    • Famous Families (1998)
      And the Beat Goes On: The Sonny and Cher Story
      6.5
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 1999
    • Chris Hardwick, Maestro Harrell, and Bumper Robinson in Guys Like Us (1998)
      Guys Like Us
      7.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 1998–1999
    • In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped (1995)
      In the Line of Duty: Kidnapped
      5.5
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 1995
    • Children of the Dust (1995)
      Children of the Dust
      6.7
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 1995
    • Dennis Franz, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Jacqueline Obradors, Charlotte Ross, Henry Simmons, and Gordon Clapp in NYPD Blue (1993)
      NYPD Blue
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 1994
    • The Haunting of Seacliff Inn (1994)
      The Haunting of Seacliff Inn
      5.0
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 1994
    • Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994)
      Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills
      6.3
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 1994
    • Diane Lane and Donald Sutherland in Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (1994)
      Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
      7.1
      TV Mini Series
      • Casting Director
      • 1994
    • On Trial
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 1994

    Producer

    • John Heard, Mariette Hartley, and Phillip Irwin Cooper in Counting for Thunder (2017)
      Counting for Thunder
      6.2
      • co-producer
      • 2017
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    • Alternative name
      • Donna M. Ekholdt

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