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Samantha Hanks(II)

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Samantha Hanks is known for Nailed It! (2018), Top Chef (2006) and Project Runway (2004).
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    • Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 nominations total

    Known for

    Nailed It! (2018)
    Nailed It!
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Casting Department
    Top Chef (2006)
    Top Chef
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Project Runway (2004)
    Project Runway
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Casting Director
    Top Chef Jr (2017)
    Top Chef Jr
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Casting Director

    Credits

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    Casting Director

    • Floor Is Lava (2020)
      Floor Is Lava
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2022
    • Top Chef Family Style (2021)
      Top Chef Family Style
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2021
    • Ellen DeGeneres and Scott Foley in Ellen's Next Great Designer (2021)
      Ellen's Next Great Designer
      4.2
      TV Series
      • head of casting
      • 2021
    • Project Runway (2004)
      Project Runway
      7.4
      TV Series
      • head of casting
      • 2019
    • Cold Justice (2013)
      Cold Justice
      8.1
      TV Series
      • head of casting
      • 2017–2018
    • Top Chef Jr (2017)
      Top Chef Jr
      7.6
      TV Series
      • head of casting
      • 2017–2018
    • Top Chef (2006)
      Top Chef
      7.7
      TV Series
      • head of casting
      • 2016–2018
    • Gordon Ramsay in Hell's Kitchen (2005)
      Hell's Kitchen
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Casting Director
      • 2017–2018

    Casting Department

    • Sugar Rush (2018)
      Sugar Rush
      7.0
      TV Series
      • evp of casting and talent relations
      • svp of casting
      • 2018–2020
    • Nailed It! Holiday! (2018)
      Nailed It! Holiday!
      7.7
      TV Series
      • svp of casting
      • 2018–2019
    • Nailed It! Mexico (2019)
      Nailed It! Mexico
      6.2
      TV Series
      • casting: senior vice president
      • 2019
    • Shine on with Reese (2018)
      Shine on with Reese
      7.4
      TV Series
      • svp of casting
      • 2018
    • Nailed It! (2018)
      Nailed It!
      7.4
      TV Series
      • vp of casting
      • 2018
    • Cat Vs. Dog (2017)
      Cat Vs. Dog
      7.5
      TV Series
      • vp of casting
      • 2017
    • Cold Justice (2013)
      Cold Justice
      8.1
      TV Series
      • casting producer
      • 2017

    Producer

    • Project Runway (2004)
      Project Runway
      7.4
      TV Series
      • senior producer
      • 2019
    • Star Plates (2015)
      Star Plates
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2015–2016

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