Zoom: Film/TV INTENSIVE with Emmy Award-Winning and UK based Casting Director OLISSA ROGERS
Wednesday, July 2, 2025, 1pm ET / 10am PT

Here's an incredible opportunity to work with this Emmy Award-winning UK-based Casting Associate whose credits on recent pop culture hits include "WEDNESDAY" and "TED LASSO".
Her projects include ROYAL MOB, AFRICAN QUEENS, MY FRIEND MISTY and more!
Intensive Overview:
For this event, please prepare a 2-3 page Film/TV scene that you feel showcases your strengths as an actor.
You'll start off with a virtual Q&A, and then Olissa will begin working with you opposite a reader, in a group format. Be prepared for feedback and adjustments.
***Actors Connection provides readers for all events.
WHAT TO PREPARE:
For this event, please bring in your own scene of choice (no more than 2 minutes in length) that you feel best showcases your strengths as an actor. If you do not have your own scene, you can select a scene from the General Sides database (link located in your Actors Connection account upon registration).
Please email jess@actorsconnection.com your scene choice AS AN ATTACHMENT (file should be labeled YourName_CHARACTER) by 5pm (EST) the DAY BEFORE the event.
Payment:
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Pay in 4, interest free payments. (free when you pay on-time)
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Olissa Rogers
Olissa Rogers is an Emmy Award-winning Casting Director working on a freelance basis.
She began working in the industry back in Germany in 2008. She worked there until 2016 mainly on TV Series. In 2016 she met casting director, Jeremy Zimmermann, and went to be casting assistant for him on several films until 2018. She then moved on to become casting assistant to Kharmel Cochrane for commercials and TV/Film projects. In March 2019 Olissa was approached by Theo Park and was working on big TV projects (e.g Ted Lasso) as her associate where she was until October 2019. From November 2019 until February 2020 Olissa was one of the casting associates to Amy Hubbard. Olissa has also worked for Fiona Weir as one of her associates from June 2020 - April 2022. Since April 2022, Olissa now works on her on projects such as Royal Mob, African Queens, My Friend Misty etc..
Meets
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 | 1:00 pm |
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