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Maggie Lunn (Margaret Hilary Lunn; 26 January 1961 – 19 February 2017)[1] was an English casting director, for leading theatre companies and for notable productions on television and film. LifeLunn was born in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne. She attended Sacred Heart Grammar School in Fenham, and read English at Newcastle University. Starting a career in journalism, she was a research assistant, at The Daily Telegraph and then at Private Eye.[1] Moving to casting in 1987, she was an assistant to the casting director Gill Titchmarsh, and later an agent at International Creative Management. In 1995 she was appointed head of casting at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In 2002, she joined Michael Attenborough at the Almeida Theatre as artistic associate. From 2001 to 2002 she was acting head of casting at the Royal National Theatre.[2] With the Royal Shakespeare Company and later, she was interested in casting black and minority ethnic actors in roles usually regarded as white, notably David Oyelowo as the king in Shakespeare's Henry VI, at the RSC in 2001.[1] She worked with other theatre companies including the Young Vic, the Old Vic and the Chichester Festival Theatre.[2] On television, she was casting director for productions including Pride and Prejudice (1995), Cranford (2007) and Great Expectations (2011). In film, productions included Carrington (1995), Notes on a Scandal (2007) and Broken (2012).[1][2] Maggie Lunn died of cancer in 2017, aged 56, survived by her husband, the actor Paul Jesson, and daughter Joanne from an earlier relationship.[1][2] The director Rufus Norris, with whom she worked at the Almeida Theatre and later, said "To work with her was to enter a cauldron of robust and rigorous inquiry".[2] References1. ^1 2 3 4 Richard Eyre.[https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/mar/08/maggie-lunn-obituary "Maggie Lunn obituary"] The Guardian, 8 March 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018. 2. ^1 2 3 4 Michael Quinn. [https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2017/obituary-maggie-lunn/ "Obituary:Maggie Lunn"] The Stage, 7 March 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2018. External links
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