Laura Donnelly CDG
Casting Director & Industry Advisor at Acting Coach Scotland
Laura Donnelly is a Glasgow-based Casting Director working across film, television and theatre throughout the UK and internationally, with bases in Glasgow and Dubrovnik, Croatia.
Laura began working primarily in film and television in 2004 before moving into theatre in 2012. For ten years she was Resident Associate and subsequently Casting Director at the National Theatre of Scotland, overseeing the casting of productions of all scales performing across the UK, Europe and internationally.
Today, alongside her professional casting work, Laura is Industry Advisor to Acting Coach Scotland.
Bringing the Professional Industry into Actor Training
Learning how to act is only part of becoming a professional actor.
Actors also need to understand how casting works, how to approach auditions and self-tapes, how to present themselves professionally and what will actually be expected of them once they enter the industry.
As ACS Industry Advisor, Laura brings the perspective of a working Casting Director directly into our professional actor training.
Her involvement helps ACS ensure that the industry-facing elements of our courses remain connected to the realities of contemporary casting and professional practice.
For our students, that means learning not simply how to train as an actor, but how to prepare to work as one.
Film & Television Casting
Laura's recent screen projects include:
Granite Harbour – Series 3 — LA Productions / BBC Scotland
The Chief – Series 2 — The Comedy Unit / BBC Scotland
Midgies — feature film directed by Alessio Avezzano for Mythic Picnic
Other screen credits include Tetris, Adam, Murder Island, Jekyll & Hyde and Scenes for Survival.
Theatre Casting
Laura's extensive theatre casting work includes productions for some of Scotland and the UK's major theatre companies and venues.
Selected credits include:
Medea, The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart, Twelfth Night, Cyrano de Bergerac, The James Plays, Let The Right One In, Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, This Restless House, The 306 Trilogy, The Cheviot and My Left Right Foot.
Her work has involved productions presented throughout Scotland and the UK as well as international tours and performances in Europe and the United States.
International Casting
Laura is also Casting Consultant for the Midsummer Scene Festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia, continuing her international work alongside her UK casting projects.
Laura Donnelly at Acting Coach Scotland
Laura has worked with ACS students for a number of years, sharing first-hand insight into casting and the professional acting industry. She now has a more formal role as ACS Industry Advisor.
Her expertise is particularly relevant to the professional preparation undertaken by students on our 1-Year Professional Diploma in Stage & Screen Performance and the industry-development elements of our HND Acting & Performance programme.
That connection matters to us.
At ACS, our aim isn't simply to help students become better actors. We want them to graduate understanding the profession they are about to enter — from auditions and self-taping through to casting, representation and professional expectations.
Having an experienced working Casting Director advising the school helps us keep that training relevant.
Professional Representation
Laura Donnelly is represented by James Beresford at The Artists Partnership, London.
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