Assembling the right cast for a film or television show is one of the most important aspects of filmmaking. People skilled in the art are called casting directors, and Georgianne Walken is one who has become famous. Along with Sheila Jaffe, she runs the Walken/Jaffe casting company, and through their efforts, many actors have risen from obscurity to stardom.
One of her notable projects as a casting director is Basquiat which she directed in collaboration with SheilaJaffe in 1996. In addition to casting, she has acted in several television series and films throughout her career. Walken has also been in professional dance. She is married to popular actor Christopher Walken. Read on for facts about the casting director’s life and career.
Georgianne Walken – Biography,
Georgianne Walken (formerly Georgianne Leigh)Thon) was born in the United States of America on February 8, 1944. Walken is a television and film casting director. Along with Sheila Jaffee, she has directed the cast of dozens of TV shows and movies since the early 1990s, through their company Walken/Jaffe. In 1990, they completed their first casting job for the 1990 film End of Night. Part of her work as a casting director includes the television series Entourage, as well as The Sopranos among many others. In film, she and Jaffe have co-directed the cast of numerous films, including Dark Knight,Subway Stories, Bedazzled, Monkey, Two Girls and a Guy, among others.
Beyond Georgianne Walken’s career as a casting director, she has also acted as an actress in several movies and TV shows. One of his earliest acting roles was in the 1983 film titled Brainstorm which also starred Natalie Wood and Christopher Walken. She also had a minor role in an episode of The Sopranos in 2006, in addition to being the TV show’s casting director.
The Sopranos is an American series that has touched the hearts of many around the world. It’s a crime drama about an Italian-American gang leader who tries to balance his criminal activities with his family life. The series has made household names of many actors who are now well known. It first aired in January 1999. Many fans still consider this TV show one of the best ever.
Entourage is another series that has been loved around the world. A prequel film is also in the marks. It is an American comedy-drama that is loved for its amazing characters and epic storytelling. Walken and Jaffee worked together on other projects; Monkey, Subway Stories, End of the Night, Bedazzled, Dark Knight, Two Girls and a Guy and many more. Walken was nominated for an Emmy Award every year between 1999 and 2007, and she and Jaffee won the Emmy for Outstanding Casting for a Series in 1999.
Personal profile of Christopher Walken’s wife
Georgianne met her husband Christopher Walkenon a tour of West Side Story, they were dancers. They married in January 1969. Christopher Walken is an award-winning actor well known for his roles in such films as Seven Psychopaths, The Deer Hunter, and Pulp Fiction. One of his popular projects was portraying the role of Frank Abagnale Senior in Catch Me If You Can .(based on the life of former con man and later FBIAgent, Frank Abagnale) who also starred Leonardo DiCaprio who stars as Frank Abagnale junior, a young hustler who defrauded a multitude of organizations for millions of dollars in fraud, among several other fraudulent activities and was later employed by the FBI to help apprehend other fraudsters.
Another of his popular roles is as Max Zorin in the 1985 installment of James Bond – A Sight to Kill. He’s played so many challenging and vicious roles over the years, but that has always excited Georgianne and never scared her off. Georgianne Walken and her husband have no children, it’s an agreement they reached many years ago and Christopher said he thought the decision was helpful to them as he felt had they had children, their careers would not have been as successful as they turned out to be.
The Walkens live in Wilton, Connecticut, and own a vacation home in Rhode Island, among other properties. They own a cat called Bowtie.