Emma Sylvester is a UK-based casting director with a career rooted in television drama and ongoing professional work in screen casting. Originally trained as an actor, she transitioned into casting in 2016 and spent six years within the BBC’s continuing drama casting department, where she worked both as a casting assistant and as the lead casting director on flagship series including Casualty, Father Brown and Doctors. Her early casting support also includes credits on long-running BBC shows such as Holby City and The Canterville Ghost. Beyond television, her film casting credits include features like Terrorist and Bruno as well as Temptation in 2018 and 2019. 

Sylvester’s experience extends into genre-specific casting workshops and coaching for actors, and she now collaborates on larger scale projects including Netflix animation and high-budget video games alongside other senior casting professionals. Her background as an actor informs her casting approach, and she is recognised in the industry through her membership in the Casting Directors’ Guild and continued freelance work across UK screen productions