Lindsey Kasabian

Lindsey Kasabian is senior vice president, Casting, Freeform, reporting to Sharon Klein, executive vice president of Casting, Walt Disney Television.

Kasabian recently led the casting efforts of the former Touchstone Television (aka Fox 21 Television Studios) as vice president. Throughout her tenure, she served as the principal casting executive on Showtime’s hit “Homeland” and was vital in securing Mandy Patinkin, Damian Lewis and Rupert Friend, among others, for its eight-season run. She also covered Nat Geo’s anthologies “Genius” (Geoffrey Rush, Antonio Banderas and Cynthia Erivo) and “The Hot Zone” (Julianna Margulies, Tony Goldwyn and Daniel Dae Kim). She oversaw the casting of FX’s critically acclaimed “Fosse/Verdon,” “Pose” and, most recently, “The Old Man” with Jeff Bridges. Recently, Kasabian worked on “Dopesick” for Hulu, starring Michael Keaton, Rosario Dawson and Kaitlyn Dever. Her first collaboration with Freeform was the pilot “Single Drunk Female,” starring Sofia Black D’Elia and Ally Sheedy, which was just picked up to series.

She’s worked alongside numerous creators, including Lena Waithe (“The Chi”), Howard Gordon (“Tyrant”), Joel Fields (“The Americans”), Elwood Reid (“Barkskins”), Ken Biller (“Legends”), Glen Mazzara (“Damien”), Nathaniel Halpern (“Tales from the Loop”), Hart Hanson (“Backstrom”), Alex Cunningham (“Chance”) and Veena Sud (“Seven Seconds” and “The Stranger”).

Kasabian started at the former 20th Century Fox Television in fall 2006 as an assistant in the casting department. She graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts in theater.