RI MCDAID-WREN

Ri McDaid-Wren (they/them) is a freelance casting director working in TV and film. Recent work includes 6 part drama ADULTERY for ITV, 6 part comedy thriller DEAD HOT for Amazon Prime, and SIGNIFICANT OTHER a 6 part comedy series for ITV, as well comedy shorts for Comedy Central’s DATING HORROR STORIES, and Fatiha El-Ghorri’s BBC blap DONKEY. Previously, as a Casting Associate, Ri has worked on projects such as DOCTOR WHO, IT’S A SIN (for which the team won the CDG Award for Best Casting in a Limited Series), GENTLEMAN JACK, YEARS & YEARS, STAN & OLLIE.
An impassioned advocate for better representation in the industry both on and off screen, Ri makes diversity and inclusion central to all their work. A founding member of the CDG’s EDI Group since 2018, Ri also created the CDG’s casting internship programme for people currently underrepresented in the profession, which launched in early 2022