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1983 graduate of - Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Los Angeles - Admitted State Bar of California in 1992.
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Tammara Billik
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Her best-known casting decision is when she and veteran casting director Marc Hirschfeld cast Editor O"Neill as First Rate (at Lloyd's) Bundy for Fox Broadcasting"s cult hit, Married.. with Children. In 1997 she also cast "The Puppy Episode" of the American Broadcasting Company series Ellen which saw Laura Dern, Emma Thomspon, Sean Penn and many others as part of Ellen DeGeneres" history-making, coming-out experience. Billik began her casting career working on movies including Raiders of the Lost Ark and East.T. As a casting assistant, she worked with top Casting Directors including Mike Fenton, Elisabeth Leustig, Mary Colquhoun and Judith Holstra/Marcia Ross.
In 1987 she became the Casting Director of the Fox television series Married.. with Children, and cast over 150 episodes of the series.
Billik’s casting of that series included bringing on series regulars Jeremy Piven and notable guest stars including, Emma Thompson, Jennifer Aniston, ZZ Top, Linda Ellerbee, Laura Dern. The “coming out” episode of Ellen The Puppy Episode was viewed by 27 million on American Broadcasting Company when it aired on April 30, 1997.
Billik has also cast the long-running series, Unhappily Ever After, for the now-defunct World Bank, which starred, Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox, Geoff Pierson, Stephanie Hodge, Kristanna Loken and Ant (comedian). with Children star Christina Applegate. She has been nominated on three additional occasions (twice for Ellen, and once for Samantha Who).
In 2008, she launched AreUaStar for aspiring actors to connect with Casting Directors.
1983 graduate of University of California, Los Angeles - Juris Doctor from Loyola Law School in Los Los Angeles - Admitted State Bar of California in 1992. Billik has served on the board of directors of the largest national gay & lesbian organization, the Human Rights Campaign from 1998-2004.
Billik has also served as a board member for the Casting Society of America.
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Billik received an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America in 1997 for her work on the Emmy winning series Ellen. In 1997, Billik won the prestigious Artios award for excellence in casting. Billik was honored with the Guardian of Justice award by Temple Kol Ami in 2000 and with an honorary Artios award from the Casting Society of America for her leadership in organizing Casting Directors into a collective bargaining unit – Teamsters Local 399.
Membership
She has also been a longstanding member of the Board of Directors of the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center, which is the largest GLBT social services organization in the world.
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