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Andrea Brown (born 29 October 1962; age 61) is a Casting Director who was Extras Casting Director on Star Trek Beyond, and principal casting by April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg. [1]

Born in Canada, Brown started her career as an actress and appeared in Empire of Ash III (1989), the MacGyver episode "Lesson in Evil" (1990, with W. Morgan Sheppard), and the thriller Ultimate Desires (1991, with Tracy Scoggins and stunts by Eurlyne Epper-Woldman) and performed stunts in Jennifer 8 (1992, with Bob Gunton and Kevin Conway, stunt coordination by Buddy Joe Hooker and stunts by Johnny C. Meier).

In the early 1990s, Brown first worked in the casting department and cast background performers for television series such as Madison, The Odyssey (1994), Sliders (1995, created and executive produced by Tracy Tormé, starring Jerry O'Connell and John Rhys-Davies, and music by Dennis McCarthy), and Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996, casting by Mary Jo Slater), television productions such as the thriller Frostfire (1994), Little Criminals (1995), Catch Me if You Can (1998), and Atomic Train (1999, with Henri Lubatti and voice casting by Barbara Harris), and films including The NeverEnding Story III (1994, with Ryan Bollman and Tracey Ellis), the thriller Maternal Instincts (1996, with Sandra Nelson), The 13th Warrior' (1999, with Neil Maffin and Erick Avari), Lake Placid (1999), Snow Falling on Cedars (1999, with James Cromwell, Cary-Hiroyuki, and Caroline Kava), and Double Jeopardy (1999, with Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, and Lance Spellerberg).

Further credits as extras casting director include Mission to Mars (2000), Scary Movie (2000), Get Carter (2000), Along Came a Spider (2001), Thirteen Ghosts (2001, with F. Murray Abraham), Snow Dogs (2002, with Nichelle Nichols), the remake I Spy (2002, with Famke Janssen and Malcolm McDowell), Dreamcatcher (2003), X2 (2003, with Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, and Bruce Davison), Catwoman (2004), Elektra (2005), Fantastic Four (2005), The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007), and Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007, with Robert Joy), Watchmen (2009, with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie, and Rob LaBelle) and X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), and The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009, with Billy Burke and Michael Welch).

In 2009, Brown appeared as Veronica Smith in the Canadian Doctor Who fan film, "Victimsight".

As Extras Casting Director, Brown worked on the pilot episode of Pretty Little Liars (2010), Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010), the reboot The A-Team (2010, with Dwight Schultz), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011), and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011, with Jay Caputo) and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014, with Enrique Murciano), Final Destination 5 (2011, with Tony Todd), Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011, with Simon Pegg and produced by J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk, Jeffrey Chernov, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Tommy Harper), Underworld Awakening (2012), The Cabin in the Woods (2012, with Chris Hemsworth), the television series Red Widow (2013, starring Clifton Collins, Jr.), Man of Steel (2013), Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013), Godzilla (2014), and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014, with Bill Cobbs, Andrea Martin, Rachael Harris, Matt Frewer, and Alice Eve).

In February 2013, Brown co-founded the Vancouver, British Columbia-based Extras Casting Agency BCF Casting together with fellow Casting Directors Sandra Couldwell and James Forsyth.

Brown also worked as Extras Casting Director on the drama Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), The Age of Adaline (2015), Hidden (2015), Tomorrowland (2015, written and produced by Damon Lindelof, produced by Jeffrey Chernov, music by Michael Giacchino, casting by April Webster and Alyssa Weisberg, and production design by Scott Chambliss), and The Revenant (2015, starring Tom Hardy).

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