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Tammara "Tammy" Billik, (born in 1962, in Palo Alto, California) is a major Hollywood casting director who has cast hundreds of roles in television. Her best-known casting decision is when she and veteran casting director Marc Hirschfeld cast Ed O'Neill as Al Bundy for Fox Broadcasting's cult hit, ''Married... with Children''. In 1997 she also cast "The Puppy Episode" of the ABC series ''Ellen'' which saw Laura Dern, Emma Thomspon, Sean Penn and many others as part of Ellen DeGeneres' history-making, coming-out experience. ==Career== Billik began her casting career working on movies including ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' and ''E.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 received an Artios Award from the Casting Society of America in 1997 for her work on the Emmy winning series Ellen (). 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 ABC when it aired on April 30, 1997.〔>(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ellen lead character comes out to viewers )〕 Billik has also cast the long-running series, ''Unhappily Ever After'', for the now-defunct WB, which starred, Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox, Geoff Pierson, Stephanie Hodge, Kristanna Loken and Ant (comedian). She then went on to cast the pilot and first season of the ABC series ''Samantha Who'' which reunited her with ''Married... with Children'' star Christina Applegate. In 1997, Billik won the prestigious Artios award for excellence in casting. She has been nominated on three additional occasions (twice for ''Ellen'', and once for ''Samantha Who'').〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1997 Artios Award Winners )〕 Billik is an Executive Producer on the short feature (Boutonniere ) which is an official selection for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival, and as Associate Producer on the Sony Digital-produced webseries “Star-ving” starring David Faustino. In 2008, she launched (AreUaStar ) for aspiring actors to connect with Casting Directors. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tammara Billik」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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