M'saada Nia

Teaches at Actors Connection New York

M'saada Nia is a casting professional (with over 150+ credits and more than a decade of experience), most recently having been a casting executive at The Walt Disney Company and previously having worked in freelance casting on studio & indie features, blockbuster video games, pilots & network series, live action and animated series, new media projects, commercials & music videos (several projects were Oscar or Emmy or NAACP or BAFTA award nominated).

She was a member of the casting teams of renowned Casting Directors Emily Schweber (FLORA & ULYSSES for Disney+, SXSW film THE QUARRY, and triple A title video games CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE & STAR WARS: SQUADRONS), Aisha Coley (Oscar winning film SELMA, NAACP Image award winning series QUEEN SUGAR & Disney feature WRINKLE IN TIME) and Donna Morong (SEE YOU THEN, HOW TO DETER A ROBBER).

As the lead casting director and founder of Copasetic Casting, M'saada has been a staunch advocate of actors and has discovered loads of exciting, new talent.  Additionally, she cast ADR/loop groups for features, series and made for TV movies for Netflix, Amazon, Hallmark and Lifetime among others.