Barbara McNamara

Casting Extras for '30 Rock' Season 7 Episodes

Barbara McNamara Casting is seeking background talent to portray a female makeup artist, a clown, club-goers, and even Mitt Romney and Paz de la Huerta in the NBC's comedy's seventh season.

How to Start Your Career as a Background Actor

Barbara McNamara, extras casting director for film and TV projects including “30 Rock” and “The Devil Wears Prada,” explains how background work can benefit aspiring actors.

Sharing Screen Time With Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin on ‘30 Rock’

Casting director Barbara McNamara explains how background actors can upgrade to more-prominent (even speaking) roles as featured extras on a show like “30 Rock.”

Using Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube?

" We're entering a new era where everyone is using MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter, and it would be silly not to take advantage of that." -- Sean Marks, Barbara McNamara Casting

Colin Buckingham...Got the Part

Colin Buckingham arrived at Back Stage's annual Actorfest NY event last year with copies of his headshot and résumé but only a vague idea of whom he might be able to give them to.