About AJ

• AJ Links, CSA (she/her) is an Emmy Winning Casting Director for the Chicago Casting of FX’s THE BEAR. She is a two-time Artios Award Winner for her work on both HBO’s LOVECRAFT COUNTRY and Aaron Sorkin’s THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7. Over nearly 11 years at Paskal Rudnicke Casting, working her way up from intern to CD, AJ was fortunate to cast films (both big budget studio features and Chicago indies), television, commercials, industrials, music videos and live theater. Her select television credits include: FX's THE BEAR (Emmy ‘24) and the fourth installment of FARGO, HBO's STATION ELEVEN, SOUTH SIDE, and LOVECRAFT COUNTRY (Artios winner ‘21), Showtime's SHAMELESS and WORK IN PROGRESS,  AppleTV+ series THE SHINING GIRLS, Comedy Central’s JOE PERA TALKS WITH YOU and the upcoming Marvel series IRONHEART. Select film credits:  Aaron Sorkin's THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (Artios winner ‘20), Steve McQueen's WIDOWS (Artios nomination), Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS 4, Austin Vesely’s SLICE, Kris Rey’s I USED TO GO HERE, Elizabeth Chomko’s WHAT THEY HAD, Stephen Cone’s HENRY GAMBLE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY and  PRINCESS CYD, Kelly O’Sullivan + Alex Thompson’s GHOSTLIGHT and SAINT FRANCES, Jennifer Reeder’s SIGNATURE MOVE, KNIVES AND SKIN, NIGHTS END, and PERPETRATOR. Several independent films and projects have premiered at legendary festivals around the world, including: TIFF, Sundance, Tribeca, Berlinale, SXSW, Frameline. She is a graduate of The Theatre School at DePaul University where she studied Dramaturgy and Directing. AJ is a proud member of The Casting Society of America.

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