Diversity in Young Adult Pilot Casting 2018

Diversity in casting has been a big topic the past couple of years, so I kept track of it while keeping tally of Young Adult Actors who booked leads and series regulars this pilot season. In doing so, I noticed an interesting distribution between the different educational and training backgrounds and will offer that information along with the raw numbers although I don't feel expert to hypothesize as to exactly what it means.

 

188 Actors

81 Male

106 Female

1 Transgender

 

93 White - 41M 51F 1T

52 Black - 30M 22F

13 Hispanic - 3M 10F

3 Middle Eastern - 2M 1F

11 South Asian - 4M 7F

6 East Asian - 1M 5F

10 Ethnically Ambiguous - 1M 9F

 

Undergraduate Acting

38 White - 17M 20F 1T

17 Black - 10M 7F

2 Hispanic - 1M 1F

2 Middle Eastern - 1M 1F

3 South Asian- 1M 2F

3 East Asian - 3F

2 Ethnically Ambiguous - 2F

 

Graduate Acting

4 Black - 2M 2F

1 Middle Eastern - 1M

 

Non-degree conservatories

2 White - 2F

7 Black - 2M 5F

3 Hispanic - 1M - 2F

1 Ethnically Ambiguous - 1F

 

Majored in something besides Acting with studio training or training background unknown

12 White - 7M 5F

11 Black - 5M 6F

4 Hispanic - 1M 3F

6 South Asian- 3M 3F

3 East Asian - 1M 2F

1 Ethnically Ambiguous 1F

 

Began careers with high school education or foreign equivalent/No college/Studio Trained or training unknown

10 White - 4M 6F

5 Black - 4M 1F

1 South Asian - 1F

5 Ethnically Ambiguous - 1M 4F

 

Former Child Stars/Began Careers as Minors

30 White - 12M 18F

7 Black - 6M 1F

3 Hispanic - 3F

1 Ethically Ambiguous - 1F

 

Unknown Education, Training Background, or Starting Age

1 White - 1M

3 Black - 1M - 2F

1 Hispanic - 1F

1 South Asian - 1F