You may never have heard Tess Sanchez's name, but you are likely familiar with the TV characters she helped cast. For more than a decade, Sanchez led the casting team at Fox Entertainment, where she held the only creative executive role by a woman of color, according to Deadline. Sanchez left her role as head of casting in August 2020, when Fox restructured the department in a move presumed to have been motivated by efforts to reduce costs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Deadline reported.
Throughout her tenure, Sanchez led the casting process for big-name TV series, including "Empire," "The Mindy Project," and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine." Before joining Fox in 2009, Sanchez worked at The WB, where she was involved in many of its flagship shows, like "Felicity," "Dawson's Creek," and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," according to Variety. As a Latina, Sanchez promoted initiatives to boost the presence of Hispanic actors across Fox's TV series, Deadline reported.
Sanchez appears to be fluent in Spanish, which she often uses on her social media. "Lilita. Dias de verano," she captioned an Instagram photo of Lilly, meaning "summer days." In an interview with People, the couple noted both Lilly and Ozzy are Sanchez-Greenfield. Sometimes, Sanchez uses only her last name to refer to her children on social media via hashtags.
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