Allison Jones is a popular casting director who is credited for helping to bring together realistic ensemble casts for such television shows as Freaks and Geeks (for which she was nominated and won an Emmy), Curb Your Enthusiasm and Arrested Development (both of which she was also nominated for), and the US version of The Office.

She has also cast several successful films, including The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, and Knocked Up. She has worked as a casting director in the entertainment business since 1982, with her first credited work for the television show Family Ties.