HENRIE STRIDE

DIRECTOR

Henrie Stride has been steering the careers of talent for over 25 years. At Henrie Stride Management what you will find is Henrie! With her unique approach of personally investing in the careers of her clients, she has rewritten the way things are done in the biz. Henrie has a reputation for being dependable, compassionate, supportive, fiercely loyal, direct and honest, not just by her friends, but by her clients and industry professionals. At HSM you won’t find a “one size fits all” approach to talent management but personal and proactive one on one interactions. By establishing these solid, enduring relationships, Henrie gains a unique understanding of their vision and views manager/talent relationship as a partnership, helping her clients steer their own careers and bring their creative ideas to fruition.

 Henrie’s career start was at Mullinar’s Casting in the early ’90s, followed by various TV production experiences both here and in the UK, she went on to become one of the first casting producers for reality Television in Australia. The game changer in her casting career was the role as the Network Casting Director for the Nine Network where she gained valuable contacts and knowledge of the innerworkings of Network TV.  In 2008 Henrie branched out on her own to create Henrie Stride Casting. During this time, she cast the three judges for the ratings juggernaut MasterChef Australia: Matt Preston, George Calombaris and Gary Mehigan and within a year of leaving Nine, she was offered a position at Melbourne’s Profile Talent Management to launch and run the Sydney office.

 Having garnered notable achievements and accolades, Henrie launched HSM, an all-encompassing agency representing talent across a wider spectrum of the entertainment industry. Henrie’s diverse client roster now includes a who’s who of multi-talented media presenters, performers, comedians, actors, writers, authors and foodies. During this long career in the entertainment business, Henrie has got to know everyone, has seen and done it all, yet there is still always a lot to learn and with the ever-changing face of the media she is still kept her on her toes!