Mary Jo Slater (born April 19 1946 in New York, New York, U.S.) is an American casting director and producer for film, television and theatre. She has over 100 movie credits to her name. Slater was a production assistant for Mark Twain Tonight! and had her first casting role for the 1977 Broadway revival of Hair. She went on to cast five more theatre productions before moving into film and television. She was married to actor Michael Hawkins and is the mother of actor Christian Slater. She is also the mother of actor Ryan Slater by a different husband, who is also her son's casting coach.
