Nina Gold

Nina Gold is a casting director known for her work on the HBO series Rome and Game of Thrones. She has also worked as casting director in movies like The Martian, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and Solo: A Star Wars Story.[1][2]

Nina Gold
Born
Nina Gold
NationalityBritish
OccupationCasting director

Career

Gold began casting while at university, studying at Christ's College, University of Cambridge.[3] Her first casting job was to recruit extras for an AC/DC music video. After spending several years casting for music videos and commercials, Gold cast a McDonald's commercial directed by Mike Leigh in 1992. Seven years later, Leigh hired Gold to cast Topsy-Turvy, her first major film.[4] Gold has been responsible for the casting of roles in seven of Mike Leigh's films since 1999.

After casting the HBO series Rome,[5] Gold was hired in 2009 by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss to cast a new HBO series, Game of Thrones, alongside Robert Sterne.[6]

Awards and nominations

Gold has won and been nominated for numerous awards for Game of Thrones, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series win in 2015-2016 and 2019 and Emmy nominations for all six seasons.[7] In 2015, she and Sterne were also nominated for an Emmy for casting the miniseries Wolf Hall.[8] In 2014, Gold was nominated for a Casting Society of America award for her work on the film The Theory of Everything.[9] In 2016, Gold was awarded a BAFTA Special Award at the Television Craft Awards for her career in casting for television and film.[10] In 2019, she was nominated for the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Casting for The Two Popes.[11]

Personal life

Gold's partner is Frank Hewetson, a logistics coordinator for Greenpeace. They have two children together.

Filmography

Selected television credits
YearTitleNotes
2005–2007Rome22 episodes
2008John AdamsMiniseries
2011–2019Game of Thrones73 episodes
2015Wolf HallMiniseries
2016–2019The Crown30 episodes
2017Taboo8 episodes
2017Top of the Lake6 episodes
2018Patrick Melrose5 episodes
2019Chernobyl5 episodes
2021The Nevers7 episodes
2021Landscapers4 episodes
2021This Is Going to Hurt7 episodes
2022Bad Sisters10 episodes
2022Andor12 episodes
2022-2023Slow Horses12 episodes

Selected film credits
YearTitleNotes
1997The Borrowers
1999Topsy-Turvy
2000Love's Labour's Lost
2000Beautiful Creatures
2000Rat
2001The Triumph of Love
2001The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife
2001The 51st State
2002All or Nothing
2002Max
2002The Final Curtain
2004The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004De-Lovely
2004Vera Drake
2005Sahara
2006The Illusionist
2006Amazing Grace
2007The Good Night
2007Hot Fuzz
2007Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007Eastern Promises
2008The Other Man
2008Happy-Go-Lucky
2009Nowhere Boy
2009Bright Star
2009A Christmas Carol
2010Barney's Version
2010Another Year
2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010The King's Speech
2011Jane Eyre
2011Attack the Block
2011The Iron Lady
2012Prometheus
2012Les MisérablesNominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)
2013The World's End
2013Rush
2013The Counselor
2014Mr. Turner
2014The Imitation Game
2014The Theory of Everything
2014A Little Chaos
2014Paddington
2014Exodus: Gods and Kings
2015The Danish Girl
2015The Martian
2015Burnt
2015In the Heart of the Sea
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensNominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama)
2016The BFG
2016Bridget Jones's Baby
2016Inferno
2016Allied
2017On Chesil Beach
2017Disobedience
2017Paddington 2
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017The Children Act
2018Annihilation
2018Solo: A Star Wars StoryUK Casting Director
2018Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
2019The Kid Who Would Be King
2019The Two PopesNominated–BAFTA Award for Best Casting
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
20191917
2020The Courier
2020Misbehaviour
2020Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
2020Rebecca
2021The Mauritanian
2021The Power of the Dog
2021Last Night in Soho
2022Morbius
2022Jurassic World: Dominion
2022The Wonder
2022Empire of Light
2022Catherine Called Birdy

References
  1. Gilbert, Gerard (April 5, 2014). "Secrets of the casting couch revealed: How to pick the perfect Doctor Who, Margaret Thatcher or Paddington Bear". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-06-21. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  2. Plunkett, John (April 24, 2016). "From Game of Thrones to Star Wars: the casting boss behind TV and movie hits". The Guardian. Archived from the original on March 9, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  3. ""The entrepreneurial alternative to corporate life - join three Christ's Alumnae who run their own companies."". Christ's College, Cambridge. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  4. Elmhirst, Sophie (26 April 2018). "From Game of Thrones to The Crown: the woman who turns actors into stars". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 4 November 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  5. Bingley, Charlie (August 3, 2016). "The Game of Thrones Cast That Could Have Been". HBO. Archived from the original on December 23, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  6. Barraclough, Leo (April 15, 2016). "Game of Thrones Casting Director Nina Gold to Receive BAFTA Award". Variety. Archived from the original on August 8, 2016. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  7. "Game of Thrones". Emmys.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  8. Street, Jacob (July 16, 2015). "2015 Emmy Nominees: Game of Thrones And Mad Men Lead The Chase". Inquisitr. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  9. Bloom, David (September 22, 2014). "Casting Society Artios Awards Nominees Announced; Rob Marshall, Ellen Lewis To Receive Special Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on December 31, 2014. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  10. "Nina Gold: Special Award 2016". BAFTA. Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  11. "Film in 2020". BAFTA. Archived from the original on July 19, 2021. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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