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] After casting the HBO series Rome,[4] Gold was hired in 2009 by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss to cast a new HBO series, Game of Thrones, alongside Robert Sterne.[5]

Gold has been responsible for the casting of roles in seven of Mike Leigh's films since 1999.

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.[6] In 2015, she and Sterne were also nominated for an Emmy for casting the miniseries Wolf Hall.[7] In 2014, Gold was nominated for a Casting Society of America award for her work on the film The Theory of Everything.[8] In 2016, Gold was awarded a BAFTA Special Award at the Television Craft Awards for her career in casting for television and film.[9] In 2019, she was nominated for the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Casting for The Two Popes.[10]

Personal life

Gold's partner is Frank Hewetson, a logistics coordinator for Greenpeace and together they have a son.

Filmography

Selected television credits
YearTitleNotes
2005–2007Rome22 episodes
2008John AdamsMiniseries
2011–2019Game of Thrones73 episodes
2015Wolf HallMiniseries
2016The Crown20 episodes
2017–presentTaboo8 episodes
2019Chernobyl5 episodes

Selected film credits
YearTitleNotes
1997The Borrowers
2002Max
2007Hot Fuzz
2007Mr. Bean's Holiday
2009A Christmas Carol
2011Attack the Block
2010The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
2010The King's Speech
2011The Iron Lady
2012 Les MisérablesNominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Drama)
2013Rush
2014The Imitation Game
2014The Theory of Everything
2014Exodus: Gods and Kings
2015The Martian
2015Star Wars: The Force AwakensNominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting - Big Budget Feature (Drama)
2016Inferno
2017On Chesil Beach
2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi
2017The Children Act
2018Solo: A Star Wars Story
2019The Two PopesNominated–BAFTA Award for Best Casting
2019Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
20191917

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. 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. 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. Bingley, Charlie (August 3, 2016). "The Game of Thrones Cast That Could Have Been". HBO. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  5. Barraclough, Leo (April 15, 2016). "Game of Thrones Casting Director Nina Gold to Receive BAFTA Award". Variety. Retrieved March 18, 2016.
  6. "Game of Thrones". Emmys.com. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  7. Street, Jacob (July 16, 2015). "2015 Emmy Nominees: Game of Thrones And Mad Men Lead The Chase". Inquisitr. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
  8. Bloom, David (September 22, 2014). "Casting Society Artios Awards Nominees Announced; Rob Marshall, Ellen Lewis To Receive Special Honors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
  9. "Nina Gold: Special Award 2016". BAFTA. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  10. "Film in 2020". BAFTA. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
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