# Nina Gold

Nina Gold is a British casting director known for her work on the HBO series Rome and Game of Thrones, the Netflix series The Crown, and the critically acclaimed Sky Studios produced The Day of the Jackal (2024). She has also worked as casting director in movies like The Martian, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Solo: A Star Wars Story

## Career

Gold began casting while at university, studying at Christ's College, University of Cambridge. 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. Gold has been responsible for the casting of roles in seven of Mike Leigh's films since 1999.
After casting the HBO series Rome, Gold was hired in 2009 by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss to cast a new HBO series, Game of Thrones, alongside Robert Sterne.

## 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. In 2015, she and Sterne were also nominated for an Emmy for casting the miniseries Wolf Hall. In 2014, Gold was nominated for a Casting Society of America award for her work on the film The Theory of Everything. In 2016, Gold was awarded a BAFTA Special Award at the Television Craft Awards for her career in casting for television and film. In 2019, she was nominated for the inaugural BAFTA Award for Best Casting for The Two Popes. In 2024, Nina received multiple nominations, including for Best Casting of a TV Drama Series: The Day of the Jackal, Say Nothing and Slow Horses (Season 4), Best Casting of a Film: Conclave, Best Casting of a Limited or Single Series: Baby Reindeer; Best Child Casting (all Media): Blitz.

## Personal life

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

## Filmography
### Selected television credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 2005–2007 | Rome | 22 episodes |
| 2008 | John Adams | Miniseries |
| 2011–2019 | Game of Thrones | 73 episodes |
| 2015 | Wolf Hall | Miniseries |
| 2016–2019 | The Crown | 30 episodes |
| 2017 | Taboo | 8 episodes |
| 2017 | Top of the Lake | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Patrick Melrose | 5 episodes |
| 2019 | Chernobyl | Miniseries |
| 2021 | The Nevers | 7 episodes |
| 2021 | Landscapers | 4 episodes |
| 2021 | This Is Going to Hurt | 7 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Bad Sisters | 18 episodes |
| 2022 | Andor | 12 episodes |
| 2022–2024 | Slow Horses | 24 episodes |
| 2024 | Baby Reindeer | Miniseries |
| 2024–present | 3 Body Problem | 8 episodes |
| 2024–present | The Day of the Jackal | 10 episodes |

### Selected film credits

| Year | Title | Notes |
| 1997 | The Borrowers | |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | |
| 2000 | Beautiful Creatures | |
| 2000 | Rat | |
| 2001 | The Triumph of Love | |
| 2001 | The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife | |
| 2001 | The 51st State | |
| 2002 | All or Nothing | |
| 2002 | Max | |
| 2002 | The Final Curtain | |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | |
| 2005 | Sahara | |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace | |
| 2007 | The Good Night | |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | |
| 2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | |
| 2007 | Eastern Promises | |
| 2008 | The Other Man | |
| 2008 | Happy-Go-Lucky | |
| 2009 | Nowhere Boy | |
| 2009 | Bright Star | |
| 2009 | A Christmas Carol | |
| 2010 | Barney's Version | |
| 2010 | Another Year | |
| 2010 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader | |
| 2010 | The King's Speech | |
| 2011 | Jane Eyre | |
| 2011 | Attack the Block | |
| 2011 | The Iron Lady | |
| 2012 | Prometheus | |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Nominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama) |
| 2013 | The World's End | |
| 2013 | Rush | |
| 2013 | The Counselor | |
| 2014 | Mr. Turner | |
| 2014 | The Imitation Game | |
| 2014 | The Theory of Everything | |
| 2014 | A Little Chaos | |
| 2014 | Paddington | |
| 2014 | Exodus: Gods and Kings | |
| 2015 | The Danish Girl | |
| 2015 | The Martian | |
| 2015 | Burnt | |
| 2015 | In the Heart of the Sea | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Nominated–Artios Award for Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Big Budget Feature (Drama) |
| 2016 | The BFG | |
| 2016 | Bridget Jones's Baby | |
| 2016 | Inferno | |
| 2016 | Allied | |
| 2017 | On Chesil Beach | |
| 2017 | Disobedience | |
| 2017 | Paddington 2 | |
| 2017 | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | |
| 2017 | The Children Act | |
| 2018 | Annihilation | |
| 2018 | Solo: A Star Wars Story | UK Casting Director |
| 2018 | Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom | |
| 2018 | Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again | |
| 2019 | The Kid Who Would Be King | |
| 2019 | The Two Popes | Nominated–BAFTA Award for Best Casting |
| 2019 | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | |
| 2019 | 1917 | |
| 2020 | The Courier | |
| 2020 | Misbehaviour | |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | |
| 2020 | Rebecca | |
| 2021 | The Mauritanian | |
| 2021 | The Power of the Dog | |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho | |
| 2022 | Morbius | |
| 2022 | Jurassic World: Dominion | |
| 2022 | The Wonder | |
| 2022 | Empire of Light | |
| 2022 | Catherine Called Birdy | |
| 2023 | Wonka | |
| 2024 | Spaceman | |
| 2024 | Scoop | |
| 2024 | Back to Black | |
| 2024 | Blitz | |
| 2024 | Conclave | |