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Carmen Cuba

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Biography

Carmen Cuba is a casting director. Cuba began her casting career in 1999, working with filmmaker Larry Clark on Bully and Ken Park. This early experience led to a long-standing collaboration with Oscar-winning director Steven Soderbergh, casting various projects from the experimental Bubble to 2023's Magic Mike's Last Dance. She has also collaborated with Ridley Scott on The Martian, Alien: Covenant, and All the Money in the World. Her film credits include Leos Carax's Annette, Lana Wachowski's The Matrix Resurrections, Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog, and Jordan Peele's NOPE. In 2022, she worked on Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language film, Madonna's autobiographical feature, the directorial debuts of Zoë Kravitz and Finn Wolfhard, and Justin Simien's Haunted Mansion. In television, Cuba has cast projects for acclaimed directors, including Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra, The Knick), Luca Guadagnino (We Are Who We Are), Alex Garland (Devs), and Patty Jenkins (I Am the Night). She has also contributed to the celebrated series by Tarrell McCraney (David Makes Man), Tanya Saracho (Vida), Amy Seimetz (The Girlfriend Experience), Lena Waithe (The Chi), and Andrew Haigh (Looking). Notably, she cast alongside the Duffer Brothers all four seasons of Stranger Things. In 2023, her television highlights include Swarm for Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, another Glover-led series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Soderbergh's limited series Full Circle, the Star Wars series The Acolyte for Leslye Headland, and Marvel's limited series Wonder Man directed by Destin Cretton. Cuba has been nominated for five Emmy Awards for Outstanding Casting, winning twice for Behind the Candelabra and Stranger Things.

Filmography50+ titles

Stranger Things

2016Casting

Narcos

2015Casting

Just Mercy

2019Casting Director

The Chi

2018Casting

The Knick

2014Casting

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

2023Local Casting

Sweet Tooth

2021Casting

Entergalactic

2022Casting

We Are Who We Are

2020Casting

Sense8

2015Casting

The Martian

2015Casting

Nightcrawler

2014Casting Consultant

The Butterfly Effect

2004Casting

The North Water

2021Casting Consultant

The Florida Project

2017Casting

Looking

2014Casting

Red Oaks

2014Casting

Erin Brockovich

2000Casting Associate

Devs

2020Casting

Mrs. America

2020Casting

Now You See Me

2013Casting

The Boroughs

2026Casting

Fear Street: Part Two - 1978

2021Casting

Love Sonia

2018Casting Director

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

1998Casting Assistant

Fear Street: Part Three - 1666

2021Casting

Queen & Slim

2019Casting Director

Wonder Man

2026Casting

Heretic

2024Casting

Obi-Wan Kenobi

2022Casting

The Adam Project

2022Casting

Boy Erased

2018Casting

The Girlfriend Experience

2016Casting, Original Casting

Good Fortune

2025Casting Director

The Apprentice

2024Casting

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan

2018Casting Director

Lean on Pete

2017Casting

Hidden

2015Casting

The Christophers

2025Casting

Nope

2022Casting

Bad Times at the El Royale

2018Casting

Blink Twice

2024Casting

The Power of the Dog

2021Casting Consultant

Fear Street: Part One - 1994

2021Casting

Annette

2021Casting

Hillbilly Elegy

2020Casting

David Makes Man

2019Casting

Logan Lucky

2017Casting

Bully

2001Casting

Life

1999Casting Associate