Carmen Cuba

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 longstanding collaboration with Oscarwinning director Steven Soderbergh casting various projects from the experimental Bubble to 2023s Magic Mikes 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 Caraxs Annette Lana Wachowskis The Matrix Resurrections Jane Campions The Power of the Dog and Jordan Peeles NOPE In 2022 she worked on Pedro Almodóvars first Englishlanguage film Madonnas autobiographical feature the directorial debuts of Zoë Kravitz and Finn Wolfhard and Justin Simiens 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 Gloverled series Mr and Mrs Smith Soderberghs limited series Full Circle the Star Wars series The Acolyte for Leslye Headland and Marvels 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