Here are the NBP staff predictions for Best Casting. For an overview of all awards predictions, visit our Oscar Predictions page.
Click each heading to view individual staff rankings, or search/sort by the drop-downs below:
NBP Staff Picks
| Matt Neglia | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 2 |
| 6 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 7 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 8 | Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) | |
| 9 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 10 | Anna Kennedy, John Papsidera & Suse Marquardt (NUREMBERG) |
Last Updated:
| 11/22/2025 10:50 AM |
| Dan Bayer | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | |
| 4 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | |
| 5 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | |
| 6 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
| 7 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 8 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 9 | Isabella Odoffin (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE) | |
| 10 | Adam Caldwell & Tiffany Little Canfield (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN) |
Last Updated:
| 12/6/2025 1:50 PM |
| Alyssa Christian | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 2 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | |
| 4 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 5 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | ▲ 1 |
| 6 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | ▲ 3 |
| 7 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▼ 2 |
| 8 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) | NEW |
| 10 | Margery Simkin (AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH) | ▼ 2 |
Last Updated:
| 12/8/2025 5:20 PM |
| Sara Clements | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | ▲ 4 |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 4 |
| 4 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 2 |
| 6 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | ▼ 4 |
| 7 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) | ▼ 4 |
| 9 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Anna Kennedy, John Papsidera & Suse Marquardt (NUREMBERG) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 11/29/2025 12:21 PM |
| Nadia Dalimonte | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 2 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | |
| 3 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 4 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 4 |
| 5 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 6 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | |
| 7 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 8 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▼ 4 |
| 9 | Isabella Odoffin (THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE) | |
| 10 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) |
Last Updated:
| 11/20/2025 9:20 AM |
| Cody Dericks | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 2 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 3 | #REF! | |
| 4 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | |
| 5 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 6 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
| 7 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | |
| 8 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 9 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) | |
| 10 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) |
Last Updated:
| 12/3/2025 1:05 PM |
| Daniel Howat | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 3 |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | ▼ 1 |
| 3 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | |
| 4 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | ▼ 2 |
| 5 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | |
| 6 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 7 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 8 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 9 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | |
| 10 | Aine O'Sullivan, Olivia Scott-Webb (BLUE MOON) |
Last Updated:
| 11/20/2025 1:50 AM |
| Megan Lachinski | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 3 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▲ 3 |
| 4 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | NEW |
| 5 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 6 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
| 7 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 8 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | |
| 9 | Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT) | |
| 10 | Anne McCarthy, Morgan Robbins & Kellie Roy (THE LIFE OF CHUCK) |
Last Updated:
| 11/9/2025 11:20 AM |
| Giovanni Lago | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | |
| 4 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▲ 4 |
| 5 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 6 | Gabriel Domingues (THE SECRET AGENT) | NEW |
| 7 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) | |
| 8 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 4 |
| 9 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | ▼ 3 |
| 10 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 12/7/2025 12:06 PM |
| Will Mavity | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 2 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 5 |
| 4 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 2 |
| 6 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | ▼ 1 |
| 8 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | ▼ 1 |
| 9 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 10 | Aine O'Sullivan, Olivia Scott-Webb (BLUE MOON) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 12/1/2025 3:36 PM |
| Tom O'Brien | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | ▲ 6 |
| 3 | Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) | ▼ 1 |
| 4 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▼ 1 |
| 5 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | |
| 6 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▼ 2 |
| 7 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 8 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | NEW |
| 9 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 10 | Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT) |
Last Updated:
| 9/28/2025 1:35 PM |
| Josh Parham | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 2 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | ▲ 1 |
| 3 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 1 |
| 4 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▼ 2 |
| 5 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 6 | Jafar Panahi (IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT) | ▲ 1 |
| 7 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▲ 2 |
| 8 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | ▲ 2 |
| 9 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | ▼ 3 |
| 10 | Aine O'Sullivan, Olivia Scott-Webb (BLUE MOON) | ▼ 2 |
Last Updated:
| 12/5/2025 4:50 PM |
| Joselyn Safadi | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 3 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 4 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | ▲ 1 |
| 5 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
| 6 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | ▲ 3 |
| 7 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | ▼ 3 |
| 8 | Emily Brockmann & Lucy Bevan (F1) | |
| 9 | Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA) | ▲ 1 |
| 10 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | NEW |
Last Updated:
| 11/5/2025 10:06 AM |
| Ema Sasic | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francine Maisler (SINNERS) | |
| 2 | Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER) | |
| 3 | Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD) | |
| 4 | Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME) | |
| 5 | Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE) | |
| 6 | Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY) | |
| 7 | Nina Gold (HAMNET) | NEW |
| 8 | Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY) | |
| 9 | Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN) | |
| 10 | Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE) | ▼ 3 |
Last Updated:
| 11/13/2025 11:36 PM |