Oscar Predictions – Best Casting

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
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
3Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
4Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
5Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
6Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
7Susanne Scheel (A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE)
8Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
9Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
10Avy Kaufman & Tracy Kilpatrick (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)

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Dan Bayer
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
5Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
6Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
7Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
8Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
9Isabella Odoffin (ANN LEE)
10Adam Caldwell & Tiffany Little Canfield (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN)

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Alyssa Christian
1Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
2Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
3Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
4Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
5Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
6Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
7Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
8Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
9Margery Simkin (AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH)
10Isabella Odoffin (ANN LEE)

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Sara Clements
1Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
3Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
4Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
5Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
6Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
7Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
8Margery Simkin (AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH)
9Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
10Catherine Willis (THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER)

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Nadia Dalimonte
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
3Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
4Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
5Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
6Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
7Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
8Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
9Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
10Avy Kaufman & Tracy Kilpatrick (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)

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Cody Dericks
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
5Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
6Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
7Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
8Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
9Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
10Anne McCarthy, Morgan Robbins & Kellie Roy (THE LIFE OF CHUCK)

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Daniel Howat
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
3Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
4Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
5Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
6Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
7Margery Simkin (AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH)
8Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
9Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
10Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)

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Megan Lachinski
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
3Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
4Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
5Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
6Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
7Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
8Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
9Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
10Anne McCarthy, Morgan Robbins & Kellie Roy (THE LIFE OF CHUCK)

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Giovanni Lago
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
5Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
6Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
7Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
8Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
10Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)

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Will Mavity
1Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
3Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
4Catherine Willis (THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER)
5Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
6Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
7Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
8Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
9Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
10Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)

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Tom O'Brien
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
3Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
4Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
5Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
6Avy Kaufman & Tracy Kilpatrick (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)
7Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
8Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
9Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
10Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)

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Josh Parham
1Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
2Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
3Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
4Catherine Willis (THE BALLAD OF A SMALL PLAYER)
5Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
6Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
7Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
8Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
9Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
10Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)

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Joselyn Safadi
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Yngvill Kolset Haga & Avy Kaufman (SENTIMENTAL VALUE)
3Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)
4Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
5Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
6Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
7Avy Kaufman & Tracy Kilpatrick (THE RIVALS OF AMZIAH KING)
8Emily Brockmann & Lucy Bevan (F1)
9Jennifer Venditti (MARTY SUPREME)
10Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)

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Ema Sasic
1Francine Maisler (SINNERS)
2Francine Maisler (SPRINGSTEEN: DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE)
3Cassandra Kulukundis (ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER)
4Robin D. Cook (FRANKENSTEIN)
5Tiffany Little Canfield & Bernard Telsey (WICKED: FOR GOOD)
6Douglas Aibel & Nina Gold (JAY KELLY)
7Jennifer Venditti (BUGONIA)
8Jessica Ronane (AFTER THE HUNT)
9Adam Caldwell & Tiffany Little Canfield (KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN)
10Bret Howe & Mary Vernieu (WAKE UP DEAD MAN: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY)

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