Release calendarTop 250 moviesMost popular moviesBrowse movies by genreTop box officeShowtimes & ticketsMovie newsIndia movie spotlight
    What's on TV & streamingTop 250 TV showsMost popular TV showsBrowse TV shows by genreTV news
    What to watchLatest trailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightFamily entertainment guideIMDb Podcasts
    EmmysSuperheroes GuideSan Diego Comic-ConSummer Watch GuideBest Of 2025 So FarDisability Pride MonthSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll events
    Born todayMost popular celebsCelebrity news
    Help centerContributor zonePolls
For industry professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign in
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
  • Biography
  • Awards
IMDbPro

Carolyn Pickman

  • Casting Department
  • Casting Director
  • Actress
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
Carolyn Pickman
Clip: Dinner conversation
Play clip1:28
The Friends of Eddie Coyle
1 Video
1 Photo
Carolyn Pickman is the director of The Studio and the cofounder and current president of CP Casting Inc. She is a member of Screen Actors Guild & Casting Society of America. Carolyn has won numerous casting awards for feature films, including The Departed (2006), Gone Baby Gone (2007), Shutter Island (2010), Mystic River (2003), Good Will Hunting (1997), The Crucible (1996), and Mystic Pizza (1988).

She has performed professionally in plays, soap operas, TV, and films; and since the late 70's has taught professional and nonprofessional adults and teens, acting and auditioning skills. Along with the work she does at The Studio, she is currently an Adjunct Professor at Suffolk University working with Media and Theater Department students. This class, On Camera Acting, has been a successful addition to the TA curriculum at Suffolk for 5 years.

She's often invited to teach workshops throughout the New England area at performing arts schools, centers and universities. A partial list of these workshops and seminars includes: Boston University, Boston College, Trinity Conservatory, R.I Film Collaborative, Bridgewater State, Brandeis University, Boston Arts Academy, Dorchester Youth Collaborative, Emerson College, Woods Hole and Provincetown Film Festivals and the ART Conservatory.

Carolyn's expertise in teaching comes from years of designing practical, learnable, techniques that enable actors to understand the audition process and make significant choices for cinematic acting. Her "Getting Started in the Business of Acting" workshop was the first in Boston to inform new actors on how the business works. This popular seminar has motivated over a thousand people to take a first step towards an exciting new path.

As a student at Emerson, she began her acting career at the Theatre Company of Boston. Later she started teaching as a founding member of the Theatre Company's School Touring Company. This bi-racial company was created during the anti-busing years to relieve racial tension and introduce Arts in Education into the then turbulent Boston Public High School system.
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
IMDbProStarmeterSee rank
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 9 wins & 9 nominations total

    Known for

    Michael Keaton, Liev Schreiber, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, and Rachel McAdams in Spotlight (2015)
    Spotlight
    8.1
    • Casting Department(Boston)
    • 2015
    Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, and Jeremy Renner in The Town (2010)
    The Town
    7.5
    • Casting Department
    • 2010
    Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
    Moonrise Kingdom
    7.8
    • Casting Department(Boston)
    • 2012
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson, and Matt Damon in The Departed (2006)
    The Departed
    8.5
    • Casting Department(Boston)
    • 2006

    Credits

    Edit
    IMDbPro

    Casting Department



    • Dakota Johnson, Tahar Rahim, Sydney Sweeney, Isabela Merced, and Celeste O'Connor in Madame Web (2024)
      Madame Web
      4.1
      • casting: Massachusetts
      • 2024
    • Finestkind (2023)
      Finestkind
      6.1
      • local casting director
      • 2023
    • Keira Knightley in Boston Strangler (2023)
      Boston Strangler
      6.5
      • location casting
      • 2023
    • Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds in Spirited (2022)
      Spirited
      6.6
      • casting: Boston
      • 2022
    • Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy in Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
      Hocus Pocus 2
      6.0
      • location casting
      • 2022
    • Leonardo DiCaprio, Ron Perlman, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Jonah Hill, Rob Morgan, Jennifer Lawrence, Timothée Chalamet, Kid Cudi, and Ariana Grande in Don't Look Up (2021)
      Don't Look Up
      7.2
      • local casting
      • 2021
    • Ben Affleck and Daniel Ranieri in The Tender Bar (2021)
      The Tender Bar
      6.7
      • casting head: MA
      • 2021
    • Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henrique Zaga, and Blu Hunt in The New Mutants (2020)
      The New Mutants
      5.3
      • casting: Boston
      • 2020
    • Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Eliza Scanlen in Little Women (2019)
      Little Women
      7.8
      • location casting
      • 2019
    • Castle Rock (2018)
      Castle Rock
      7.5
      TV Series
      • local casting
      • 2018
    • Sienna Miller in American Woman (2018)
      American Woman
      6.8
      • casting: Massachusetts
      • 2018
    • Paul Rudd in The Catcher Was a Spy (2018)
      The Catcher Was a Spy
      6.3
      • casting: Boston, CP Casting
      • 2018
    • Mel Gibson, Mark Wahlberg, John Lithgow, Will Ferrell, Linda Cardellini, John Cena, Scarlett Estevez, and Owen Vaccaro in Daddy's Home 2 (2017)
      Daddy's Home 2
      6.0
      • casting: Boston
      • 2017
    • Chloë Grace Moretz and Ansel Elgort in November Criminals (2017)
      November Criminals
      5.3
      • casting: Providence
      • 2017
    • Anthony Mackie, Will Poulter, John Boyega, and Algee Smith in Detroit (2017)
      Detroit
      7.3
      • casting: Boston
      • extras casting: Boston
      • 2017

    Casting Director



    • Any Day Now (2025)
      Any Day Now
      7.2
      • Casting Director
      • 2025
    • Fishing for Grace (2023)
      Fishing for Grace
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2023
    • The Bartender (2019)
      The Bartender
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2019
    • The Christmas Party (2018)
      The Christmas Party
      Short
      • Casting Director
      • 2018
    • Wonderful Life (2017)
      Wonderful Life
      5.3
      TV Series
      • Casting Director (2017)
      • 2017
    • Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds in R.I.P.D. (2013)
      R.I.P.D.
      5.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2013
    • Mel Gibson in Edge of Darkness (2010)
      Edge of Darkness
      6.6
      • Casting Director
      • 2010
    • Mariel Hemingway, David Carradine, Bruce Dern, and Rip Torn in The Golden Boys (2008)
      The Golden Boys
      6.0
      • Casting Director
      • 2008
    • Roller Palace
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2006
    • Damrell's Fire (2006)
      Damrell's Fire
      7.9
      TV Movie
      • Casting Director
      • 2006
    • Domino One (2005)
      Domino One
      5.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2005
    • Breaking the Mold: The Kee Malesky Story (2003)
      Breaking the Mold: The Kee Malesky Story
      8.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2003
    • Anathema (2003)
      Anathema
      3.8
      • Casting Director
      • 2003
    • Easy Listening (2002)
      Easy Listening
      6.9
      • Casting Director
      • 2002
    • Orphan (2001)
      Orphan
      7.1
      • Casting Director
      • 2001

    Actress



    • Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams in Manchester by the Sea (2016)
      Manchester by the Sea
      7.8
      • Paul's Assistant
      • 2016
    • Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
      Moonrise Kingdom
      7.8
      • Mrs. Lynn
      • 2012
    • Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones, Ben Affleck, Maria Bello, and Chris Cooper in The Company Men (2010)
      The Company Men
      6.7
      • Fran Walker
      • 2010
    • Tracy Pollan and John Savage in The Little Sister (1985)
      The Little Sister
      6.1
      • Photo Studio Woman
      • 1985
    • The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
      The Friends of Eddie Coyle
      7.4
      • Nancy in Second Bank
      • 1973

    Verified affiliations

    Learn more at IMDbPro
    Casting Society (CSA)

    Videos1

    The Friends of Eddie Coyle
    Clip 1:28
    The Friends of Eddie Coyle

    Personal details

    Edit
    • Official site
      • C.P. Casting, Inc.
    • Other works
      Stage: "Richard III". Written by: William Shakespeare. Directed by: David Wheeler. Performed at the Theater Company of Boston. (February 10th, 1973 - March 10th, 1973). Cast: Al Pacino, William Young, Lance Henriksen, David Neill, Norman Ornellas, Linda Selman, Ronald Hunter, Stephen Case, Robert Burke, [linknm0070801], James Spruill, Donald Silva, Michael Bofshever, Jan Egleson, Penelope Allen, Demetri Hadiis, Harriet Rogers, Carolyn Pickman, John Jellison, Timothy Sawyer, Robin Bartlett, Claire Rosenberg, Marcia Haufrecht. Setting by: Michael Mania. Lighting by: Cameron Forbes. Costumes by: Marsha MacDonald. Music and Sound by: Charles Laeuidara, Peter Judd, Tilldur Colot, Janet Fuchs, James Johnson and Brian Edgerton. Production Stage Manager, Simon Siegel.
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Articles

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit page

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    Follow IMDb on social
    Get the IMDb App
    For Android and iOS
    Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • License IMDb Data
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.