Caroline Liem

Whether casting for green screen adventures, voiceover for animation or award winning and nominated features films and television shows, the excitement found in collaboration, raising underrepresented voices, and creating the perfect ensemble of artists continues to challenge and nourish in the most delightful way. 

CAROLINE LIEM has brought her considerable training and talent to numerous studios and networks including Paramount, Twentieth Century Fox, Disney, Sony, Warner Bros, Netflix, Nick Jr, ABC, CBS, NBC, The CW and Fox. Before there was American Horror Story, there was Popular, the first show Caroline cast with producer Ryan Murphy. Following this experience, Caroline worked with a myriad of prominent producers and directors, including Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men franchise), David S. Goyer (Blade trilogy), John Ridley (12 Years A Slave) and Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure). Collaborating with Walt Disney’s casting department, Caroline worked on Gone in Sixty Seconds, Pearl Harbor, Gangs of New York, and the Wonderful World of Disney’s musicals Annie and Geppetto. Earlier in her career, Caroline cast the multiple award-winning late-night show Jimmy Kimmel Live! Later, she added video games including Assassin’s Creed III and Far Cry to her varied and eclectic work. Additional credits include X-Men 2, Blade Trinity and Rust Creek. 

Having a diverse and rich background as a musician, singer, actor, and casting director has provided a firm foundation and distinct network of professionals in both film, television and theatre. Caroline served as Vice President of Casting Society, as well as Vice President of Advocacy, leaning in to shine a light and elevate global voices on both sides of the camera. During her tenure, she contributed to the Casting Assistant Pathway Program, which is the first course of its kind that trains the next generation of casting professionals; co-founded the Alliance, to make visible historically underrepresented casting professionals who have felt excluded from participation or unable to qualify for membership, through programs, training and education, mentorship, and co-chaired Equity in Entertainment, founded to “support, respect and appreciate the differences of artists in all communities, and shift the perception and practices in audition rooms and on set”. 

Her casting collaboration, the teen comedy I Woke Up A Vampire on the Family Channel / Netflix is a Canadian Screen Nominee. And film, Bienvenidos a Los Angeles garnered top honors at the Cannes Film Festival’s Diversity in Cannes and was an Oscar’s Short List for last year’s Academy Awards. Look for her next collaboration with the BALA team coming soon! Currently, Caroline is producing a film, a love letter to the rom-com.

She is the co-creator of Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts LA Intensive, bridging academia with the film & television industry. She has shared her expertise in creative entrepreneurship navigating the industry and the audition process with many colleges and universities, including The Juilliard School, NYU Tisch, The New School, Syracuse, and as faculty with University of Texas at Austin, Columbia College Chicago, and Pace University Sands College of Performing Arts BFA and BA programs including the Acting, Dance, Film and television, International Performance Ensemble, and Musical Theatre programs. She is currently Head of BFA On-Camera Acting at Oklahoma City University. 

Her latest collaboration is In The Podlight: Illuminating Creativity, a 5-star social justice podcast that explores the post-pandemic, post-strike landscape of the entertainment industry, engaging in captivating conversations surrounding the challenges faced by creatives today. Season 2 is on its way!

When she’s not meeting and working with terrific talented artists, you’ll find Caroline tending to her bamboo garden, eating vegan Indonesian food, and meditating with her favorite Tortie, Flake. She holds an MFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a BA from UCLA.

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