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Cynthia Charette

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  • Art Director
  • Art Department
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Cynthia Charette
Cynthia Charette, originally from Nashville, Tennessee, is an Emmy-winning production designer. A theatre design and visual arts graduate of Syracuse University, she also studied with The Royal Shakespeare Company and The Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Cynthia is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences and her work has been recognized for excellence by both the Television Academy and the Art Directors Guild. She won the 2023 Emmy for production design for her work on the Disney+ series The Mysterious Benedict Society S2. She received an Art Directors Guild nomination for Back When We Were Grownups and a Cable Ace nomination for TNT's Memphis.

Cynthia's design vision can be seen in varied field of projects that include Austin Powers International Man of Mystery, Jane the Virgin, Norma Jean & Marilyn for HBO, Wes Craven's New Nightmare, and Scary Movie 2.

She has gathered extensive experience working across the United States, Canada, and Europe, and collaborates with many interior design clients across the country. She also enjoys being of service and helping others in her community. Cynthia currently resides in Los Angeles.
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

    Known for

    Tony Hale, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
    The Mysterious Benedict Society
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Production Designer
    Mike Myers, Cynthia LaMontagne, Cindy Margolis, Barbara Moore, and Donna W. Scott in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
    Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
    7.0
    • Production Designer
    • 1997
    Angela Bassett and Eddie Murphy in Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
    Vampire in Brooklyn
    4.7
    • Art Director
    • 1995
    New Nightmare (1994)
    New Nightmare
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1994

    Credits

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    • Tony Hale, Seth Carr, Emmy DeOliveira, Marta Kessler, and Mystic Inscho in The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
      The Mysterious Benedict Society
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2021–2022
    • Adopted (2021)
      Adopted
      4.4
      TV Movie
      • Production Designer
      • 2021
    • Penn Badgley, Shay Mitchell, Kathryn Gallagher, Elizabeth Lail, and Nicole Kang in You (2018)
      You
      7.6
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2021
    • Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee in Bluff City Law (2019)
      Bluff City Law
      6.9
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2019
    • James Buckley in I Feel Bad (2018)
      I Feel Bad
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2018
    • Wisdom of the Crowd (2017)
      Wisdom of the Crowd
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2017–2018
    • Justin Baldoni, Gina Rodriguez, and Brett Dier in Jane the Virgin (2014)
      Jane the Virgin
      7.8
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2014–2016
    • Sober Companion (2014)
      Sober Companion
      5.9
      TV Movie
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2014
    • Mary McCormack, Mike O'Malley, Ricardo Chavira, Justina Machado, Ella Rae Peck, and Joseph Haro in Welcome to the Family (2013)
      Welcome to the Family
      5.7
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2013
    • Virginia Madsen, Sam Trammell, Amanda Crew, and Graham Rogers in Crazy Kind of Love (2013)
      Crazy Kind of Love
      5.8
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2013
    • My Freakin' Family (2011)
      My Freakin' Family
      5.2
      TV Movie
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2011
    • Heather Graham, Jordana Beatty, and Parris Mosteller in Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011)
      Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer
      4.4
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2011
    • Becki Newton in Love Bites (2011)
      Love Bites
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Production Designer
      • 2011
    • Welcome to the Family
      5.7
      TV Special
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2010
    • Erinn Hayes and Kyle Bornheimer in Worst Week (2008)
      Worst Week
      7.5
      TV Series
      • series production design
      • Production Designer (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2008–2009

    Art Director



    • Angela Bassett and Eddie Murphy in Vampire in Brooklyn (1995)
      Vampire in Brooklyn
      4.7
      • Art Director
      • 1995
    • T.K. Carter and David Hallyday in He's My Girl (1987)
      He's My Girl
      4.7
      • Art Director (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 1987

    Art Department



    • Mary McCormack, Mike O'Malley, Ricardo Chavira, Justina Machado, Ella Rae Peck, and Joseph Haro in Welcome to the Family (2013)
      Welcome to the Family
      5.7
      TV Series
      • production desgner (as Cynthia Kay Charette)
      • 2013

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      • Cindy Charette
    • Born
      • Nashville, Tennessee, USA

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