---
name: "Cynthia Charette"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/cynthia-kay-charette"
fi1m_id: "cynthia-kay-charette"
imdb_id: "nm0152868"
tmdb_id: 14039
wikidata_id: "Q25713813"
roles: ["Production designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T11:11:42.524023+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Cynthia Charette

## Identity

Cynthia Charette

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/cynthia-kay-charette
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** cynthia-kay-charette
- **IMDb ID:** nm0152868
- **TMDB ID:** 14039
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25713813
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25713813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14039

Production designer. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Production designer
- **Also known as:** Cynthia Kay Charette, Cynthia K. Charette, Cindy Charette
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25713813, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14039

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*You*](https://film.one/tv/you.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Cynthia Charette is an American production designer whose credits include the Netflix series *You* (2018–). She is a graduate of Syracuse University in theatre design and visual arts and has studied with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Her film work encompasses *Pumpkinhead* (1988), *Shocker* (1989), *Wes Craven's New Nightmare* (1994), *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery* (1997), *A Very Brady Sequel* (1996), *Scary Movie 2* (2001) and *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011). On television she has designed *Jane the Virgin* (2014–2016), *I Feel Bad* (2018) and *The Mysterious Benedict Society* (2021–2022).

Charette won a Primetime Emmy Award in 2023 for production design on the second season of *The Mysterious Benedict Society*. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has received nominations from the Art Directors Guild and the CableACE Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, thecosmiccircus.com, monkeysfightingrobots.co.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *You* (2018), Fi1m 72, Production design — [page](https://film.one/tv/you.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *You* (2018), series, Production Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/you.md)
- *Jane the Virgin* (2014), series, Production Design
- *Crazy Kind of Love* (2013), Production Design
- *Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer* (2011), Production Design
- *Help Me Help You* (2006), series, Production Design
- *Back When We Were Grownups* (2004), Production Design
- *Scary Movie 2* (2001), Production Design
- *Sunset Strip* (2000), Production Design
- *I'll Be Home for Christmas* (1998), Production Design
- *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery* (1997), Production Design
- *A Very Brady Sequel* (1996), Production Design
- *Norma Jean & Marilyn* (1996), Production Design
- *Vampire in Brooklyn* (1995), as Art Direction
- *Wes Craven's New Nightmare* (1994), Production Design
- *XXX's & OOO's* (1994), Production Design
- *Trading Mom* (1994), Production Design
- *Ladykiller* (1992), Production Design
- *Memphis* (1992), Production Design
- *Bed of Lies* (1992), Production Design
- *Claude* (1992), Production Design
- *Shocker* (1989), Production Design
- *All's Fair* (1989), Production Design
- *Pumpkinhead* (1988), Production Design
- *From a Whisper to a Scream* (1987), Costume Design, Production Design
- *He's My Girl* (1987), as Art Direction

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/cynthia-kay-charette