Laray mayfield biography

By Mary Unobsky

This is our second in a continuing series of articles dedicated to women who have exploded through the glass ceiling and made a difference in the arts landscape.

This month we feature Laray Mayfield.

How does a former cocktail waitress from Music City’s notorious Printer’s Alley end up walking away with the 2013 Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series? Ask Laray Mayfield, a Hendersonville, Tennessee, native who has made the journey from Nashville to Hollywood seem effortless.

Raised in the South as an intensely curious spirit, Mayfield has always been fascinated by people and has a real attachment to characters and storytelling.

At the corner of luck and divine intervention, she met a young video director, David Fincher, when she was visiting L.A.

with her boyfriend in 1986. Mayfield became his assistant, which grew into her casting exclusively for Fincher’s music videos and films. Her casting credits are as diverse