Christal Karge has been working in casting since 2001. She graduated with a major in Radio/Television/Film at Northwestern University and moved to Los Angeles. While there, she learned the art and love of casting from Cami Patton and Meg Liberman. Her select credits include JUSTIFIED, THE AMERICANS, and the Emmy award winning HBO miniseries THE PACIFIC, as well as ABOUT A BOY, AWAKE, LAS VEGAS, and THE KING OF QUEENS.

While finishing the final season of JUSTIFIED, she made the move back to her hometown of Chicago in 2013. Becoming an expert in the Chicago market, Christal has had the pleasure of working on the Showtime/Paramount+ hit series THE CHI for the past 7 seasons. She also collaborated with Marisa Ross as Karge + Ross Casting, working on other Chicago based projects including DELI BOYS, CHICAGO MED, NIGHT SKY, PAPER GIRLS, 4400, JUSTIFIED CITY PRIMEVAL, POWER BOOK IV: FORCE, and feature films like CAPTIVE STATE and HALA. She has also done extensive searches covering the entire Midwest for pilots, series, feature films, and multiple commercial projects.

Most recently, Christal finished work on the UNTITLED RJ DECKER PILOT for ABC.