Bernadette Caulfield is an American television producer. She worked on the supernatural drama series ''

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for outstanding drama series for her work on ''Big Love'', and won four Emmys for her work on ''Game of Thrones''.

Biography

Caulfield went to high school in

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''. Caulfield joined the crew of ''The X-Files'' as the on set producer for the sixth season in 1998. ''The X-Files'' was created by Chris Carter and focuses on a pair of FBI agents investigating cases with links to the paranormal. She reprised this role for the seventh season in 1999 but left the crew after the season. In 2005 Caulfield joined the crew of ''Carnivale'' for the show's second season. The HBO drama series followed a travelling circus with supernatural ties. The show was cancelled after completing the second season. In 2006 Caulfield joined the crew of new HBO drama ''Big Love'' as a producer for the pilot episode. She became unit production manager (UPM) in addition to being a producer for the first season. She remained in this role for the second season in 2007. She was promoted to co-executive producer and remained UPM for the third season in 2009. At the 2009 ceremony Caulfield and the rest of the production team were nominated for the

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for Outstanding Drama Series for their work on the third season. She was promoted again to executive producer for the fourth season and remained UPM. Caulfield left the crew after the fourth season.

Notoriety

Caulfield was projected into the media for a cup of Starbucks coffee appearing in Season 8: Episode 4, "The Last of the Starks." She apologized in an interview with New York Public Radio station WNYC, Responding in good humor to the social media posts and memes about the gaffe, on the same day as Caulfield's interview the official Game of Thrones Twitter account tweeted: "The latte that appeared in the episode was a mistake. Daenerys had ordered an herbal tea." ()

Awards and nominations

*2009 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Drama Series for ''Big Love'' season 3

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caulfield, Bernadette American television producers American women television producers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Primetime Emmy Award winners 21st-century American women