A boutique casting company based in Toronto, ON.

nuance casting (formerly bdscvrd) is committed to matching authentic nuanced talent with honest storytelling.

Founder Rachel Osbourne is an independent casting director in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She has cast talent in films like ‘The Other Stuff’ (Bernard Gray), ‘After Sunday’ (Omolola Ajao), ‘It Comes in Waves’ (Fitch Jean), ‘Express’ (Ivan D. Ossa).

An advocate for the casting of authentic talent for heritage-specific characters, Rachel was a casting consultant on the Sunflower Studios feature ‘When Morning Comes’ (Kelly Fyffe-Marshall) for their Canadian lead search.

She has worked as a Casting Assistant to Millie Tom, providing casting support on television projects ‘Gangnam Project’ (CBC/BBC), ‘Robyn Hood’ (Global), ‘Wyatt Earp and The Cowboy War’ (Netflix), and the feature ‘Kipkemboi’ (Charles Uwagbai). 

Rachel was also a Casting Assistant to Melissa A. Smith on the feature ‘You Gotta Believe’ (Ty Roberts).

In 2022, Rachel was a member of the inaugural cohort of the Reelworld Black Entrepreneurs Program.

Rachel started her film and TV career as a producer for commercial, unscripted, and narrative productions. She fell in love with casting and developing Caribbean talent and stories when she worked for a small media startup in Jamaica as a Content Producer for their video division. She produced national television ads for brands like Scotia Investments, Sagicor Group, and Foska Oats. Within the year, she was charged with heading up the company's slate of original video content, producing 4 original series airing on national television network, FLOW tv. Rachel was a member of the 2016 cohort of the CaribbeanTales CTI Incubator in Toronto, where she developed and pitched her original pilot, West Bay, during TIFF. 

bdscvrd casting was founded in 2019 in Toronto, ON, becoming nuance casting in 2023 – and is available for international engagements.