All the nominees for the 40th Artios Awards have now been revealed by the Casting Society, including Gladiator II, Conclave, Challengers and Emilia Pérez.
The Casting Society have now announced the full list of nominees for the Artios Awards 2025. The awards recognise the contributions of casting directors to all the excellent films, television series and theatre shows that we enjoy year round.
The first round of nominations for film, television and theatre were released earlier this year, and saw Netflix leading the charge with 17 nominations, while HBO/Max had six and Prime Video, Apple TV+ and FX had five.
The recently announced feature film nominations include blockbusters Gladiator II, Wicked: Part 1, Dune: Part Two and Emilia Pérez (which recently received an incredible 10 nominations for the Golden Globes 2025). We also see two new categories added this year – Feature: International Film and International Television Series.
Congratulations to everyone who was nominated! The winners will be announced on 12 February 2025.
Full List of Artios Awards Nominations 2025:
Feature, Big Budget: Comedy
- Beetlejuice Beetlejuice – Sophie Holland, Location Casting Directors: Angela Peri, Lisa Lobel, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
- Challengers – Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Director: Molly Rose
- Deadpool and Wolverine – Sarah Halley Finn, Associate Casting Directors: Jacqueline Gallagher, Jordyn Gregory, Location Casting Directors: Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann, Location Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon
- Nightbitch – Douglas Aibel, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
- Saturday Night – John Papsidera
- Wicked: Part I – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Associate Casting Director: Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Location Casting Director: Tamsyn Manson
Feature, Big Budget: Drama
- A Complete Unknown – Yesi Ramirez, Location Casting Directors: Rori Bergman, Karlee Fomalont, Location Associate Casting Director: Kate Sprance
- Blitz – Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Amos
- Civil War – Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Director: Amber Wakefield, Location Casting Directors: Meagan Lewis, Rebecca Carfagna
- Dune: Part Two – Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Molly Rose, Location Casting Director: Dixie Chassay
- Gladiator II – Kate Rhodes James
- Queer – Jessica Ronane
Feature: Animation
- Inside Out 2 – Natalie Lyon, Kevin Reher, Kate Hansen-Birnbaum, Associate Casting Director: Lexi Diamond
- Moana 2 – Grace C. Kim
- Mufasa: The Lion King – Francine Maisler, Molly Rose
- Spellbound – Jason Henkel
- The Wild Robot – Christi Soper Hilt
Feature: International Film
- Emilia Pérez – Carla Hool, Associate Casting Director: Susan Putnam
- Julie Keeps Quiet – Sien Josephine Teijssen
- Kneecap – Carla Stronge
- Samia – Cassandra Han
- The Buckingham Murders – Shakyra Dowling
- The Settlers – Jessie Frost
- Touch – Yoko Narahashi, Location Casting Director: Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
Feature, Studio or Independent: Comedy
- A Different Man – Maribeth Fox, Associate Casting Director: Kimberly Ostroy
- A Real Pain – Jessica Kelly
- Ezra – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Associate Casting Directors: Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman
- Hit Man – Vicky Boone, Associate Casting Director: Liz Kelley
- My Old Ass – Douglas Aibel, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner
- Thelma – Jamie Ember
Feature, Studio or Independent: Drama
- Conclave – Nina Gold, Martin Ware, Location Casting Director: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
- Heretic – Carmen Cuba, Associate Casting Director: Charley Medigovich, Location Casting Director: Tiffany Mak
- Lee – Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant
- Nickel Boys – Victoria Thomas, Associate Casting Director: Jennifer Yoo, Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis
- September 5 – Nancy Foy, Lucinda Syson, Simone Bär, Associate Casting Director: Natasha Vincent, Location Casting Director: Juliette Ménager
- The Apprentice – Carmen Cuba, Stephanie Gorin, Associate Casting Director: Brendan Wilcocks
Feature, Low Budget: Comedy or Drama
- Empire Waist – Rori Bergman, Associate Casting Director: Karlee Fomalont
- Fancy Dance – Stacey Rice, Location Casting Director: Chris Freihofer
- Janet Planet – Jessica Kelly
- Omni Loop – Kate Geller, Taylor Williams, Associate Casting Director: Ross Shenker
- The Graduates – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Associate Casting Directors: Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman, Location Casting Director: Jeff Johnson
- Tokyo Cowboy – Emily Schweber
- Your Monster – Scotty Anderson
Film, First Released for Television or Streaming
- Flamin’ Hot – Carla Hool, Location Casting Directors: Jo Edna Boldin, Marie McMaster
- Quiz Lady – Nicole Abellera Hallman, Jeanne McCarthy, Associate Casting Director: Erica Johnson, Location Casting Director: Ryan Glorioso, Location Associate Casting Director: Justin Coulter
- Red, White & Royal Blue – Rich Delia, Kelly Valentine Hendry, Location Associate Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
- Scoop – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
- The Great Lillian Hall – Jessica Fox-Thigpen
- The Idea of You – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Associate Casting Director: Brian Sutow, Location Casting Directors: Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein
Television Series: Comedy
- Hacks (Season 3) – Nicole Abellera Hallman, Jeanne McCarthy, Associate Casting Director: Anna Mayworm
- Julia (Season 2) – Sharon Bialy, Gohar Gazazyan, Associate Casting Director: Stacia Kimler, Location Casting Director: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
- Loot (Season 2) – Jill Anthony Thomas, Anthony J. Kraus, Associate Casting Director: Katrina Wandel George
- Only Murders in the Building (Season 3) – Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly
- Reservations Dogs (Season 3) – Angelique Midthunder, Associate Casting Director: Stacey Rice, Tara Mazzucca, Location Casting Director: Chris Freihofer
- The Bear (Season 2) – Jeanie Bacharach, Location Casting Director: Mickie Paskal, Jennifer Rudnicke, AJ Links, Location Associate Casting Director: Kaitlin Shaw
Television Series: Drama
- Slow Horses (Season 3) – Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Melissa Gethin Clarke
- The Chi (Season 6) – Carmen Cuba, Judith Sunga, Location Casting Directors: Christal Karge, Marisa Ross, Location Associate Casting Director: Jenn Noyes
- The Crown (Season 6) – Robert Sterne, Location Casting Director: Luci Lenox
- The Gilded Age (Season 2) – Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Associate Casting Director: Amelia Rasche McCarthy
- The Morning Show (Season 3) – Victoria Thomas
- The Summer I Turned Pretty (Season 2) – Lyndsey Baldasare, David H. Rapaport, Location Casting Director: Kimberly Wistedt, Lisa Mae Fincannon
Television Pilot and First Season: Comedy
- Colin From Accounts – Kirsty McGregor
- Palm Royale – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Associate Casting Directors: Roya Semnanian, Rachel Goldman
- Survival of the Thickest – Felicia Fasano, Associate Casting Director: Katie Lantz
- The Brothers Sun – Jenny Jue, Associate Casting Directors: Djinous Rowling, Tanya Giang
- The Gentlemen – Dan Hubbard
Television Pilot and First Season: Drama
- 3 Body Problem – Nina Gold, Robert Sterne
- Elsbeth – Mark Saks, Findley Davidson, Associate Casting Director: John Andrews
- Fallout – John Papsidera, Location Casting Directors: Julie Tucker, Ross Meyerson
- Mr & Mrs Smith – Carmen Cuba, Associate Casting Director: Charley Medigovich
- Shōgun – Laura Schiff, Carrie Audino, Associate Casting Director: Chelsea Egozi, Location Casting Director: Kei Kawamura
- Sugar – Sherry Thomas, Sharon Bialy, Rebecca Mangieri, Associate Casting Director: Samantha Rood
- The Curse – Angelique Midthunder, Jennifer Venditti, Associate Casting Director: Tara Mazzucca, Location Casting Directors: Victoria Cadwallader, Jennifer Schwalenberg
- The Girls on the Bus – Junie Lowry-Johnson, Libby Goldstein, Erica A. Hart, Associate Casting Directors: Josh Ropiequet, Briana Dunlay
Limited Series
- All the Light We Cannot See – Lucy Bevan, Emily Brockmann, Associate Casting Director: Katie Brydon, Location Casting Director: Susanne Scheel
- Baby Reindeer – Nina Gold, Martin Ware
- Fargo – Rachel Tenner, Associate Casting Director: Rick Messina, Location Casting Directors: Stephanie Gorin, Jackie Lind, Rhonda Fisekci, Location Associate Casting Director: Brendan Wilcocks
- Feud: Capote vs. The Swans – Alexa L. Fogel, Associate Casting Director: Kathryn Zamora-Benson
- Ripley – Avy Kaufman, Associate Casting Director: Scotty Anderson, Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
- True Detective: Night Country – Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Amber Wakefield, Molly Rose, Location Casting Directors: Jessica Ronane, Deborah Schildt
Reality Series: Competition
- RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 16) – Goloka Bolte, Ethan Petersen
- Squid Game: The Challenge (Season 1) – Erika Dobrin, Robyn Kass, Casting Producers: Christopher Burnley, Tony Miros
- The Circle (Season 6) – Erin Tomasello, Casting Producers: Joy Herrera, Sena Rich
- The Golden Bachelor (Season 1) – Lindsay Liles
- Top Chef (Season 21) – Ron Mare, Casting Producers: Heather Allyn, Joy Barrett, Sena Rich
Reality Series: Structured & Unstructured
- Queer Eye (Season 8) – Pamela Vallarelli, Quinn Fegan, Jessica Jorgensen, Danielle Gervais
- Shark Tank (Season 15) – Mindy Zemrak
- sMothered (Season 5) – Paul Head
- The Great Christmas Light Fight (Season 11) – Kristen Moss, Casting Producers: Asjai Lou, Tony Miros, Thea Washington
- Vanderpump Villa (Season 1) – Damon Furberg, Heather Allyn
Live Action Children & Family Series
- Avatar the Last Airbender (Season 1) – Michael Nicolo, Anya Colloff, Michelle Olivia Tidwell, Canada and Asia Casting By: Tiffany Mak, PoPing AuYeung, Australia Casting By: Amanda Mitchell, UK Casting By: Theo Park
- Goosebumps (Season 1) – Nicole Abellera Hallman, Jeanne McCarthy, Associate Casting Director: Tara David
- High School Musical: The Musical (Season 4) – Julie Ashton, Location Casting Director: Jeff Johnson
- My Life with the Walter Boys (Season 1) – Becky Silverman, Gary Zuckerbrod, Ramani Leah, Location Casting Director: Jackie Lind
- Percy Jackson & The Olympians (Season 1) – Denise Chamian, Jordana Sapiurka, Location Casting Director: Candice Elzinga
- The Spiderwick Chronicles (Season 1) – Denise Chamian, Liz Ludwitzke, Location Casting Director: Candice Elzinga
Animated Program for Television
- Big Mouth (Season 7) – Julie Ashton
- Blue Eye Samurai (Season 1) – Margery Simkin, Orly Sitowitz, Associate Casting Directors: Elizabeth Vitale, Jasmine Gutierrez
- Bob’s Burgers (Season 14) – Julie Ashton
- Dee & Friends in Oz (Season 1) – Rachel Reiss, Angela Mickey
- Family Guy (Season 22) – Jackie Sollitto, Christine Terry
- Rick and Morty (Season 7) – Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert, Additional Casting: Sara Jane Sherman
International Television Series
- Monsieur Spade – Olivia Scott-Webb, Constance Demontoy
- Nana Akoto – Mawuko Kuadzi
- Rhythm + Flow France – Jennifer Teixido
- Turkish Detective – Harika Uygur, Sophie Holland
- Zorro – Carla Hool
Broadway: Comedy or Drama
- Appropriate – Jim Carnahan, Alexandre Bleau
- Jaja’s African Hair Braiding – Kelly Gillespie, David Caparelliotis, Erica A. Hart
- Mother Play – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
- Purlie Victorious – Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly
- Stereophonic – Alaine Alldaffer, Taylor Williams
- Uncle Vanya – Daniel Swee
Broadway: Musical
- Cabaret at The Kit Kat Club – Bernard Telsey, Kristian Charbonier
- Hell’s Kitchen – Kate Murray, Heidi Griffiths
- Here Lies Love – Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano
- Suffs – Heidi Griffiths, Kate Murray
- The Outsiders – Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano
- Water For Elephants – Tara Rubin, Claire Burke, Associate Casting Director: Frankie Ramirez
New York Theater: Comedy or Drama
- Oh, Mary! – Henry Russell Bergstein
- Russian Troll Farm – Karyn Casl
- The Comeuppance – David Caparelliotis
- The Night of the Iguana – Stephanie Klapper
- The Pianist – Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
- The Welkin – Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly
New York Theater: Musical
- Fiddler on the Roof – Geoff Josselson
- Here We Are – Bernard Telsey, Adam Caldwell, Associate Casting Director: Geoff Josselson
- (pray) – Destiny Lilly
- Rent – Kevin Metzger-Timson
- The Great Gatsby – Jillian Cimini, Stephen Kopel, Associate Casting Director: Neal Buckley
- The Lonely Few – Beth Lipari, Phyllis Schuringa, Craig Burns, Destiny Lilly, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
Los Angeles Theater
- Deathtrap – Michael Donovan, Richie Ferris
- Fetch Clay – Kim Coleman
- Inherit the Wind – Ryan Bernard Tymensky, Rose Bochner
- Jelly’s Last Jam (Pasadena Playhouse) – Ryan Bernard Tymensky
- Reefer Madness the Musical – Michael Donovan, Richie Ferris
- The Blank Theatre Company’s 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival – Erica S. Bream, Cara Chute Rosenbaum
Regional Theater
- A Christmas Carol (Goodman Theatre) – Lauren Port, Associate Casting Director: Rachael Jimenez
- A Strange Loop – Destiny Lilly
- Another Marriage – JC Clementz
- Antigone – Becca McCracken
- Clyde’s – Stephanie Klapper
- Fat Ham – David Caparelliotis
- The Who’s Tommy – Lauren Port, Merri Sugarman, Associate Casting Director: Rachael Jimenez, Spencer Gualdoni
Theater Tours
- Company – Merri Sugarman, Associate Casting Director: Spencer Gualdoni
- Funny Girl (National Tour) – Jim Carnahan, Jason Thinger
- Mamma Mia! – Kevin Metzger-Timson, Associate Casting Director: Spencer Gualdoni
- MJ the Musical – Lindsay Levine, Rachel Hoffman
- Mrs. Doubtfire – Craig Burns
- The Wiz – Tara Rubin, Olivia Paige West
Special Theatrical Performance
- Chess – Destiny Lilly
- Into the Woods – Geoff Josselson
- Jelly’s Last Jam (NY City Center) – Destiny Lilly, Rashad Naylor
- The Light in the Piazza – Kristian Charbonier, Patrick Goodwin
- Tick, Tick… Boom! – Geoff Josselson
- West Side Story (Lyric Opera Of Chicago) – Merri Sugarman, Location Casting Director: Becca McCracken
Short Form Series
- Command-Z – Carmen Cuba, Salvatore Schiavone
- Crossing Cultures | Whatsapp – Kristen Moss
- Nesting – Jason Knight, John Buchan
- RZR – Claire Koonce
- Tales of Terror – Nickole Doro
- Tires – Diane Heery, Jason Loftus
Short Films
- Abel – Carla Hool
- By Any Other Name – Shakyra Dowling
- Guts – Conrad Woolfe
- Rapt – Walter Ware, Rachel Imbriglio
- The Rebel Girls – Leah Daniels-Butler
- The Roof – Candido Cornejo
Commercials
- Boulder Crest Foundation PSA – Liz Lewis
- Chevy’s A Holiday to Remember – John Ort, Kathleen Chopin, Sarah Cayce
- Mr P. 30 – Nina Pratt
- NFL Super Bowl LVIII || Born to Play – Mawuko Kuadzi
- Nobody Watches Like U.S. – CBS Sports: UEFA Champions League – John Ort, Kathleen Chopin
- Roland – Tree Petts
From all of us at Spotlight, a massive congratulations to all the nominees! Take a look at our website for more awards news and industry advice.
