BAFTA Award for Best Casting facts for kids
Quick facts for kids BAFTA Award for Best Casting |
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| Presented by | British Academy of Film and Television Arts |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Currently held by | Lauren Evans for I Swear (2025) |
The BAFTA Award for Best Casting is a special prize given to the people who find the perfect actors for movies. It's like finding the right puzzle pieces for a picture! This award is part of the yearly British Academy Film Awards, which are presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). This award for casting was first given out at the 73rd BAFTA Film Awards in 2020.
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The Story Behind the Award
In August 2019, BAFTA decided to create this new award. They wanted to celebrate the amazing work of casting directors. These are the talented people who choose all the actors for a film.
Pippa Harris, who was in charge of BAFTA at the time, explained why this award was so important. She said that finding the right actors is a huge part of making movies and TV shows. It also helps make sure that many different kinds of people are shown on screen. This award helps everyone understand how important casting is to filmmaking.
Who Won the Best Casting Award?
Below, you'll find lists of the films and casting directors who were nominated for this award.
- The winners are shown in bold text and have a special gold background.
- The other names are the nominees, who were also recognized for their great work.
The years listed are when the movies first came out, not when the awards ceremony happened. The ceremony always takes place the year after the film's release.
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Winners from the 2010s
| Year | Film | Casting director(s) |
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(73rd) |
Joker | Shayna Markowitz |
| Marriage Story | Douglas Aibel and Francine Maisler | |
| Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Victoria Thomas | |
| The Personal History of David Copperfield | Sarah Crowe | |
| The Two Popes | Javier Braier, Barbara Giordani, Nina Gold, Francesco Vedovati and Gabriel Villegas |
Winners from the 2020s
| Year | Film | Casting director(s) |
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(74th) |
Rocks | Lucy Pardee |
| Calm with Horses | Shaheen Baig | |
| Judas and the Black Messiah | Alexa L. Fogel | |
| Minari | Julia Kim | |
| Promising Young Woman | Lindsay Graham Ahanonu and Mary Vernieu | |
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(75th) |
West Side Story | Cindy Tolan |
| Boiling Point | Carolyn McLeod | |
| Dune | Francine Maisler | |
| The Hand of God | Massimo Appolloni and Annamaria Sambucco | |
| King Richard | Rich Delia and Avy Kaufman | |
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(76th) |
Elvis | Nikki Barrett and Denise Chamian |
| Aftersun | Lucy Pardee | |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Simone Bär | |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once | Sarah Halley Finn | |
| Triangle of Sadness | Pauline Hansson | |
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(77th) |
The Holdovers | Susan Shopmaker |
| All of Us Strangers | Kahleen Crawford | |
| Anatomy of a Fall | Cynthia Arra | |
| How to Have Sex | Isabella Odoffin | |
| Killers of the Flower Moon | Ellen Lewis and Rene Haynes | |
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(78th) |
Anora | Sean Baker and Samantha Quan |
| The Apprentice | Stephanie Gorin and Carmen Cuba | |
| A Complete Unknown | Yesi Ramirez | |
| Conclave | Nina Gold and Martin Ware | |
| Kneecap | Carla Strange | |
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(79th) |
I Swear | Lauren Evans |
| Marty Supreme | Jennifer Venditti | |
| One Battle After Another | Cassandra Kulukundis | |
| Sentimental Value | Yngvill Kolset Haga and Avy Kaufman | |
| Sinners | Francine Maisler |
See also
In Spanish: Anexo:BAFTA al mejor reparto para niños
