The CDG Casting Awards 2026
Event Partner: EON Productions
Headline Sponsor: Spotlight
Event Partner: EON Productions
Headline Sponsor: Spotlight
The Casting Directors’ Guild are delighted to showcase the submissions for the 2026 CDG Casting Awards. Now in its eighth year, the CDG Casting awards celebrate the incredible work achieved by casting teams across Film, Television, Theatre, Commercials and Games.
The nominated productions premiered between the 1st January 2025 and 31st December 2025 and have been selected by members of the Casting Directors’ Guild.
The awards will take place on Thursday 12th February 2026
A Thousand Blows | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Alien Earth | Casting Director: Kate Rhodes-James, Associate: Sophie Quinn, Assistant: Peter Noden
Code of Silence | Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
Coldwater | Casting Director: Dan Jackson
Dept. Q | Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb
Doctor Who | Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
Down Cemetery Road | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Lucy Amos, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
Hostage | Associate: Lilly Hanbury, Assistant: Maximillian Murphy
House of Guinness | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
I, Jack Wright | Casting Director: Victor Jenkins, Associate: Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
King & Conqueror | Co-Casting Directors: Dixie Chassay & Verity Naughton, Assistants: Isabel Swanson & Paushali Banik
Malice | Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Associates: Shannon Dowling-McNulty & Heidi Lawry
Miss Austen | Casting Director: Jill Trevellick
Murder Before Evensong | Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
Outlander: Blood of my Blood – Season 1 | Casting Director: Suzanne Smith, Associate: Glenda Mariani, Local Casting: Simone Pereira Hind, Local Casting Associate: Anna Dawson
Outrageous | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associates: Katie Mozumder & Martin Poile
Riot Women | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associates: Katie Mozumder & Martin Poile
Slow Horses (S5) | Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Melissa Gethin Clarke
Surface | Casting Director: Dixie Chassay, Associate: Verity Naughton, Assistant: Isabel Swanson
Testament | Casting Director: Annelie Powell
The Assassin | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Co-Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
The Bombing of Pan Am 103 | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
The Crow Girl | Casting Directors: Andreya Lynham & Orla Maxwell, Associate: Maia von Hurter
The Girlfriend | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
The Gold Series 2 | Casting Director: Olivia Scott-Webb, Associate: Simon Higgins
The Guest | Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
The Stolen Girl | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
The War Between the Land and the Sea | Casting Director: Andy Pryor, Associate: Becky Rossmaur
Unforgotten Series 6 | Co-Casting Directors: Victor Jenkins & Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
Wheel of Time Season 3 | Casting Director: Lilly Hanbury
Amandaland | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile & Katie Mozumder
Big Boys Series 3 | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile
Changing Ends 3 | Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
Dexter Procter – The Ten Year Old Doctor (Christmas Special) | Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Dreaming Whilst Black (Season 2) | Casting Director: Heather Basten, Associate: Ri McDaid-Wren
Film Club | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Co-Casting Director: Jessica Mescall
Frauds | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
Funboys | Assistants: Amy Blair & Hayley Russell
How Are You? It’s Alan (Partridge) | Casting Director: Nicky Bligh
Just Act Normal | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Leonard & Hungry Paul | Casting Directors: Louise Kiely & Karen Scully
Mr Bigstuff – Series 2 | Co-Casting Directors: Tracey Gillham & Nicky Bligh
Not Going Out – Series 14 | Casting Director: Tracey Gillham
Pushers | Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associates: Sarah Harkins & Beatrice Ray
Such Brave Girls Series 2 | Casting Director: Rachel Sheridan, Associate: Martin Poile
Too Much | Co-Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Sacha Garrett
Transaction | Casting Director: Tracey Gillham
Video Nasty | Casting Directors: Louise Kiely & Thyrza Ging
100 Nights of Hero | Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
Blue Moon | Co-Casting Directors: Olivia Scott-Webb & Áine O’Sullivan, Associate: Simon Higgins
Brides | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
DOG | Casting Director: Sam Claypole
Dragonfly | Casting Director: Sarah Crowe, Co-Casting Director: Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
Good Boy | Co-Casting Directors: Nina Gold & Martin Ware, Associate: Sacha Garrett
Grow | Co-Casting Directors: Jessica Mescall & Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
Hallow Road | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
I Swear | Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
Low Rider | Casting Director: Amanda Tabak
Meat Raffle | Casting Director: Sam Claypole
Mr Burton | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine Hendry, Associate: Maximillian Murphy
Pillion | Casting Director: Kahleen Crawford, Associate: Carla Morris
Saipan | Casting Director: Áine O’Sullivan
The Ballad of Wallis Island | Casting Director: Catherine Willis, Associate: Sarah Harkins
The Ceremony | Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
The Chronology of Water | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
The Man in My Basement | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
Urchin | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Wasteman | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
28 Years Later | Casting Director: Gail Stevens
A Working Man | Casting Director: Finnian Tweed
After The Hunt | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associates: Abby Galvin & Saffeya Shebli
Anemone | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera | Casting Director: Finnian Tweed
Downton Abbey – The Grand Finale | Casting Director: Jill Trevellick
F1: The Movie | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Co-Casting Director: Emily Brockmann, Associate: Katie Brydon
Hamnet | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
How to Train Your Dragon | Casting Director: Lucy Bevan, Associate: Lucy Downes, Assistant: May Evans
Jay Kelly | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Sacha Garrett
Jurassic World: Rebirth | Casting Director: Jina Jay
Last Breath | Co-Casting Directors: Rory Okey & Dan Hubbard, Associate: Ella Holmes
The Conjuring: Last Rites | Casting Directors: Rose Wicksteed & Sophie Kingston-Smith
The Roses | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associate: Lucy Amos
The Running Man | Co-Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
The Salt Path | Casting Director: Dixie Chassay, Associate: Verity Naughton, Assistant: Isabel Swanson
The Thursday Murder Club | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
The Woman In Cabin 10 | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Sinead Donnelly
Warfare | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
1536 | Casting Director: Amy Ball
Alterations | Casting Director: Naomi Downham
Every Brilliant Thing | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
Hamlet | Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Associate: Martin Poile
Inter Alia | Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Associate: Naomi Downham
Lifers | Casting Director: Nadine Rennie
Much Ado About Nothing – Drury Lane | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Oh, Mary! | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Playhouse Creatures | Casting Director: Annelie Powell
Poor Clare | Casting Director: Annelie Powell
Punch (Young Vic/Apollo Theatre) | Casting Director: Christopher Worrall
Romeo & Juliet (Shakespeare’s Globe) | Casting Director: Becky Paris
The Crucible (Shakespeare’s Globe) | Casting Director: Becky Paris
The Estate | Casting Director: Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
The Glass Menagerie | Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
The Lady From The Sea | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
The Land of the Living | Casting Director: Naomi Downham
The Pitchfork Disney | Casting Director: Nadine Rennie
The Playboy of the Western World | Casting Director: Alastair Coomer, Co-Casting Director: Naomi Downham
The Unbelievers | Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Associate: Saffeya Shebli
The Weir | Casting Director: Amy Ball, Associate: Arthur Carrington
Three Sisters (Sam Wanamaker Playhouse) | Casting Director: Becky Paris
Titus Andronicus (RSC) | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
Twelfth Night (RSC) | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury
Wendy and Peter Pan | Casting Director: Annelie Powell, Associate: Gabriella Shimeld Fenn
“Lifting the Mask” I Choose Freedom | Casting Director: Simon Higgins
Adidas x LFC ‘Your Dream. Our Reality’ | Casting Director: Martin Gibbons
Amazon Books ‘Bring a Book to Life’ | UK Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
Becel – The Start of Something Good | Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
Bold | Casting Director: Belinda Norcliffe
Boots: You’re Never Too Far From a Pharmacist | Casting Director: Anna Kennedy
Coinbase ‘Everything is Fine’ | Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
Department of Health & Social Care ‘Made With Care’ | Casting Directors: Emily Tilelli & Zita Zutic Konak
DNB Bank | Casting Director: Belinda Norcliffe
EAFC 26 | Casting Director: Brendan McNamara
Ebay x Love Island Idents ‘Where Clothes Move On’ | Casting Director: Leanne Flinn
EE Safer Sims: First Day | Casting Director: Claire Catterson
Feel It All – O2 | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
Irn Bru; This is Not a Soft Drink | Casting Director: Sally McCleery, Assistant: Elisa Musson
Love Departs – BA Cityflyer | Casting Director: Claire Curry
Medical Aid For Palestinians ‘I Know’ | Casting Director: Sue Odell
Motrio | Casting Director: Sasha Robertson, Assistant: Sydney Aldridge
Nothing Brings Us Together Like Great TV – TV Licensing Campaign 2025 | Casting Director: Sarah Crowe, Associate: Ben Marks & Xanthe Spencer-Davidson
O2 – First Breath | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
The Booker Prizes 2025 | Casting Director: Nanw Rowlands
The Christmas Double – EE Christmas 2025 | Co-Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
50 First Dates: The Musical | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
Burlesque The Musical | Casting Director: Harry Blumenau, Associate: Laura Seaborn
Clueless | Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
Coven – A Scorching New Musical | Casting Directors: Rosie Pearson & James Pearson
Grease: The Immersive Movie Musical | Casting Director: Grace McInerny for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, Associate: Richard Johnston
Hercules | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
Here We Are | Casting Director: Bryony Jarvis-Taylor
Into The Woods – The Bridge Theatre | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Oliver! | Casting Directors: Felicity French & Paul Wooller, Associate: Lily Caisley
Paddington The Musical | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
Pinocchio (Shakespeare’s Globe) | Casting Director: Becky Paris
Sing Street – Lyric Hammersmith | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
The Great Gatsby | Casting Director: Jill Green, Associates: Tom Shiels & Olivia Laydon
Adolescence | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Amadeus | Casting Director: Martin Ware, Associate: Olivia Brittain
Atomic | Casting Director: Kelly Valentine-Hendry, Associate: Lilly Hanbury, Assistant: Maximillian Murphy
Death By Lightning | UK Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
Harry Potter Full Cast Audio Editions | Casting Directors: Mariele Runacre Temple & Nicola Wall
I Fought the Law | Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Co-Casting Director: Shannon Dowling-McNulty, Associate: Heidi Lawry
Lockerbie: A Search for Truth Carnival/SKY Studios | Casting Director: Sarah Trevis, Associate: Harry Gilbert
The Death of Bunny Munro | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
The Hack | Casting Director: Victor Jenkins, Associate: Seth Mason, Assistant: Ana Duarte
Towards Zero | Casting Directors: Karen Lindsay-Stewart & Emily Jacobs
Toxic Town | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig, Associate: Jonny Boutwood
Unforgivable | Casting Director: Amy Hubbard, Co-Casting Director: Shannon Dowling-McNulty, Associate: Heidi Lawry
Animal Farm | Casting Director: Lucy Casson
Breaking the Code | Casting Director: Hannah Miller
Come Fall in Love: The DDLJ Musical | Casting Director: David Grindrod
Cyrano de Bergerac | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
Dancing at Lughnasa | Casting Director: Arthur Carrington
Fat Ham (RSC) | Casting Director: Christopher Worrall
Grace Pervades | Casting Director: Jessica Ronane, Associate: Abby Galvin, Assistant: Poppy Apter
Hamlet Hail to the Thief | Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Assistant: Charlie Metcalf
Indigo – Leicester Curve | Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
Kinky Boots | Casting Director: Harry Blumenau, Associate: Laura Seaborn
Liberation | Casting Director: Sophie Parrott
Lord of the Flies | Casting Director: Jacob Sparrow
Make It Happen – National Theatre of Scotland | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Fran Cattaneo
Miss Saigon | UK Casting Director: Sarah Leung
Moulin Rouge! World Tour | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Richard Johnston & Grace McInerny
Muriel’s Wedding | Casting Director: Stuart Burt, Associate: Peter Noden
Sunny Afternoon UK Tour | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Richard Johnston & Grace McInerny
The House Party (UK Tour) | Casting Director: Becky Paris
The Quiet Man | Casting Director: Sydney Aldridge
The Sound of Music | Casting Director: Olivia Laydon for Jill Green Casting, Associate: Tom Shiels
Tina! The Tina Turner Musical UK Tour | Casting Director: Richard Johnston for Pippa Ailion and Natalie Gallacher Casting, Associate: Grace McInerny
Titus Andronicus (RSC) | Casting Director: Matthew Dewsbury, Childrens Casting: Charlie Metcalf
Top Hat | Casting Director: Natalie Gallacher, Associates: Grace McInerny & Richard Johnston
Wild Rose | Casting Director: Charlotte Sutton, Childrens Casting: Dan Jackson
28 Years Later | Casting Director: Gail Stevens
Adolescence | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
Alien Earth | Casting Director: Kate Rhodes-James, Associate: Sophie Quinn, Assistant: Peter Noden
Crongton | Casting Director: Aisha Bywaters, Assistant: Irene Waireri
Dexter Procter – The Ten Year Old Doctor (Christmas Special) | Casting Director: Lauren Evans
DOG | Casting Director: Sam Claypole
EE Safer Sims: First Day | Casting Director: Claire Catterson
Goodbye June | Casting Director: Olivia Grant, Associate: Lucy Downes
Hamnet | Casting Director: Nina Gold, Associates: Lucy Amos & Amy Beadel, Assistant: Steph Tataryn
Harry Potter Full Cast Audio Editions | Casting Directors: Mariele Runacre Temple & Nicola Wall
HP ‘The Cookie Problem’ | Casting Directors: Emily Tilelli & Zita Zutic Konak
I Swear | Casting Director: Lauren Evans, Associate: Melissa Wilkins
Paddington The Musical | Childrens Casting: Nicholas Hockaday
The BFG | Childrens Casting: Verity Naughton, Children’s Casting Assistant: Isabel Swanson
The Conjuring: Last Rites | Casting Directors: Rose Wicksteed & Sophie Kingston-Smith
The Death of Bunny Munro | Casting Director: Shaheen Baig
The Land of the Living | Casting Director: Naomi Downham
The Stolen Girl | Casting Director: Kharmel Cochrane
They Made You Into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace | Casting Director: Amy Jackson
Wild Rose – The Musical | Childrens Casting: Dan Jackson