Sinners, Jay Kelly and Zootopia 2 were among the big film winners at Casting Society‘s 41st annual Artios Awards, which celebrate excellence in casting and were handed out in three ceremonies in Los Angeles, New York City and London. See the full list spanning film, TV, commercials and theater below.
Warner Bros’ Sinners, which leads the Oscar nominations with a record 16 including Best Picture, took the Artios prize for Big Budget Feature Drama. Netflix’s Jay Kelly got some awards-season love as the George Clooney-Adam Sandler pic won for Big Budget Feature Comedy. And Walt Disney Animation’s Zootopia 2, Hollywood’s highest-grossing toon of all time, went home with the Animated Feature prize.
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Other film winners ahead of next month’s Academy Awards — which will feature the inaugural Oscar for Best Casting — were Sentimental Value, Rental Family, The Fisherman and Sorry, Baby.
Winners on the TV side read like a who’s-who at the Emmys, with top prizes going to the likes of The Studio, The Pitt, Severance, Adolescence, Hacks and RuPaul’s Drag Race.
Among the recipients of statuettes for live theater were Buena Vista Social Club and Maybe Happy Ending, which tied in the Broadway Musical category; English; and The Importance of Being Earnest, which won the Artios’ inaugural London Theatre prize.
Casting Society also presented a number of special awards Thursday. The Lynn Stalmaster Award for Career Achievement was presented to Ayo Davis, president of Disney Branded Television, who said in part at the L.A. ceremony: “What I love about casting is that it taught me how to really see people — not just the person who walks into the room but who they could become. That diamond in the rough who stays with you long after they leave the room. … Casting is an art, but it is also advocacy.”
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What We Do in the Shadows star Harvey Guillén hosted the L.A. ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, Somebody Somewhere alum Jeff Hiller handled emcee duties at Manhattan’s Edison Ballroom, and Baby Reindeer Emmy winner Jessica Gunning fronted the UK gathering at One Moorgate Place.
Here are the winners of Casting Society’s 2026 Artios Awards:
FEATURE FILM
BIG BUDGET FEATURE COMEDY
Jay Kelly
Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold, Associate Casting Director: Matthew Glasner, Location Casting Directors: Francesco Vedovati, Barbara Giordani
BIG BUDGET FEATURE DRAMA
Sinners
Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Directors: Molly Rose, Amber Wakefield, Location Casting Director: Meagan Lewis
ANIMATED FEATURE
Zootopia 2
Grace C. Kim
STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT FEATURE COMEDY
Rental Family
Kei Kawamura
FEATURE: STUDIO OR INDEPENDENT: DRAMA
Sentimental Value
Avy Kaufman
FEATURE: INTERNATIONAL
The Fisherman
Mawuko Kuadzi
FEATURE: LOW BUDGET: COMEDY OR DRAMA
Sorry, Baby
Jessica Kelly, Location Casting Directors: Lisa Lobel, Angela Peri, Location Associate Casting Director: Melissa Morris
TV, COMMERCIALS, SHORT FILM & SHORT FORM SERIES
FILM, FIRST RELEASED FOR TELEVISION OR STREAMING
Bridget Jones Mad About the Boy
Lucy Bevan, Olivia Grant, Associate Casting Director: Lucy Downes
TELEVISION SERIES: COMEDY
Hacks (Season 4)
Linda Lowy
TELEVISION SERIES: DRAMA
Severance (Season 2)
Rachel Tenner, Associate Casting Director: Rick Messina, Location Casting Director: Bess Fifer
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: COMEDY
The Studio
Melissa Kostenbauder, Francine Maisler, Associate Casting Director: Jesse Haddock
TELEVISION PILOT AND FIRST SEASON: DRAMA
The Pitt
Cathy Sandrich Gelfond, Associate Casting Director: Seth Caskey
LIMITED SERIES
Adolescence
Shaheen Baig
REALITY SERIES: COMPETITION
Rupaul’s Drag Race (Season 17)
Goloka Bolte, Michelle Redwine, Adam Cook
REALITY SERIES: STRUCTURED & UNSTRUCTURED
Queer Eye (Season 9)
Pamela Vallarelli, Jessica Jorgensen, Natalie Pino
LIVE ACTION CHILDREN & FAMILY SERIES
XO, Kitty (Season 2)
Lyndsey Baldasare, David H. Rapaport, Associate Casting Director: Claire Yenson, Location Casting Director: Su Kim
ANIMATED PROGRAM FOR TELEVISION
Big Mouth (Season 8)
Julie Ashton
INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION SERIES
Other People’s Money (Season 1)
Alexandra Montag
SHORT FORM SERIES
Die Hart (Season 3)
Chrissy Fiorilli-Ellington, Associate Casting Director: Jane Flowers, Location Casting Director: Tara Feldstein Bennett
SHORT FILM
Ado
Ally Beans
COMMERCIALS
Listening Is a Form of Love
Angela Mickey, Associate Casting Director: Aika Greenidge
THEATER
BROADWAY: COMEDY OR DRAMA
English
Stephen Kopel, Associate Casting Director: Sujotta Pace
BROADWAY: MUSICAL
(TIE)
Buena Vista Social Club
Xavier Rubiano, Tara Rubin, Associate Casting Director: Frankie Ramirez
Maybe Happy Ending
Craig Burns, Associate Casting Director: Jimmy Larkin
NEW YORK THEATER: COMEDY OR DRAMA
Sh¡T. Meet. Fan
Bernard Telsey, Will Cantler, Destiny Lilly
NEW YORK THEATER: MUSICAL
The Jonathan Larson Project
Rachel Hoffman, Associate Casting Director: Charlie Hano
LONDON THEATRE
The Importance Of Being Earnest
Alastair Coomer
LOS ANGELES THEATER
Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends
Tara Rubin, Xavier Rubiano, Peter Van Dam, Associate Casting Director: Louis DiPaolo
REGIONAL THEATER
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Lauren Port, Patrick Goodwin
THEATER TOURS
Parade
Craig Burns
SPECIAL THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Geoff Josselson