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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Primetime Emmy Award for Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| awarded_for | Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie |
| presenter | Academy of Television Arts & Sciences |
| country | United States |
| holder | Adolescence (2025) |
| website |
This is a list of the winners and nominations of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
Chronology of category names
| Year | Category title |
|---|---|
| 1989–1991 | |
| (41st–43rd) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special | |
| 1993 | |
| (41st–45th) | |
| Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or Special | |
| 1996–1997 | |
| (48th–49th) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Special | |
| 1998 | |
| (50th) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Movie | |
| 1999 | |
| (51st) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or Made for Television Movie | |
| 2000–2014 | |
| (52nd–66th) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special | |
| 2015–2020 | |
| (67th–73rd) | |
| Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special |
Winners and nominations
1980s
1990s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | |||
| (42nd) | |||
| The Incident | Randy Stone and Holly Powell | CBS | |
| 1991 | |||
| (43rd) | |||
| Separate but Equal | Alixe Gordin | ABC | |
| 1992 | |||
| (44th) | |||
| One Against the Wind | Joyce Gallie – casting executive | CBS | |
| 1993 | |||
| (45th) | |||
| Citizen Cohn | Donna Belajac – location casting; Mary Colquhoun – casting executive | HBO | |
| 1994 | |||
| (46th) | |||
| And the Band Played On | Judith Holstra and Nikki Valko – casting executive | HBO | |
| 1995 | |||
| (47th) | |||
| Award given as "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting" | |||
| 1996 | |||
| (48th) | |||
| Truman | Mary Colquhoun – casting | HBO | |
| The Tuskegee Airmen | Robi Reed-Humes – casting director | ||
| The Boys Next Door | Olivia Harris and Phyllis Huffman – casting | CBS | |
| The Late Shift | Nancy Foy – casting director; Phyllis Huffman – New York casting | HBO | |
| Streets of Laredo | Lynn Kressel – casting director | CBS | |
| 1997 | |||
| (49th) | |||
| Bastard Out of Carolina | Linda Lowy – casting executive | Showtime | |
| Crime of the Century | Lynn Stalmaster – casting executive | HBO | |
| Grand Avenue | April Webster – casting executive | ||
| Miss Evers' Boys | Shay Bentley-Griffin, Jaki Brown-Kaman, and Robyn M. Mitchell – casting executives | ||
| Weapons of Mass Distraction | Gary M. Zuckerbrod – casting executive | ||
| 1998 | |||
| (50th) | |||
| From the Earth to the Moon | Meg Liberman, Marc Hirschfeld, Sharon Klein, Mark Fincannon, Lisa Mae Wells Fincannon, Craig Fincannon, casting executives; Deborah Brown – New York casting executive | HBO | |
| Don King: Only in America | Robi Reed-Humes – casting executive | HBO | |
| George Wallace | Iris Grossman – casting executive | TNT | |
| Gia | Libby Goldstein and Junie Lowry Johnson – casting executives | HBO | |
| Merlin | Noel Davis – U.K. casting executive; Lynn Kressel – U.S. casting executive | NBC | |
| 1999 | |||
| (51st) | |||
| Winchell | Juel Bestrop – casting executive | HBO | |
| Joan of Arc | Deirdre Bowen, Susan Glicksman, and Fern Orenstein – casting executives | CBS | |
| A Lesson Before Dying | Shay Bentley-Griffin – location casting executive; Robi Reed-Humes – casting executive | HBO | |
| Pirates of Silicon Valley | Lisa Freiberger – casting executive | TNT | |
| The Rat Pack | Nancy Foy – casting executive | HBO | |
| The Temptations | Jaki Brown-Karman, Canice Kennedy, and Robyn M. Mitchell – casting executive | NBC |
2000s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | |||
| (52nd) | |||
| RKO 281 | Lora Kennedy – casting executive; Joyce Nettles – casting executive (location) | HBO | |
| Annie | Rosalie Joseph, Valorie Massalas, and Marcia Turner – casting executives | ABC | |
| The Corner | Jaki Brown-Karman – casting executive; Pat Moran – casting executive (location) | HBO | |
| Fail Safe | Barbara Miller and Anthony Sepulveda – casting executives | CBS | |
| If These Walls Could Talk 2 | John Papsidera – casting executive | HBO | |
| 2001 | |||
| (53rd) | |||
| [61](61)* | Mali Finn – casting executive | HBO | |
| Anne Frank: The Whole Story | Nancy Bishop, Czech casting executive; Job Gosschalk, Dutch casting executive; Risa Kes – German casting executive; Meg Liberman, Camille Patton, and Angela Terry – casting executives; Suzanne Smith – U.K. casting executive | ABC | |
| The Last of the Blonde Bombshells | Di Carling – casting executive | HBO | |
| Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows | Deirdre Bowen, Mary Buck, and Susan Edelman – casting executives; Tina Gerussi – Toronto casting executive | ABC | |
| When Billie Beat Bobby | Molly Lopata – casting executive | ||
| Wit | Leo Davis – U.K. casting executive; Ellen Lewis and Juliet Taylor – casting executives | HBO | |
| 2002 | |||
| (54th) | |||
| Band of Brothers | Gary Davy and Suzanne Smith – U.K. casting by; Meg Liberman, Cami Patton, and Angela Terry – casting by | HBO | |
| The Gathering Storm | Irene Lamb – casting by | HBO | |
| James Dean | Nancy Foy – casting by | TNT | |
| The Laramie Project | Ann Goulder – casting by | HBO | |
| Path to War | Mindy Marin – casting by | ||
| 2003 | |||
| (55th) | |||
| Live from Baghdad | John Papsidera – casting by | HBO | |
| Door to Door | Juel Bestrop, Bette Chadwick, Candice Elzinga, and Jeanne McCarthy – casting by | TNT | |
| Hysterical Blindness | Sheila Jaffe and Georgianne Walken – casting by | HBO | |
| Kingpin | Cara Coslow, Molly Lopata, and Bob Morones – casting by | NBC | |
| My House in Umbria | Irene Lamb – casting by | HBO | |
| 2004 | |||
| (56th) | |||
| Angels in America | Ellen Lewis and Juliet Taylor – casting by | HBO | |
| Iron Jawed Angels | Kathleen Chopin, Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, and Liz Marks – casting by | HBO | |
| The Reagans | Susan Edelman, Tina Gerussi, and Andrea Kenyon – casting by | Showtime | |
| Something the Lord Made | Lynn Kressel and Pat Moran – casting by | HBO | |
| Traffic: The Miniseries | Stuart Aikins, Steve Brooksbank, and Mary Jo Slater – casting by | USA | |
| 2005 | |||
| (57th) | |||
| Lackawanna Blues | John Papsidera – casting by | HBO | |
| Elvis | Beth Blanks, Steve Brooksbank, and Mary Jo Slater – casting by | CBS | |
| Empire Falls | Avy Kaufman – casting by | HBO | |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Nina Gold – casting by | ||
| Warm Springs | Shay Bentley-Griffin and Lynn Kressel – casting by | ||
| 2006 | |||
| (58th) | |||
| Elizabeth I | Doreen Jones – casting director | HBO | |
| The Girl in the Café | Fiona Weir – casting director | HBO | |
| High School Musical | Natalie Hart and Jason La Padura – casting by | Disney | |
| Into the West | Jo Edna Boldin – New Mexico casting; Candice Elzinga and Rhonda Fisekci – Canadian casting; Rene Haynes, Meg Liberman, and Cami Patton – casting by | TNT | |
| Mrs. Harris | Libby Goldstein and Junie Lowry-Johnson – casting directors | HBO | |
| 2007 | |||
| (59th) | |||
| Broken Trail | Wendy Weidman, Barbara Fiorentino, and Rebecca Mangieri – casting by; Coreen Mayrs and Heike Brandstatter – Canadian casting by; Jackie Lind – Calgary casting by | AMC | |
| Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Rene Haynes – casting director; Rhonda Fisekci and Candice Elizinga – Canadian casting directors | HBO | |
| Jane Eyre | Di Carling – casting director | PBS | |
| The Path to 9/11 | Meg Liberman, Cami Patton – casting by; Robin D. Cook and Nicole Hilliard-Forde – Canadian casting by; Suzanne M. Smith – U.K. casting by | ABC | |
| The Ron Clark Story | Gary M. Zuckerbrod and Lonnie Hamerman – casting by; Bonnie Finnegan – New York casting by; Rhonda Fisekci and Candice Elzinga – Canadian casting by | TNT | |
| The Starter Wife | Mary Jo Slater and Steven Brooksbank – casting directors; Tom McSweeney – Australian casting director | USA | |
| 2008 | |||
| (60th) | |||
| John Adams | Kathleen Chopin, Nina Gold, and Tracy Kilpatrick – casting directors | HBO | |
| The Bronx Is Burning | Billy Hopkins and Paul Schnee – casting by | ESPN | |
| The Company | Denise Chamian and Scout Masterson – casting by; Diane Kerbel – Canadian casting by; Priscilla John – U.K. casting by; Zsolt Csutak – Hungary casting by | TNT | |
| Cranford | Maggie Lunn – casting director | PBS | |
| Recount | David Rubin and Richard Hicks – casting directors; Lori S. Wyman – Florida casting director; Kathleen Chopin – New York casting director | HBO | |
| 2009 | |||
| (61st) | |||
| Little Dorrit | Rachel Freck – casting director | PBS | |
| Generation Kill | Alexa L. Fogel – casting director; Christa Schamberger – S.A. casting director; Suzanne Crowley and Gilly Poole – U.K. casting directors | HBO | |
| Grey Gardens | Ellen Parks – casting director; Robin Cook – location casting director | ||
| House of Saddam | Elaine Grainger – casting director | ||
| Into the Storm | Kate Rhodes James – casting director |
2010s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| (62nd) | |||
| The Pacific | Meg Liberman and Cami Patton – casting directors; Christine King, Australian – casting director; Jennifer Euston – New York casting director; Suzanne Smith – U.K. casting director | HBO | |
| Emma | Gemma Hancock and Sam Stevenson – casting directors | PBS | |
| Georgia O'Keeffe | David Rubin and Richard Hicks – casting by; Angelique Midthunder – location casting by | Lifetime | |
| Temple Grandin | David Rubin and Richard Hicks – casting directors; Beth Sepko – location casting director | HBO | |
| You Don't Know Jack | Ellen Chenoweth – casting director | ||
| 2011 | |||
| (63rd) | |||
| Mildred Pierce | Laura Rosenthal – casting director | HBO | |
| Cinema Verite | Randi Hiller – casting director | HBO | |
| Downton Abbey (Season 1) | Jill Trevellick – casting director | PBS | |
| Too Big to Fail | Alexa L. Fogel and Christine Kromer – casting directors | HBO | |
| Upstairs Downstairs (Season 1) | Andy Pryor – casting director | PBS | |
| 2012 | |||
| (64th) | |||
| Game Change | David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran, and Kathleen Chopin – casting by | HBO | |
| American Horror Story | Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson – casting by | FX | |
| Five | Randi Hiller and Tamara-Lee Notcutt – casting by | Lifetime | |
| Hatfields & McCoys | Fern Champion and Amy Hubbard – casting by | History | |
| Sherlock: A Scandal in Belgravia | Kate Rhodes James – casting by | PBS | |
| 2013 | |||
| (65th) | |||
| Behind the Candelabra | Carmen Cuba – casting by | HBO | |
| American Horror Story: Asylum | Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson – casting by | FX | |
| The Hour (Season 2) | Jill Trevellick – casting by | BBC America | |
| Political Animals | David Rubin and Diane Heery – casting by | USA | |
| Top of the Lake | Kirsty McGregor and Tina Cleary – casting by | Sundance | |
| 2014 | |||
| (66th) | |||
| Fargo (Season 1) | Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind, and Stephanie Gorin – casting directors | FX | |
| American Horror Story: Coven | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, and Meagan Lewis – casting directors | FX | |
| The Normal Heart | Amanda Mackey and Cathy Sandrich Gelfond – casting directors | HBO | |
| Sherlock: His Last Vow | Julia Duff and Kate Rhodes James – casting directors | PBS | |
| Treme (Season 4) | Alexa L. Fogel and Meagan Lewis – casting directors | HBO | |
| 2015 | |||
| (67th) | |||
| Olive Kitteridge | Laura Rosenthal and Carolyn Pickman – casting directors | HBO | |
| American Crime (Season 1) | Kim Coleman and Beth Sepko Lindsey – casting directors | ABC | |
| American Horror Story: Freak Show | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, and Meagan Lewis – casting directors | FX | |
| Bessie | Billy Hopkins and Jackie Burch – casting directors | HBO | |
| Wolf Hall | Nina Gold and Robert Sterne – casting directors | PBS | |
| 2016 | |||
| (68th) | |||
| The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story | Jeanne McCarthy, Nicole Abellera Hallman, Courtney Bright, and Nicole Daniels – casting directors | FX | |
| Fargo (Season 2) | Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind, and Stephanie Gorin – casting directors | FX | |
| Grease: Live | Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, and Justin Huff – casting directors | Fox | |
| The Night Manager | Jina Jay – casting director | AMC | |
| Roots | Victoria Thomas, Moonyeenn Lee, Leo Davids, Lissy Holm, and Meagan Lewis – casting directors | History | |
| 2017 | |||
| (69th) | |||
| Big Little Lies (Season 1) | David Rubin – casting director | HBO | |
| Fargo (Season 3) | Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind, and Stephanie Gorin – casting directors | FX | |
| Feud: Bette and Joan | Robert J. Ulrich and Eric Dawson – casting directors | ||
| The Night Of | Avy Kaufman and Sabrina Hyman – casting directors | HBO | |
| The Wizard of Lies | Ellen Chenoweth – casting director | ||
| 2018 | |||
| (70th) | |||
| The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story | Courtney Bright and Nicole Daniels – casting directors | FX | |
| Godless | Ellen Lewis – casting director; Rene Haynes - Native American casting director; Jo Edna Boldin – location casting director | Netflix | |
| Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert | Bernard Telsey and Patrick Goodwin – casting directors | NBC | |
| The Looming Tower | Avy Kaufman – casting director; Leo Davis & Lissy Holm – UK casting director; Moonyeenn Lee – South Africa casting director | Hulu | |
| Patrick Melrose | Nina Gold and Martin Ware – casting directors | Showtime | |
| 2019 | |||
| (71st) | |||
| When They See Us | Aisha Coley – casting directors; Billy Hopkins and Ashley Ingram – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| Chernobyl | Nina Gold and Robert Sterne – casting directors | HBO | |
| Escape at Dannemora | Rachel Tenner – casting director | Showtime | |
| Fosse/Verdon | Bernard Telsey and Tiffany Little Canfield – casting directors | FX | |
| Sharp Objects | David Rubin– casting director | HBO |
2020s
| Year | Program | Casting | Network |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | |||
| (72nd) | |||
| Watchmen | Victoria Thomas – casting director; Meagan Lewis – location casting director | HBO | |
| Mrs. America | Carmen Cuba – casting director; Robin Cook – location casting director | FX | |
| Normal People | Louise Kiely – casting director | Hulu | |
| Unbelievable | Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich, Kate Caldwell and Melissa Kostenbauder – casting directors | Netflix | |
| Unorthodox | Esther Kling – casting director; Vicki Thomson, Maria Rölcke and Cornelia Mareth – location casting directors | ||
| 2021 | |||
| (73rd) | |||
| The Queen's Gambit | Ellen Lewis, Kate Sprance and Olivia Scott-Webb – casting directors; Tina Gerussi, Anna-Lena Slater, Tatjana Moutchnik and Stephanie Maile – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| I May Destroy You | Julie Harkin – casting director | HBO | |
| Mare of Easttown | Avy Kaufman – casting director; Diane Heery and Jason Loftus – location casting directors | ||
| The Underground Railroad | Francine Maisler – casting director; Meagan Lewis – location casting director | Prime Video | |
| WandaVision | Sarah Halley Finn and Jason B. Stamey – casting directors | Disney+ | |
| 2022 | |||
| (74th) | |||
| The White Lotus (Season 1) | Meredith Tucker – casting director; Katie Doyle – location casting director | HBO | |
| Dopesick | Avy Kaufman – casting director; Erica Arvold – location casting director | Hulu | |
| The Dropout | Jeanie Bacharach, Mark Rutman and Alison Goodman – casting directors | ||
| Inventing Anna | Linda Lowy and Jamie Castro – original casting directors; Allison Estrin and Henry Russell Bergstein – casting directors; Juliette Ménager, Simone Bär and Alexandra Montag – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| Pam & Tommy | Mary Vernieu and Lindsay Graham Ahanonu – casting directors | Hulu | |
| 2023 | |||
| (75th) | |||
| Beef | Charlene Lee and Claire Koonce – casting directors | Netflix | |
| Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story | Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson and Carol Kritzer – casting directors | Netflix | |
| Daisy Jones & the Six | Justine Arteta and Kim Davis-Wagner – casting directors | Prime Video | |
| Fleishman Is in Trouble | Laura Rosenthal and Jodi Angstreich – casting directors | FX | |
| Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | Wendy O'Brien – casting director | Roku | |
| 2024 | |||
| (76th) | |||
| Baby Reindeer | Nina Gold and Martin Ware – casting directors | Netflix | |
| Fargo (Season 5) | Rachel Tenner – casting director; Jackie Lind, Stephanie Gorin and Rhonda Fisekci – location casting directors | FX | |
| Feud: Capote vs. The Swans | Alexa L. Fogel – casting director | ||
| Ripley | Avy Kaufman – casting director; Francesco Vedovati and Barbara Giordani – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| True Detective: Night Country | Francine Maisler – casting director; Deborah Schildt and Alda B. Gudjónsdóttir – location casting directors | HBO | |
| 2025 | |||
| (77th) | |||
| Adolescence | Shaheen Baig – casting director | Netflix | |
| Black Mirror (Season 7) | Jina Jay and Jeanie Bacharach – casting directors; Corinne Clark and Jennifer Page – location casting directors | Netflix | |
| Dying for Sex | Jeanie Bacharach – casting director; Jessica Daniels – location casting director | FX | |
| Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story | Tiffany Little Canfield, Josh Einsohn and Bernard Telsey – casting directors | Netflix | |
| The Penguin | Cindy Tolan and Suzanne Ryan – casting directors | HBO |
Programs with multiple wins
;2 wins
- American Crime Story
Casting directors with multiple awards
;3 awards
- Meg Liberman
;2 awards
- Courtney Bright
- Kathleen Chopin
- Mary Colquhoun
- Nicole Daniels
- Nina Gold
- Ellen Lewis
- Jackie Lind
- John Papsidera
- Cami Patton
- David Rubin
- Laura Rosenthal
- Suzanne Smith
Programs with multiple nominations
;4 nominations
- American Horror Story
- Fargo
;2 nominations
- American Crime Story
- Feud
- Monster
- Sherlock
Casting directors with multiple nominations
;7 nominations
- David Rubin
;6 nominations
- Avy Kaufman
- Eric Dawson
- Meagan Lewis
- Meg Liberman
- Nina Gold
- Robert J. Ulrich
;5 nominations
- Cami Patton
- Jackie Lind
- Lynn Kressel
- Cami Patton
- Rachel Tenner
;4 nominations
- Kathleen Chopin
- Rhonda Fisekci
- Alexa L. Fogel
- Richard Hicks
- Ellen Lewis
- Stephanie Gorin
- Laura Rosenthal
- Suzanne Smith
- Bernard Telsey
;3 nominations
- Jeanie Bacharach
- Tiffany Little Canfield
- Shay Bentley-Griffin
- Steve Brooksbank
- Jaki Brown-Karman
- Robin Cook
- Candice Elzinga
- Nancy Foy
- Tina Gerussi
- Rene Haynes
- Billy Hopkins
- Kate Rhodes James
- Pat Moran
- John Papsidera
- Robi Reed
- Mary Jo Slater
;2 nominations
- Jodi Angstreich
- Juel Bestrop
- Jo Edna Boldin
- Deirdre Bowen
- Courtney Bright
- Tiffany Little Canfield
- Di Carling
- Ellen Chenoweth
- Francine Maisler
- Mary Colquhoun
- Carmen Cuba
- Nicole Daniels
- Leo Davis
- Susan Edelman
- Libby Goldstein
- Diane Heery
- Randi Hiller
- Lissy Holm
- Phyllis Huffman
- Jina Jay
- Irene Lamb
- Moonyeenn Lee
- Molly Lopata
- Junie Lowry-Johnson
- Linda Lowy
- Jeanne McCarthy
- Robyn M. Mitchell
- Beth Sepko
- Robert Sterne
- Juliet Taylor
- Angela Terry
- Victoria Thomas
- Jill Trevellick
- Martin Ware
- Gary M. Zuckerbrod
Total awards by network
- HBO – 21
- Netflix – 5
- CBS / FX – 3
- ABC / AMC / PBS / Showtime – 1
References
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