The 36th Artios Awards, presented by the Casting Society of America, honored the best originality, creativity and the contribution of casting to the overall quality of a film, television, theatre and short-form projects. The ceremony was held on April 15, 2021, virtually.
The television, theater, short film and short-form nominations were announced on January 8, 2021. The film nominations were announced on February 19, 2021.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface:
Film Borat Subsequent Moviefilm – Nancy Bishop Enola Holmes – Jina Jay The King of Staten Island – Gayle Keller, David Rubin; Associate: Allison Kirschner The Prom – Alexa L. Fogel; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson, Alison Goodman On the Rocks – Courtney Bright, Nicole DanielsThe Trial of the Chicago 7 – Francine Maisler; Location Casting: Mia Cusumano, Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Pascal; Associate: Kathy Driscoll-Mohler, Molly Rose, AJ LinksDa 5 Bloods – Kim Coleman; Location Casting: Juliette Menager Hillbilly Elegy – Carmen Cuba; Location Casting: Tara Feldstein Bennett, Chase Paris, D. Lynn Meyers; Associate: Judith Sunga Judas and the Black Messiah – Alexa L. Fogel; Location Casting: Donna Belajac; Associate: Elizabeth Berra, Missy Finnell Mulan – Debra Zane; Chinese Casting Consultant: PoPing AuYeung; Associate: Dylan Jury |- | valign="top" width="50%"|The Forty-Year-Old Version – Jessica DanielsAmmonite – Fiona Weir French Exit – Nicole Arbusto; Location Casting: Lucie Robitaille Happiest Season – Rich Delia; Location Casting: Donna Belajac; Associate: Adam Richards, Missy Finnell Let Them All Talk – Carmen Cuba The Personal History of David Copperfield – Sarah Crowe | valign="top" width="50%"|One Night in Miami... – Kimberly R. Hardin; Location Casting: Tracy KilpatrickThe Dig – Lucy Bevan Ma Rainey's Black Bottom – Avy Kaufman; Location Casting: Nancy Mosser; Associate: Scotty Anderson The Mauritanian – Nina Gold; Location Casting: Christa Schamberger Pieces of a Woman – Jessica Kelly Promising Young Woman – Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Minari – Julia Kim; Location Casting: Chris FreihoferAll Day and a Night – Kim Coleman; Location Casting: Nina Henninger; Associate: Sarah Kliban The Assistant – Avy Kaufman; Associate: Scotty Anderson Herself – Louise Kiely Sound of Metal – Susan Shopmaker; Location Casting: Angela Peri, Lisa Lobel; Associate: Emily Fleischer | valign="top" width="50%"|The Surrogate – Erica HartAmerican Skin – Tracy "Twinkie" Byrd, Kelly Knox Black Bear – Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin, Jenn Gaw Inez & Doug & Kira – Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee; Associate: Roya Semnanian, Joey Montenarello International Falls – Matthew Lessall Miss Juneteenth – Chelsea Ellis Bloch |- | valign="top" width="50%" colspan="2"|Soul'' – Kevin Reher, Natalie Lyon; Associate: Kate Hansen-BirnbaumThe Croods: A New Age – Christi Soper HiltOnward – Kevin Reher, Natalie LyonTrolls World Tour'' – Christi Soper Hilt
Television What We Do in the Shadows – Gayle Keller; Location Casting: Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay Better Things – Felicia Fasano; Associate: Katie Lantz Dead to Me – Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott, Sharon Bialy; Associate: Alyssa Morris Insecure – Victoria Thomas The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Cindy Tolan; Associate: Anne DavisonSuccession – Avy KaufmanBig Little Lies – David Rubin; Associate: Andrea Bunker The Handmaid's Tale – Sharon Bialy, Sherry Thomas, Russell Scott; Location Casting: Robin D. Cook; Associate: Stacia Kimler, Jonathan Oliveira Ozark – Alexa L. Fogel; Location Casting: Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein Bennett; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson Pose – Alexa L. Fogel; Associate: Elizabeth Berra |- | valign="top" width="50%"|The Great – Rose WicksteedModern Love – Laura Rosenthal, Maribeth Fox, Jodi Angstreich Never Have I Ever – Brett Greenstein, Collin Daniel; Associate: Danny Dunitz The Politician – Alexa L. Fogel; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson, Alison Goodman Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist – Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Alex Newman; Location Casting: Coreen Mayrs, Heike Brandstatter, Erinn Lally, Annalese Tilling | valign="top" width="50%"|Euphoria – Mary Vernieu, Jessica Kelly, Jennifer Venditti; Associate: Bret HoweThe Boys – Robert J. Ulrich, Eric Dawson, Carol Kritzer, Alex Newman; Location Casting: Jenny Lewis, Sara Kay The Mandalorian – Sarah Finn; Associate: Jason Stamey The Morning Show – Victoria Thomas The Outsider – Alexa L. Fogel; Location Casting: Chase Paris, Tara Feldstein Bennett; Associate: Kathryn Zamora-Benson |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Normal People – Louise KielyLittle Fires Everywhere – David Rubin Mrs. America – Carmen Cuba; Location Casting: Robin D. Cook; Associate: Charley Medigovich, Jonathan Oliveira Unbelievable – Laura Rosenthal, Jodi Angstreich, Kate Caldwell, Melissa Kostenbauder; Associate: Kim Guzman, Anthony Kraus Watchmen – Victoria Thomas; Location Casting: Meagan Lewis | valign="top" width="50%"|Bad Education – Ellen Lewis, Kate SpranceIn the Shadow of the Moon – Ellen Chenoweth; Location Casting: John Buchan, Jason Knight; Associate: Susanne Scheel, Morgyn Johnston Patsy & Loretta – Susan Edelman; Location Casting: Mark Fincannon To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You – Tamara-Lee Notcutt; Location Casting: Tiffany Mak Troop Zero – Mary Vernieu, Lindsay Graham; Location Casting: Lisa Mae Fincannon; Associate: Kimberly Wistedt |- | valign="top" width="50%"|A Black Lady Sketch Show – Victoria ThomasDrunk History – Melissa DeLizia John Mulaney & the Sack Lunch Bunch – Jim Carnahan, Carrie Gardner, Jillian Cimini Live in Front of a Studio Audience: "All in the Family" and "Good Times" – Marc Hirschfeld, Geralyn Flood | valign="top" width="50%"|The Baby-Sitters Club – Amber Horn, Danielle Aufiero; Location Casting: Tiffany MakAll That – Nickole Doro, Shayna Sherwood Bunk'd – Howard Meltzer; Associate: Biz Urban High School Musical: The Musical: The Series – Julie Ashton Young Dylan – Kim Coleman |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Big Mouth – Julie AshtonBob's Burgers – Julie Ashton Central Park – Julie Ashton Harley Quinn – Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert Rick and Morty – Robert McGee, Ruth Lambert | valign="top" width="50%"|Queer Eye'' – Danielle Gervais, Beyhan Oguz, Pamela Vallarelli; Location Casting: Ally Capriotti GrantBorn This Way – Megan Sleeper, Sasha AlpertNailed It! – Samantha Hanks, Shannon McCarty, Heather AllynRuPaul's Drag Race – Goloka Bolte, Ethan PetersenTop Chef'' – Samantha Hanks
Short-Form Projects Netuser – Stephanie Klapper -Ship: A Visual Poem – Kate Geller Beefcakes – Nicole Arbusto Cap – Daniel Cabeza No More Wings – Heather Basten Shadows – Daryl Eisenberg, Ally Beans#FreeRayshawn'' – Jessica Kelly, Mary Vernieu; Location Casting: Brent CaballeroDead Girls Detective Agency – Arlie DayGirls Room – Jennifer Presser, Caitlin WellMost Dangerous Game – Mary Vernieu, Raylin Sabo; Location Casting: Stephanie GorinThe Stranger'' – Junie Lowry Johnson, Libby Goldstein; Associate: Josh Ropiequet
Theatre Tina: the Tina Turner Musical – Patrick Goodwin, Bernard Telsey Jagged Little Pill – Stephen Kopel Moulin Rouge! the Musical – Jim Carnahan, Stephen KopelSlave Play – Taylor WilliamsGrand Horizons – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl The Great Society – Daniel Swee The Inheritance (Parts 1 & 2) – Jordan Thaler, Heidi Griffiths; Associate: Rebecca Feldman The Sound Inside – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl |- | valign="top" width="50%" colspan="2"|A Soldier's Play – Jim CarnahanBetrayal – Jim Carnahan, Alexandre Bleau The Rose Tattoo – Jim Carnahan, Carrie Gardner |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Little Shop of Horrors – Jim CarnahanBob and Carol and Ted and Alice – Rachel Hoffman Cyrano – Patrick Goodwin The Secret Life of Bees – Patrick Goodwin Sing Street – Tara Rubin, Peter Van Dam | valign="top" width="50%"|All the Natalie Portmans – Will Cantler, Destiny LillyAnatomy of a Suicide – Karyn Casl Dracula – Karyn Casl Macbeth – Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly The Young Man from Atlanta – David Caparelliotis |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Six – Tara Rubin, Peter Van DamFly – Patrick Goodwin Gun & Powder – Tara Rubin; Associate: Kevin Metzger-Thompson In the Heights – Chad Eric Murnane Into the Woods – Stephanie Klapper Once on This Island – Stephanie Klapper | valign="top" width="50%"|Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Jim Carnahan, Alexandre BleauA Human Being, of a Sort – Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly A Raisin in the Sun – Karyn Casl, Destiny Lilly Ghosts – Karyn Casl "Master Harold"...and the Boys – Tara Rubin |- | valign="top" width="50%"|Little Shop of Horrors – Ryan Bernard TymenskyA Play Is A Poem – Will Cantler, Karyn Casl; Associate: Destiny Lilly Good Boys – Tiffany Little Canfield, Ryan Bernard Tymensky Key Largo – Jeff Greenberg Witch – Phyllis Schuringa | valign="top" width="50%"|Pride Plays – James Calleri, Erica Jensen, Paul DavisThe 24 Hour Plays Broadway Gala – Stephanie Klapper Into the Woods – Chad Eric Murnane Kinky Boots – Patrick Goodwin Mack and Mabel – Mark Brandon |- | valign="top" width="50%" colspan="2"|The Band's Visit'' – Tara Rubin, Peter Van DamFrozen – Rachel Hoffman, Laura WadeMean Girls – Bethany KnoxOnce on This Island – Craig BurnsSummer: The Donna Summer Musical'' – Tara Rubin, Felicia Rudolph
Rosalie Joseph Humanitarian Award The Actors Fund
Hoyt Bowers Award Robi Reed Tara Rubin
Associate Spotlight Award Gianna Butler Michael Rios
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