Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special

This is a list of the winners and nominations of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Category history

Year	Category title
1989 to 1991 (41st to 43rd)
	Outstanding Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or a Special
1993 (41st to 45th)
	Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting for a Miniseries or a Special
1996 to 1997 (48th to 49th)
	Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Special
1998 (50th)
	Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Movie
1999 (51st)
	Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Made for Television Movie
2000 to 2014 (52nd to 66th)
	Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
2015 to present (67th to present)
	Outstanding Casting for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special

Award winners

1980s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
1988-1989 (41st)
	Lonesome Dove	Lynn Kressel	CBS

1990s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
1989-1990 (42nd)
	The Incident	Randy Stone and Holly Powell	CBS
1990-1991 (43rd)
	Separate but Equal	Alixe Gordin	ABC
1991-1992 (44th)
	One Against the Wind	Joyce Gallie, casting executive	CBS
1992-1993 (45th)
	Citizen Cohn	Donna Belajac, location casting; Mary Colquhoun, casting executive	HBO
1993-1994 (46th)
	And the Band Played On	Judith Holstra and Nikki Valko, casting executive	HBO
1994-1995 (47th)
	Award given in Outstanding Individual Achievement in Casting
1995-1996 (48th)
	Truman	Mary Colquhoun, casting	HBO
	The Tuskegee Airmen	Robi Reed-Humes, casting director	HBO
	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
1996-1997 (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	HBO
	Miss Evers' Boys	Shay Bentley- Bentley-Griffin, Jaki Brown-Kaman, and Robyn M. Mitchell, casting executives	HBO
	Weapons of Mass Distraction	Gary M. Zuckerbrod, casting executive	HBO
1997-1998 (50th)
	From the Earth to the Moon	Craig Fincannon, Mark Fincannon, Marc Hirschfeld, Sharon Klein, Meg Liberman, and Lisa Mae Wells 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
1998-1999 (51st)
	Winchell	Juel Bestrop, casting executive	HBO
	Joan of Arc	Deirdre Bowen, Suzie Glicksman, and Fern Orenstein, casting executives	CBS
	A Lesson Before Dying	Shay Bentley-Griffin, location casting executive; Robi Reed-Humes, casting executive
	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
1999-2000 (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
2000-2001 (53rd)
	61*	Mali Finn, casting executive	HBO
	Anne Frank	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	ABC
	Wit	Leo Davis, U.K. casting executive; Ellen Lewis and Juliet Taylor, casting executives	HBO
2001-2002 (54th)
	Band of Brothers	Gary Davy and Suzanne M. 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	HBO
2002-2003 (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
2003-2004 (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
2004-2005 (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	HBO
	Warm Springs	Shay Griffin and Lynn Kressel, casting by	HBO
2005-2006 (58th)
	Elizabeth I	Doreen Jones, casting director	HBO
	The Girl in the Cafe	Fiona Weir, casting director	HBO
	High School Musical	Natalie Hart and Jason LaPadura, casting by	Disney Channel
	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, Casting Director; Junie Lowry-Johnson	HBO
2006-2007 (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
2007-2008 (60th)
	John Adams	Kathleen Chopin, Nina Gold, and Tracy Kilpatrick, casting directors	HBO
	The Bronx Is Burning	Billy Hopkins, Paul Schnee, and Hopkins, Smith & Barden Casting, casting by	ESPN
	The Company	Denise Chamian and Scout Masterson, casting by; Diane Kerbel, Canada 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
2008-2009 (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	HBO
	House of Saddam	Elaine Grainger, casting director	HBO
	Into the Storm	Kate Rhodes James, casting director	HBO

2010s

Year	Program	Casting	Network
2009-2010 (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	HBO
2010-2011 (63rd)
	Mildred Pierce	Laura Rosenthal, casting director	HBO
	Cinema Verite	Randi Hiller, casting director	HBO
	Downton Abbey	Jill Trevellick, casting director	PBS
	Too Big to Fail	Alexa L. Fogel and Christine Kromer, casting directors	HBO
	Upstairs, Downstairs	Andy Pryor, casting director	PBS
2011-2012 (64th)
	Game Change	David Rubin, Richard Hicks, Pat Moran, Kathleen Chopin, casting by	HBO
	American Horror Story	Robert 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, casting by	PBS
2012-2013 (65th)
	Behind the Candelabra	Carmen Cuba, casting by	HBO
	American Horror Story: Asylum	Robert Ulrich and Eric Dawson, casting by	FX
	The Hour	Jill Trevellick, casting by	BBC America
	Political Animals	David Rubin and Diane Heery, casting by	USA Network
	Top of the Lake	Kirsty McGregor and Tina Cleary, casting by	Sundance Channel
2013-2014 (66th)
	Fargo	Rachel Tenner, Jackie Lind and Stephanie Gorin, casting directors	FX
	American Horror Story: Coven	Robert Ulrich, Eric Dawson and Meagen 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	Alexa L. Fogel and Meagan Lewis, casting directors	HBO
2014-2015 (67th)
	Olive Kitteridge	Laura Rosenthal and Carolyn Pickman, casting directors	HBO
	American Crime	Kim Coleman and Beth Sepko Lindsey, casting directors	ABC
	American Horror Story: Freak Show	Robert 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