We’re delighted to announce the exceptional performers that have been selected for The Spotlight Prize 2026.
This year the Spotlight Prize will debut an expanded format featuring 40 finalists split equally across two dedicated programmes: The Screen Prize and The Stage Prize.
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Spotlight Deep Dive: Spotlight Deep Dive: How to Be Found on 'Performer Search' 🔎
Did you know almost half of roles on Spotlight are cast via search? 👀 Join our exclusive webinar with Spotlight’s Talent Success team to learn how to improve your details and skills so casting directors can find you ✨
🗓️ Tuesday, May 26
⏰ 1-2 pm BST
💻 Online
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The search is on.
As we approach our centenary year, read about the hunt for the first editions of Spotlight in The Observer.
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Spotlight Deep Dive: Everything You Need to Know about Audioreels 🎙️
Join us for an exclusive webinar with our Talent Success team at Spotlight, where we dive into the world of audioreels. The team will go over examples of industry standards, explain what good things to add to the audio section of your profile, and answer members' questions.
🗓️ Tuesday, Apr 14 2026
⏰ 1-2 pm BST
💻 Online
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From ‘Wednesday’ (Season 3) to Guy Ritchie’s latest film, take a look at the productions filming across the UK and Ireland in April 🎥
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We are so excited to be hosting Spotlight this Wednesday for their SOLD OUT event, Agents of North Town Hall. We’re proud to be a Spotlight partnered studio and can’t wait to hear all about their brand new Project M62 initiative 🙌🏻
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How has casting evolved? 👀🎬
Casting directors Rosie Pearson, Kelly Valentine Henry, Andy Pryor, Kristina Erdely, and Lucy Casson discuss the evolution of the industry.
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#casting #castingdirector
A monumental night for cinema at the 2026 Oscars! 🏆🎬
One Battle After Another triumphs with 6 wins, including Best Picture. Other big winners include Sinners, Frankenstein, Michael B. Jordan and Spotlight member Jessie Buckley.
⭐ Congratulations Cassandra Kulukundis for becoming the first ever Best Casting winner! ⭐
🔗 Check out the full winners list by clicking the link in our bio.
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And the winner is...
From The Bridge on the River Kwai to 12 Years a Slave, attendees at Friday night’s pre-Oscars reception in LA picked their favourite UK film to have won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
Featured: James Frain, Nathalie Emmanuel, Ben Roberts, Jimmy Akingbola, Gareth John, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Lee Knight, Max Marlow, Jeremy Spears, Nathan Engelhardt, Sam Buchanan, Scottie Fotre, Yaya DaCosta, Matthew Broome, Taaha Shah, Nicholas Pike, Kleber Mendonça Filho and Nina Gold.
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Last night in LA ✨
To celebrate this year's Academy Awards and the 40 nominations for UK talent, we joined forces with the British Consulate-General Los Angeles for a pre-Oscars reception at Soho House Holloway, in partnership with Spotlight.
Hosted by our CEO, Ben Roberts, and Consul General Paul Rennie OBE, we welcomed guests from across the industry including BFI America Board member Barbara Broccoli, BFI Chair Jay Hunt, BFI Board member Scott Stuber, producer Jerry Bruckheimer, filmmaker Clint Bentley, casting director Nina Gold and actors Charithra Chandran and Nathalie Emmanuel.
Best of luck to all this year's nominees including those up for the very first Casting Director Academy Award!
Photos: Getty/Phillip Faraone
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💫 Spotlight is proud to partner with @britishfilminstitute , @ukinla and @sohohouse to host the official UK Oscars party, the British Film Reception.
We’re delighted to celebrate a generation of casting directors who cast the Best Picture nominees before the Best Casting category existed.
Here’s to a historic night in Hollywood! 🥂
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Ahead of the Academy Awards, Spotlight is proud to host a special lunch in LA for some of the extraordinary British casting directors who have been the quiet architects behind 30 years of cinematic masterpieces 💫🎬
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