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== Awards and nominations ==
== Awards and nominations ==
Sarah garnered a 2023 BAFTA nomination for Best Casting in recognition of her work on "[[Everything Everywhere All At Once]]". In 2021, Finn was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]] for ''[[Wandavision]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=September 11, 2021 |title='WandaVision' Wins First Emmys For Marvel Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/wandavision-wins-first-emmys-for-marvel-studios-1234831339/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For Drama Series for ''[[The Mandalorian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/sarah-halley-finn-csa|title=Emmy}}</ref> She was also nominated numerous times by the [[Casting Society of America]] for her work, winning for ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Artios Awards: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Among Casting Society Winners|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-casting-society-artios-award-winners-full-list-1270467/the-zeitgeist-award-4/}}</ref> ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'', ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'', ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/casting-society-artios-awards-2022-winners-list-1235117488/|title=Casting Society Artios Awards: ‘Encanto,’ ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘CODA’ and ‘Zola’ Among Winners}}</ref>
Sarah garnered a 2023 [[BAFTA Award for Best Casting|BAFTA nomination for Best Casting]] in recognition of her work on "[[Everything Everywhere All At Once]]". In 2021, Finn was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie]] for ''[[Wandavision]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=September 11, 2021 |title='WandaVision' Wins First Emmys For Marvel Studios |url=https://deadline.com/2021/09/wandavision-wins-first-emmys-for-marvel-studios-1234831339/ |access-date=November 19, 2022 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref> and for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For Drama Series for ''[[The Mandalorian]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/sarah-halley-finn-csa|title=Emmy}}</ref> She was also nominated numerous times by the [[Casting Society of America]] for her work, winning for ''[[The Lion King (2019 film)|The Lion King]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Artios Awards: ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Among Casting Society Winners|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/2020-casting-society-artios-award-winners-full-list-1270467/the-zeitgeist-award-4/}}</ref> ''[[Crash (2004 film)|Crash]]'', ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'', ''[[Black Panther (film)|Black Panther]]'' and ''[[Spider-Man: No Way Home]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/casting-society-artios-awards-2022-winners-list-1235117488/|title=Casting Society Artios Awards: ‘Encanto,’ ‘Don’t Look Up,’ ‘CODA’ and ‘Zola’ Among Winners}}</ref>


In 2022 she received four nominations for [[Artios Awards]], being the second-most nominated casting director in the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/artists/casting-society-virtual-artios-awards-1235205930|title=Casting Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Virtual Artios Awards Ceremony}}</ref>
In 2022 she received four nominations for [[Artios Awards]], being the second-most nominated casting director in the ceremony.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/artists/casting-society-virtual-artios-awards-1235205930|title=Casting Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Virtual Artios Awards Ceremony}}</ref>

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Sarah Halley Finn
Born
Sarah Halley Finn
NationalityAmerican
OccupationCasting director
Years active1997-present

Sarah Halley Finn is a casting director best known for her work on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Outside of Marvel she has cast films such as Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, She's The Man, The Lion King, and Crash. Most recently, Finn cast and co-produced Everything Everywhere All at Once, which earned her a 2023 BAFTA nomination for Best Casting.[1][2][3]

Career

After graduating from Yale University, Finn began her career as a casting director with movies like Varsity Blues and 200 Cigarettes.[4]

In 2006, she was hired to cast the first Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film, Iron Man. Aside from that film, Sarah Finn has served as the casting director for every MCU movie, Disney+ television series, and special. This includes the second-highest grossing movie of all time, Avengers: Endgame.[2] Screen Rant wrote that "One of the greatest assets of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is its casting, courtesy of Sarah Finn, who has been heavily involved in choosing actors for Marvel since the beginning." She proposed Chris Pratt for the role of Peter Quill.[5] Finn proposed to do a screen test with Robert Downey, Jr. to show that he was right for the role. She also pushed for Chris Hemsworth as Thor. Her casting process was described as "out of the box".[6] Dominique Thorne described Finn as an "advocate of mine, supporting me and what I was doing".[7]

Her other casting works include the Star Wars television series The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Ahsoka.

Awards and nominations

Sarah garnered a 2023 BAFTA nomination for Best Casting in recognition of her work on "Everything Everywhere All At Once". In 2021, Finn was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for Wandavision[8] and for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting For Drama Series for The Mandalorian.[9] She was also nominated numerous times by the Casting Society of America for her work, winning for The Lion King,[10] Crash, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Black Panther and Spider-Man: No Way Home.[11]

In 2022 she received four nominations for Artios Awards, being the second-most nominated casting director in the ceremony.[12]

References

  1. ^ Roth, Elyse (June 3, 2021). "What to Know About Auditioning for Marvel CD Sarah Halley Finn". Backstage.com. Archived from the original on May 16, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Hart, Hugh (August 31, 2022). "Marvel Studios Casting Director Sarah Finn on Finding the Heroes & Villains of the MCU". Motion Picture Association. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  3. ^ https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/2023-nominations
  4. ^ M. Goldstein, Jessica (November 18, 2022). "Sarah Finn on Casting EveryAingle Marvel Movie & TV Show". Marie Claire. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  5. ^ "MCU: 5 Roles That Were Perfectly Cast (& 5 Actors Who Almost Played Them)".
  6. ^ Erbland, Kate (November 23, 2020). "Sarah Finn Assembled the Avengers in Real Life — and the Entirety of the MCU". IndieWire. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  7. ^ "Before She Was Ironheart, She Was Almost Shuri. Meet Dominique Thorne, Marvel's Newest Hero".
  8. ^ Grobar, Matt (September 11, 2021). "'WandaVision' Wins First Emmys For Marvel Studios". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  9. ^ "Emmy".
  10. ^ "Artios Awards: 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,' 'Jojo Rabbit' Among Casting Society Winners".
  11. ^ "Casting Society Artios Awards: 'Encanto,' 'Don't Look Up,' 'CODA' and 'Zola' Among Winners".
  12. ^ "Casting Society Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Virtual Artios Awards Ceremony".
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