Oscars has its first-ever ‘Casting' victor in 2026
Cassandra Kulukundis has made Oscar history, becoming the first casting helmer ever to win an Academy Award after the division made its debut at the
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Oscars has its first-ever ‘Casting' victor in 2026
Cassandra Kulukundis has made Oscar history, becoming the first casting helmer ever to win an Academy Award after the division made its debut at the 98th event on 15 March.
Kulukundis took home the inaugural prize for her work on Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another , beating out four fellow first-time nominees, Francine Maisler for Sinners , Nina Gold for Hamnet , Jennifer Venditti for Marty Supreme and Gabriel Domingues for The Secret Agent .
The win marked the first new Oscar division introduced since best animated motion was added back in 2002.
Five actors, each representing one of the nominated films, took to the platform together to present the award: Paul Mescal for Hamnet , Gwyneth Paltrow for Marty Supreme , Chase Infiniti for One Battle After Another , Wagner Moura for The Secret Agent and Delroy Lindo for Sinners .
Each offered a salute to their feature's candidate before Paltrow opened the envelope and read out Kulukundis's name.
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