# What awards has Catherine Willis won?

> Catherine Willis won the Royal Television Society Craft and Design Award for Casting in 2023, for Channel 4's Somewhere Boy. She has four Casting Directors' Guild Award nominations, for Alma's Not Normal (2022), Cheaters (2023), Brian and Charles (2023) and Somewhere Boy (2024). Productions she cast have won BAFTAs for Scripted Comedy: Detectorists in 2015 and Alma's Not Normal in 2025.

## What did the RTS jury say?

The jury of the RTS Craft and Design Awards 2023 called Somewhere Boy “a well woven cast”.

## Which awards went to people she cast?

- Lewis Gribben won Actor (Television) at the BAFTA Scotland Awards 2023 for Somewhere Boy.
- Oliver Savell won Comedy Performance (Male) at the RTS Programme Awards 2025 for Changing Ends.
- The Ballad of Wallis Island won three British Independent Film Awards in 2025 and was nominated for three BAFTA Film Awards in 2026.

On Here We Go, CW Casting cast series 2, 3 and 4. Katherine Parkinson, who won a BAFTA for the series in 2026, was cast before that.

## Awards and nominations

| Award | Category | Recipient | Production | Result |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BAFTA Television Awards 2025 and 2026 | Male performance in a comedy | Oliver Savell | Changing Ends | Nominee |
| BAFTA Television Awards 2026 | Actress in a Comedy | Katherine Parkinson | Here We Go | Winner |
| BAFTA Film Awards 2026 | Outstanding British Film, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Actress | The film, Tom Basden and Tim Key, Carey Mulligan | The Ballad of Wallis Island | Nominee |
| BAFTA Television Awards 2025 | Scripted Comedy | The series | Alma's Not Normal | Winner |
| RTS Programme Awards 2025 | Comedy Drama, Comedy Performance (Female) and Writer (Comedy) | The series and Sophie Willan | Alma's Not Normal | Winner |
| RTS Programme Awards 2025 | Comedy Performance (Male) | Oliver Savell | Changing Ends | Winner |
| British Independent Film Awards 2025 | Screenplay, Joint Lead Performance, Original Music | Tom Basden, Tim Key and Adem Ilhan | The Ballad of Wallis Island | Winner |
| CDG Casting Awards 2024 | Best Casting in a Limited or Single Series | Catherine Willis, with Beatrice Ray (associate) | Somewhere Boy | Nominee |
| CDG Casting Awards 2023 | Best Casting in an Independent Film | Catherine Willis | Brian and Charles | Nominee |
| BAFTA Film Awards 2023 | Outstanding British Film | The film | Brian and Charles | Nominee |
| CDG Casting Awards 2023 | Best Casting in a TV Comedy Series | Catherine Willis, with Jessica Mescall (associate) | Cheaters | Nominee |
| RTS Craft and Design Awards 2023 | Casting Award | Catherine Willis | Somewhere Boy | Winner |
| BAFTA Scotland Awards 2023 | Actor, Television | Lewis Gribben | Somewhere Boy | Winner |
| CDG Casting Awards 2022 | Best Casting in a TV Comedy Series | Catherine Willis | Alma's Not Normal | Nominee |
| BAFTA Television Awards 2015 | Scripted Comedy | The series | Detectorists | Winner |

## Sources

- [Royal Television Society: Craft and Design Awards 2023 winners](https://rts.org.uk/article/winners-announced-rts-craft-design-awards-2023)
- [The Casting Directors' Guild](https://www.thecdg.co.uk/)
- [Channel 4: interview with writer Pete Jackson, 2022](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/interview-writer-pete-jackson)

Last checked: 9 October 2026. Page: https://www.cwcasting.co.uk/questions/what-awards-has-catherine-willis-won