Deirdre Bowen

Dierdre Bowen is a Canadian casting director. She has worked on casting more than 400 TV episodes on series including Cold Squad, The Listeners, and Vikings.^[1] She is most noted for winning the Canadian Screen Award for Best Casting in a Television Series at the 5th Canadian Screen Awards in 2017, for her work on the television series Kim's Convenience.^[2]

She has been nominated in the category ten other times at both the Canadian Screen awards and their predecessor Gemini Awards, as well as receiving four nominations for Best Casting in a Film. She has received two Prime Time Emmy Award nominations: 2001 Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or Special for "Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows" (ABC); and 1999 Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries or a Made for Television Movie for "Joan of Arc" (CBS).^[3]

Awards

Year	Award	Film/TV series	Result	Ref(s)
2007	Best Casting in a Television Series	ReGenesis	Nominated	[4]
2008		Murdoch Mysteries	Nominated	[5]
2010		Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures	Nominated	[6]
2015		Sensitive Skin	Nominated	[7]
2017		Kim's Convenience	Won	[2]
		Vikings	Nominated
2018		Kim's Convenience	Nominated
2019		Vikings	Nominated	[8]
2020		Kim's Convenience	Nominated
2021		Kim's Convenience	Nominated	[9]
		Vikings	Nominated
	Best Casting in a Film	Falling	Nominated	[10]
		Possessor	Nominated
2023		Brother	Won	[11]
		Crimes of the Future	Nominated

References

1. "A Conversation with Casting Director, Deirdre Bowen". Retrieved December 14, 2023.
2. Brent Furdyk, "Canadian Screen Awards: Winners Announced In Creative Fiction Categories". ET Canada, March 8, 2017.
3. "Emmy Awards and Nominations Deirdre Bowen". Retrieved December 14, 2023.
4. Etan Vlessing, "Pay TV checks in with Gemini noms". The Hollywood Reporter, August 29, 2007.
5. Ilona Beiks, "Casting directors getting share of credit". Playback, October 13, 2008.
6. Carley Fortune, "Gemini Award nominations announced: Flashpoint, chef Lynn Crawford, Top Model host Jay Manuel among nominees". Toronto Life, August 31, 2010.
7. "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Performance categories". Playback, January 13, 2015.
8. Brent Furdyk, "The Winners: Canadian Screen Awards Presented For Creative Fiction Storytelling". Entertainment Tonight Canada, March 27, 2019.
9. Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
10. Brent Furdyk (March 30, 2021). "Canadian Screen Awards Announces 2021 Film Nominations". ET Canada. Archived from the original on March 30, 2021.
11. "The 2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominees". Windsor International Film Festival, February 22, 2023.

External links

• Deirdre Bowen at IMDb