The award was created after
Mary Selway died in 2004. She has been recognised for her successful role as a
casting director and helped many new actors and actresses achieve fame. The first winner was
James McAvoy in 2006.
Eva Green,
Shia LaBeouf and
Kristen Stewart have been the only non-British winners. The current holder of the award is
Robert Aramayo, who won in 2026. In the following lists, the titles and names in
bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year. ==Winners and nominees==