These Emmy Awards nominees call Hollywood North home

Vancouver makeup artists and casting agents are vying for TV honours

Published Sep 05, 2024  •  Last updated 4 minutes ago  •  2 minute read

Hiroyuki Sanada as Yoshii Toranaga, centre, in a scene from Shogun. Local makeup artists and casting agents have been nominated for Emmy Awards for their work on B.C. shot show. Photo by Katie Yu /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The B.C. filmed FX series Shōgun is heading into this year’s Emmy Awards leading the pack with 25 nominations.
Helping that count are some talented folks from here in Hollywood North.

Former Vancouver Film School (VFS) students Emily Walsh and Suzie Kilmack have both been nominated for their makeup work on Shōgun’s inaugural season.

Walsh is one of the Shōgun team members nominated in the Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) category and Klimack is in the group nominated in the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup category.

Vancouver’s Emily Walsh is one of the Shogun team members nominated in the Outstanding Period Or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) category at this year’s Emmy Awards. Photo by VFS /VFS

“(It) still feels surreal to be nominated but looking forward to celebrating with the team this weekend,” said Vancouver’s Walsh who attended VFS in 2016. “It definitely is a career highlight for sure!”

Like Walsh, Vancouver’s Klimack, who went to VFS in 2008, says the Emmy nod “feels surreal,” and the nomination and potential win could mean “bigger and better opportunities” for her career.

Suzie Klimack has been nominated in the Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup category at this year’s Emmy Awards for her work on the B.C. shot FX TV series Shogun. Photo by VFS /VFS

Also landing Emmy noms this year for work on Shōgun are Vancouver casting agents Maureen Webb and Colleen Bolton.
The pair are nominated in the Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series category.

The makeup and casting awards will be given out on Sept. 7 and 8 during the 76th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards which honour the best in artistic and technical achievement in American prime time television programming. The awards will be broadcast on FXX.
The Primetime Emmy Awards show follows a week later on ABC on Sept. 15 at 8 p.m.

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Heading into Emmy Awards Netflix leads all nominees with a total of 107 noms (across 35 programs), followed by FX with 93 (nine programs), HBO with 91 (29 programs) and Apple TV+ with 72 (16 programs).

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