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Biography
Jenny Beavan OBE, RDI (born 1950) is an English costume designer. In a career spanning over four decades, she is recognised for her prolific work across stage and screen. She has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, and an Olivier Award. Beavan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2017. Beavan came to prominence for her decade-long collaboration with John Bright on creating the costumes for Merchant Ivory Productions. She has received 12 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and has won three times for A Room with a View (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and Cruella (2021). She has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ten times and had a record four wins for A Room With a View, Gosford Park (2001), Mad Max: Fury Road, and Cruella. On television, Beavan has been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special five times, winning twice for Emma (1996) and Return to Cranford (2010). She has also received three nominations for the British Academy Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design. On stage, Beavan created costumes for numerous productions, including those of the Royal Shakespeare Company, the West End, and Broadway. She garnered the Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination for the 2002 Broadway revival of Noël Coward's Private Lives. She has also received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for the 2001 London revival of Private Lives. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jenny Beavan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Personal Info
Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Birthday
November 15, 1950
Age
75 years old
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Popularity Score
0.9
Filmography
Dating Mark Silcox
Costume Design
2025Movie
The Choral
Costume Design
2025Movie
Merchant Ivory
Self
2024Movie
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Self
2024Movie
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Costume Design
2024Movie
White Bird
Costume Design
2023Movie
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Costume Design
2022Movie
Cruella
Costume Design
2021Movie
Dolittle
Costume Design
2020Movie
Mrs Lowry & Son
Costume Design
2019Movie
Patrick
Costume Design
2018Movie
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Costume Design
2018Movie
Christopher Robin
Costume Design
2018Movie
A Cure for Wellness
Costume Design
2017Movie
Life
Costume Design
2017Movie
A United Kingdom
Costume Design
2016Movie
Child 44
Costume Design
2015Movie
Mad Max: Fury Road
Costume Design
2015Movie
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Costume Design
2015Movie
Gambit
Costume Design
2012Movie
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Costume Design
2011Movie
The King's Speech
Costume Design
2010Movie
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Self
2009Movie
Sherlock Holmes
Costume Designer
2009Movie
Defiance
Costume Design
2008Movie
Cranford
Costume Design
2007TV
The Amazing Grace
Costume Design
2006Movie
The Black Dahlia
Costume Design
2006Movie
Amazing Grace
Costume Design
2006Movie
Casanova
Costume Design
2005Movie
Alexander
Costume Design
2004Movie
Timeline
Costume Design
2003Movie
Byron
Costume Design
2003Movie
The Gathering Storm
Costume Design
2002Movie
Possession
Costume Design
2002Movie
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Self
2001Movie
Gosford Park
Costume Design
2001Movie
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Costume Designer
2000Movie
Anna and the King
Costume Design
1999Movie
Tea with Mussolini
Costume Design
1999Movie
Metroland
Costume Design
1998Movie
EverAfter
Costume Designer
1998Movie
Jane Eyre
Costume Design
1996Movie
Emma
Costume Design
1996Movie
Jefferson in Paris
Costume Design
1995Movie
Sense and Sensibility
Costume Design
1995Movie
Black Beauty
Costume Design
1994Movie
Swing Kids
Costume Design
1993Movie
The Remains of the Day
Costume Design
1993Movie
The Blackheath Poisonings
Costume Design
1993TV
The Bridge
Costume Design
1992Movie
Howards End
Costume Design
1992Movie
White Fang
Costume Design
1991Movie
Impromptu
Costume Design
1991Movie
Mountains of the Moon
Costume Design
1990Movie
Back Home
Costume Design
1989Movie
A Summer Story
Costume Design
1988Movie
The Deceivers
Costume Design
1988Movie
Maurice
Costume Design
1987Movie
A Room with a View
Costume Design
1986Movie
Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy
Costume Design
1986TV
The Bostonians
Costume Design
1984Movie
The Mikado
Costume Design
1983Movie
Trial by Jury
Costume Design
1982Movie
Ruddigore
Costume Design
1982Movie
Treasure Island
Costume Design
1982Movie
The Pirates of Penzance
Costume Design
1982Movie
The Yeomen of the Guard
Costume Design
1982Movie
H.M.S. Pinafore
Costume Design
1982Movie
Iolanthe
Costume Design
1982Movie
The Gondoliers
Costume Design
1982Movie
Patience
Costume Design
1982Movie
Cox and Box
Costume Design
1982Movie
Jane Austen in Manhattan
Costume Design
1980Movie
The Europeans
Costume Assistant
1979Movie
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Governess
1978Movie
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
Costume Design
1978Movie
Late in Summer
Costume Design
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