
Person
Jenny Beavan
Costume & Make-Up · Born 1950-11-15 · London, England, UK
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.
Known for

Mad Max: Fury Road
Costume Design

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Costume Design

Cruella
Costume Design

Sherlock Holmes
Costume Designer

Alexander
Costume Design

The King's Speech
Costume Design

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Costume Design

Life
Costume Design

Dolittle
Costume Design

Jane Eyre
Costume Design
Filmography
- 2025The ChoralCostume Design
- 2025Dating Mark SilcoxCostume Design
- 2024Merchant IvorySelf
- 2024Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of FuriosaSelf
- 2024Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaCostume Design
- 2023White BirdCostume Design
- 2022Mrs. Harris Goes to ParisCostume Design
- 2021CruellaCostume Design
- 2020DolittleCostume Design
- 2019Mrs Lowry & SonCostume Design
- 2018The Nutcracker and the Four RealmsCostume Design
- 2018Christopher RobinCostume Design
- 2018PatrickCostume Design
- 2017LifeCostume Design
- 2017A Cure for WellnessCostume Design
- 2016A United KingdomCostume Design
- 2015Mad Max: Fury RoadCostume Design
- 2015Child 44Costume Design
- 2015Roald Dahl's Esio TrotCostume Design
- 2012GambitCostume Design
- 2011Sherlock Holmes: A Game of ShadowsCostume Design
- 2010The King's SpeechCostume Design
- 2009Sherlock HolmesCostume Designer
- 2009Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & SensibilitySelf
- 2008DefianceCostume Design
- 2007CranfordCostume Design
- 2006Amazing GraceCostume Design
- 2006The Black DahliaCostume Design
- 2006The Amazing GraceCostume Design
- 2005CasanovaCostume Design
- 2004AlexanderCostume Design
- 2003TimelineCostume Design
- 2003ByronCostume Design
- 2002PossessionCostume Design
- 2002The Gathering StormCostume Design
- 2001Gosford ParkCostume Design
- 2001The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's JourneySelf
- 2000How Proust Can Change Your LifeCostume Designer
- 1999Anna and the KingCostume Design
- 1999Tea with MussoliniCostume Design
- 1998EverAfterCostume Designer
- 1997MetrolandCostume Design
- 1996EmmaCostume Design
- 1996Jane EyreCostume Design
- 1995Sense and SensibilityCostume Design
- 1995Jefferson in ParisCostume Design
- 1994Black BeautyCostume Design
- 1993The Remains of the DayCostume Design
- 1993Swing KidsCostume Design
- 1993The Blackheath PoisoningsCostume Design
- 1992Howards EndCostume Design
- 1992The BridgeCostume Design
- 1991ImpromptuCostume Design
- 1991White FangCostume Design
- 1990Mountains of the MoonCostume Design
- 1989Back HomeCostume Design
- 1988The DeceiversCostume Design
- 1988A Summer StoryCostume Design
- 1987MauriceCostume Design
- 1986A Room with a ViewCostume Design
- 1986Lord Mountbatten: The Last ViceroyCostume Design
- 1984The BostoniansCostume Design
- 1983The MikadoCostume Design
- 1982Trial by JuryCostume Design
- 1982The Yeomen of the GuardCostume Design
- 1982RuddigoreCostume Design
- 1982H.M.S. PinaforeCostume Design
- 1982The Pirates of PenzanceCostume Design
- 1982Cox and BoxCostume Design
- 1982IolantheCostume Design
- 1982The GondoliersCostume Design
- 1982PatienceCostume Design
- 1982Treasure IslandCostume Design
- 1980Jane Austen in ManhattanCostume Design
- 1979The EuropeansCostume Assistant
- 1978Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's PicturesGoverness
- —Late in SummerCostume Design
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