Jenny Beavan

Costume & Make-Up

Born 1950-11-15 London, England, UK 77 credits Academy Awards 3 Emmy Award 1 Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1

Awards

Won 3 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 3 won · 9 nominated

2023 Best Costume Design Nominated Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
2022 Best Costume Design Won Cruella
2016 Best Costume Design Won Mad Max: Fury Road
2011 Best Costume Design Nominated The King's Speech
2002 Best Costume Design Nominated Gosford Park
2000 Best Costume Design Nominated Anna and the King
1996 Best Costume Design Nominated Sense and Sensibility
1994 Best Costume Design Nominated The Remains of the Day
1993 Best Costume Design Nominated Howards End
1988 Best Costume Design Nominated Maurice
1987 Best Costume Design Won A Room with a View
1985 Best Costume Design Nominated The Bostonians

Tony Awards 1 nominated

2002 Best Costume Design Nominated

Emmy Award 1 won

— Emmy Award Won

Officer of the Order of the British Empire 1 won

2017 Officer of the Order of the British Empire Won

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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.