Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Born
Nov 15, 1950
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Credits
77 titles
Jenny Beavan
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
Filmography
The Choral
Costume Design
Dating Mark Silcox
Costume Design
Merchant Ivory
Self
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Self
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Costume Design
White Bird
Costume Design
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
Costume Design
Cruella
Costume Design
Dolittle
Costume Design
Mrs Lowry & Son
Costume Design
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Costume Design
Christopher Robin
Costume Design
Patrick
Costume Design
Life
Costume Design
A Cure for Wellness
Costume Design
A United Kingdom
Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road
Costume Design
Child 44
Costume Design
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
Costume Design
Gambit
Costume Design
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
Costume Design
The King's Speech
Costume Design
Sherlock Holmes
Costume Designer
Elegance & Simplicity: The Wardrobe of Sense & Sensibility
Self
Defiance
Costume Design
Cranford
Costume Design
Amazing Grace
Costume Design
The Black Dahlia
Costume Design
The Amazing Grace
Costume Design
Casanova
Costume Design
Alexander
Costume Design
Timeline
Costume Design
Byron
Costume Design
Possession
Costume Design
The Gathering Storm
Costume Design
Gosford Park
Costume Design
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
Self
How Proust Can Change Your Life
Costume Designer
Anna and the King
Costume Design
Tea with Mussolini
Costume Design
Metroland
Costume Design
EverAfter
Costume Designer
Emma
Costume Design
Jane Eyre
Costume Design
Sense and Sensibility
Costume Design
Jefferson in Paris
Costume Design
Black Beauty
Costume Design
The Remains of the Day
Costume Design
Swing Kids
Costume Design
The Blackheath Poisonings
Costume Design