Cappi Ireland
Cappi Ireland is a leading Australian costume designer.
Cappi has worked for some of the best directors in Australia on some of the most awarded projects. Her film and television credits are impressive and varied.
Recent credits include the feature MORTAL KOMBAT 2, directed again by Simon McQuoid; APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (NETFLIX TV), directed by Jeffrey Walker; and BETTER MAN, a musical biopic about Robbie Williams with director Michael Gracey.
Also, the LOVE ME series 1 & 2, a 6-part Binge Original/Warner Bros TV series with directors Emma Freeman and Bonnie Moir on their respective series; the TAP/NBCU series FIRES, a story of a catastrophic bushfire season that tore through the hearts of Australia and the world, which reunited her with long-time collaborators Tony Ayres and Liz Watts; and the period drama NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN set in the goldfields in the 1800s and directed by Corrie Chen for SBS and Goalpost Pictures.
The 2021 AACTA Awards remarkably saw Cappi nominated for a record 4 nominations for her work on feature films MORTAL KOMBAT and THE DRY and television series FIRES and NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN—the latter going on to win Best Costumes for Television. She received a further nomination in 2022 for her iconic costumes on the hugely successful first series for Binge, LOVE ME.
Cappi received a great deal of attention for her costumes for the action-adventure fantasy feature film MORTAL KOMBAT, directed by Simon McQuoid. She enjoyed returning to the world of fantasy speciality costuming and having the opportunity to work at such a scale again with the recent sequel (MORTAL KOMBAT 2).
Additional credits include THE DRY, released in 2020, which reunited her with director Robert Connolly; the third season of GLITCH for Matchbox Pictures and Netflix, following up on her work designing seasons one and two; RIDE LIKE A GIRL, Rachel Griffiths’ directorial debut starring Teresa Palmer; the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV series; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY; NEWTON’S LAW; and Garth Davies Academy Award-nominated feature film LION, for which she received an AACTA Award, an APDG Award, and a nomination for Excellence in Contemporary Film at the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards (USA).
Other notable work includes the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV miniseries BARRACUDA, for which she received a 2017 APDG Award Nomination for Best Costume Design in a Television series; GALLIPOLI, an epic 7-part TV miniseries for Channel 9/Endemol, which garnered her a 2015 APDG award for Best Costume in a TV series; BALIBO; and the multi-award-winning TV drama, THE SLAP.
Additional films include, FRANKENSTEIN; CUT SNAKE; THE MULE; and THE ROVER, which reunited her with award-winning directors David Michod and Tony Ayres; ANIMAL KINGDOM; and ORANGES AND SUNSHINE.
Cappi has received in total ten AFI/AACTA nominations and four AFI/AACTA wins. Those not included above are Cappi’s first AFI Award for Best Costume Design in 2007 for THE HOME SONG STORIES directed by Tony Ayres and an AFI in 2008 for Best Costume Design for Jonathan Ogilvie’s THE TENDER HOOK.
Information above via their homepage.
Cappi has worked for some of the best directors in Australia on some of the most awarded projects. Her film and television credits are impressive and varied.
Recent credits include the feature MORTAL KOMBAT 2, directed again by Simon McQuoid; APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (NETFLIX TV), directed by Jeffrey Walker; and BETTER MAN, a musical biopic about Robbie Williams with director Michael Gracey.
Also, the LOVE ME series 1 & 2, a 6-part Binge Original/Warner Bros TV series with directors Emma Freeman and Bonnie Moir on their respective series; the TAP/NBCU series FIRES, a story of a catastrophic bushfire season that tore through the hearts of Australia and the world, which reunited her with long-time collaborators Tony Ayres and Liz Watts; and the period drama NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN set in the goldfields in the 1800s and directed by Corrie Chen for SBS and Goalpost Pictures.
The 2021 AACTA Awards remarkably saw Cappi nominated for a record 4 nominations for her work on feature films MORTAL KOMBAT and THE DRY and television series FIRES and NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN—the latter going on to win Best Costumes for Television. She received a further nomination in 2022 for her iconic costumes on the hugely successful first series for Binge, LOVE ME.
Cappi received a great deal of attention for her costumes for the action-adventure fantasy feature film MORTAL KOMBAT, directed by Simon McQuoid. She enjoyed returning to the world of fantasy speciality costuming and having the opportunity to work at such a scale again with the recent sequel (MORTAL KOMBAT 2).
Additional credits include THE DRY, released in 2020, which reunited her with director Robert Connolly; the third season of GLITCH for Matchbox Pictures and Netflix, following up on her work designing seasons one and two; RIDE LIKE A GIRL, Rachel Griffiths’ directorial debut starring Teresa Palmer; the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV series; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY; NEWTON’S LAW; and Garth Davies Academy Award-nominated feature film LION, for which she received an AACTA Award, an APDG Award, and a nomination for Excellence in Contemporary Film at the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards (USA).
Other notable work includes the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV miniseries BARRACUDA, for which she received a 2017 APDG Award Nomination for Best Costume Design in a Television series; GALLIPOLI, an epic 7-part TV miniseries for Channel 9/Endemol, which garnered her a 2015 APDG award for Best Costume in a TV series; BALIBO; and the multi-award-winning TV drama, THE SLAP.
Additional films include, FRANKENSTEIN; CUT SNAKE; THE MULE; and THE ROVER, which reunited her with award-winning directors David Michod and Tony Ayres; ANIMAL KINGDOM; and ORANGES AND SUNSHINE.
Cappi has received in total ten AFI/AACTA nominations and four AFI/AACTA wins. Those not included above are Cappi’s first AFI Award for Best Costume Design in 2007 for THE HOME SONG STORIES directed by Tony Ayres and an AFI in 2008 for Best Costume Design for Jonathan Ogilvie’s THE TENDER HOOK.
Information above via their homepage.
Filmography
| 2026 | Mortal Kombat II · as Costume Design |
| 2026 | War Machine · as Costume Design |
| 2025 | One More Shot · as Costume Designer |
| 2025 | Apple Cider Vinegar · as Costume Designer |
| 2024 | Better Man · as Costume Design |
| 2021 | Love Me (2021) · as Costume Designer |
| 2021 | New Gold Mountain · as Costume Design |
| 2021 | Fires · as Costume Design |
| 2021 | Mortal Kombat · as Costume Design |
| 2020 | The Dry · as Costume Design |
| 2019 | Ride Like a Girl · as Costume Design |
| 2017 | Seven Types of Ambiguity · as Costume Design |
| 2017 | Newton's Law · as Costume Designer |
| 2016 | Lion · as Costume Design |
| 2016 | Barracuda · as Costume Designer |
| 2016 | Tomorrow When the War Began · as Costume Designer |
| 2015 | Glitch (2015) · as Costume Design |
| 2015 | Gallipoli · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | Cut Snake · as Costume Designer |
| 2014 | The Mule · as Costume DesignNa Plexu |
| 2014 | The Rover · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | I, Frankenstein · as Costume DesignNa Plexu |
| 2013 | Wentworth · as Costume Designer |
| 2011 | The Slap · as Costume Designer |
| 2011 | Laid · as Costume Designer |
| 2010 | Oranges and Sunshine · as Costume Design |
| 2010 | Animal Kingdom · as Costume Design |
| 2009 | Balibo · as Costume Design |
| 2009 | Saved · as Costume Designer |
| 2008 | The Boxer and the Bombshell · as Costume Design |
| 2008 | Very Small Business · as Costume Designer |
| 2007 | September · as Costume Design |
| 2007 | The Home Song Stories · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | Stepfather of the Bride · as Costume Designer |
| 2006 | Footy Legends · as Costume Designer |
| 2006 | Stranded · as Costume Designer |
| 2005 | Man-Thing · as Costume Design |
| 2004 | Love My Way · as Costume Designer |
| 2003 | All the Way · as Costume Supervisor |
| 2002 | Dossa & Joe · as Costume Designer |
| 2001 | Yolngu Boy · as Costume Supervisor |
| 2000 | Mallboy · as Additional Wardrobe Assistant |
| 1998 | Small Tales & True · as Costume Design |
| 1998 | All Saints · as Costume Designer |