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Jenny Beavan
Actor, Additional CreditsBorn November 15, 1950 (75 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Jenny Beavan Filmography
| 2023 | Merchant Ivory · as Self |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2016 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2007 | The Making of Cranford · as Self - Costume Designer |
| 2005 | Building 'Howards End' · as Self |
| 2002 | The 56th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Nominee |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1987 | The 59th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures · as Governess |
| 2025 | The Choral · as Costume Designer |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga · as Costume Design |
| 2023 | White Bird · as Costume Design |
| 2022 | Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris · as Costume Design |
| 2021 | Cruella · as Costume Design |
| 2020 | Dolittle · as Costume Design |
| 2019 | Mrs Lowry & Son · as Costume Design |
| 2018 | The Nutcracker and the Four Realms · as Costume Design |
| 2018 | Christopher Robin · as Costume Design |
| 2018 | Patrick the Pug · as Costume Design |
| 2017 | Life · as Costume Design |
| 2016 | A Cure for Wellness · as Costume Design |
| 2016 | A United Kingdom · as Costume Design |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road · as Costume Design |
| 2015 | |
| 2015 | Roald Dahl's Esio Trot · as Costume Design |
| 2012 | Gambit · as Costume Design |
| 2011 | Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows · as Costume Design |
| 2010 | The King's Speech · as Costume Design |
| 2009 | Sherlock Holmes · as Costume Designer |
| 2008 | Defiance · as Costume Design |
| 2007 | Cranford (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | Amazing Grace · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | The Black Dahlia · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | The Amazing Grace · as Costume Design |
| 2005 | Casanova · as Costume Design |
| 2004 | Alexander · as Costume Design |
| 2003 | Timeline · as Costume Design |
| 2003 | Byron · as Costume Design |
| 2002 | Possession · as Costume Design |
| 2002 | The Gathering Storm · as Costume Design |
| 2001 | Gosford Park · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | How Proust Can Change Your Life · as Costume Designer |
| 1999 | Anna and the King · as Costume Design |
| 1999 | Tea with Mussolini · as Costume Design |
| 1998 | Ever After: A Cinderella Story · as Costume Designer |
| 1997 | |
| 1996 | |
| 1996 | Jane Eyre · as Costume Design |
| 1995 | Sense and Sensibility · as Costume Design |
| 1995 | Jefferson in Paris · as Costume Design |
| 1994 | Black Beauty · as Costume Design |
| 1993 | The Remains of the Day · as Costume Design |
| 1993 | Swing Kids · as Costume Design |
| 1992 | The Blackheath Poisonings (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 1992 | Howards End · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | The Bridge · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | Impromptu · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | White Fang · as Costume Design |
| 1990 | Mountains of the Moon · as Costume Design |
| 1989 | Back Home · as Costume Design |
| 1988 | The Deceivers · as Costume Design |
| 1988 | A Summer Story · as Costume Design |
| 1987 | Maurice · as Costume Design |
| 1986 | Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 1985 | A Room with a View · as Costume Design |
| 1984 | The Bostonians · as Costume Design |
| 1984 | Trial by Jury · as Costume Design |
| 1983 | Ruddigore · as Costume Design |
| 1983 | The Gondoliers · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | The Mikado · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | Iolanthe · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | The Pirates of Penzance · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | H.M.S. Pinafore · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | Cox and Box · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | The Yeomen of the Guard · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | Patience · as Costume Design |
| 1982 | Treasure Island · as Costume Design |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance (1981) (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1980 | Jane Austen in Manhattan · as Costume Design |
| 1979 | The Europeans · as Costume Assistant |
| 1978 | Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures · as Costume Design |