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Ruth E. Carter
Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn April 10, 1960 (65 years)
Ruth E. Carter (born April 10, 1960) is an American costume designer for film and television, with over 40 films to her credit. During her 30-year-plus film career, Carter has been nominated four times for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Spike Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and her most recent work on Ryan Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). For her work on Black Panther, she won the award and became the first African-American to win an Academy Award in that category. She made further history by winning the same award for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which makes her the first Black woman to win multiple Oscars in any category. Carter also has a large exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of Art displaying more than 60 of her original garments while also showcasing her immersive process, historical research, and the attention to detail that imbues every project she brings to life.
Ruth E. Carter Filmography
| 2025 | Being Eddie · as Self - Costume Designer |
| 2023 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2023 | MPower (TV Series) · as Self - Costume Designer, Black Panther |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Symone (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Self - Costume Designer |
| 2021 | Soul of a Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | GMA3: What You Need to Know (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | Tamron Hall (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | The Oscars · as Self - Winner |
| 2018 | Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us' (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2018 | |
| 2017 | Abstract: The Art of Design (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | To Tell The Truth (2016) (TV Series) · as Self - Costume Designer For Black Panther |
| 2013 | The Real Daytime (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | |
| 2008 | 1st Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | |
| 1996 | Access Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Sparkle · as Sugar |
| 1979 | The Family Man · as Associate Producer |
| 2027 | The Thomas Crown Affair · as Costume Design |
| 2025 | The Pickup · as Costume Design |
| 2025 | Sinners · as Costume Design |
| 2022 | Black Panther: Wakanda Forever · as Costume Design |
| 2021 | Coming 2 America · as Costume Design |
| 2019 | Dolemite Is My Name · as Costume Designer |
| 2019 | Above Suspicion · as Costume Design |
| 2018 | Yellowstone (2018) (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2018 | Black Panther · as Costume Design |
| 2017 | Marshall · as Costume Design |
| 2017 | Kidnap · as Costume Designer |
| 2016 | Keeping Up with the Joneses · as Costume Design |
| 2016 | Roots (2016) (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 2015 | Chi-Raq · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | Selma · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | The Best of Me · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus · as Costume Design |
| 2014 | Cosmos (2014) (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2013 | Oldboy · as Costume Design |
| 2013 | The Butler · as Costume Design |
| 2013 | Teen Beach Movie · as Costume Design |
| 2013 | Being Mary Jane (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2012 | Sparkle · as Costume Design |
| 2012 | Touch (2012) (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2011 | |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2010 | Frankie & Alice · as Costume Design |
| 2010 | Miami Medical (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2009 | Black Dynamite · as Costume Design |
| 2009 | Bring It on: Fight to the Finish · as Costume Designer |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | Imagine That · as Costume Design |
| 2008 | Meet Dave · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | Shark (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 2006 | Thief (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 2006 | Faceless · as Costume Designer |
| 2005 | Serenity · as Costume Design |
| 2005 | Four Brothers · as Costume Design |
| 2004 | Against the Ropes · as Costume Designer |
| 2003 | Daddy Day Care · as Costume Design |
| 2003 | Kangaroo Jack · as Costume Designer |
| 2002 | I Spy · as Costume Design |
| 2001 | Baby Boy · as Costume Design |
| 2001 | Dr. Dolittle 2 · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | Bamboozled · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | Shaft · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | Love & Basketball · as Costume Design |
| 2000 | Price of Glory · as Costume Designer |
| 1999 | Summer of Sam · as Costume Design |
| 1998 | How Stella Got Her Groove Back · as Costume Design |
| 1997 | Amistad · as Costume Design |
| 1997 | B*A*P*S · as Costume Design |
| 1997 | Rosewood · as Costume Design |
| 1996 | The Great White Hype · as Costume Design |
| 1995 | Money Train · as Costume Design |
| 1995 | Clockers · as Costume Design |
| 1994 | Cobb · as Costume Designer |
| 1994 | Crooklyn · as Costume Design |
| 1994 | Surviving the Game · as Costume Design |
| 1993 | The Meteor Man · as Costume Design |
| 1993 | What's Love Got to Do with It · as Costume Design |
| 1992 | Malcolm X · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | House Party 2 · as Costume Designer |
| 1991 | Jungle Fever · as Costume Design |
| 1991 | The Five Heartbeats · as Costume Design |
| 1990 | Mo' Better Blues · as Costume Design |
| 1989 | Seinfeld (TV Series) · as Costume Design |
| 1989 | Do the Right Thing · as Costume Design |
| 1988 | I'm Gonna Git You Sucka · as Costume Design |
| 1988 | School Daze · as Costume Designer |
| 1987 | Showtime at the Apollo (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Costume Designer |
Blade · as Costume Design |