Jenny Beavan (born 1950 in London, England) is a British costume designer. She has won an Academy Award and has been nominated eight times, most recently for The King's Speech. Beavan also received a Tony Award nomination for Best Costume Design for the play Private Lives.
I think the general misconception [about costume designing] is that you do this lovely airy fairy job, wafting around with bits of glittery fabric, having champagne with all the stars. The actual reality is that it's much less glamorous. You're storytelling but you're doing it by going out and finding clothes or making them or scribbling about. Always trying to do it on too low a budget but still trying to fulfill everybody's expectations. It's a great job, I don't want to say it isn't, but it isn't quite the drifty, fun, lofty thing that people seem to think. It certainly isn't glamorous, not the day-to-day grime.
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Fact
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Was nominated for Broadway's 2002 Tony Award as Best Costume Designer for "Private Lives."
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Daughter, Caitlin, born 1985
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Studied at London's Central School of Art and Design
Costume Designer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018
pre-production
Life
2017
post-production
A Cure for Wellness
2017
completed
A United Kingdom
2016
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015
Child 44
2015
Roald Dahl's Esio Trot
2015
TV Movie
Gambit
2012/I
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
2011
The King's Speech
2010
Cranford
2007-2009
TV Series 7 episodes
Sherlock Holmes
2009
Defiance
2008/I
Amazing Grace
2006
The Black Dahlia
2006
Casanova
2005
Alexander
2004
Timeline
2003
Byron
2003
TV Movie
Possession
2002
The Gathering Storm
2002
TV Movie
Gosford Park
2001
Anna and the King
1999
Tea with Mussolini
1999
Ever After: A Cinderella Story
1998
Metroland
1997
Emma
1996
TV Movie
Jane Eyre
1996
Sense and Sensibility
1995
Jefferson in Paris
1995
Black Beauty
1994
The Remains of the Day
1993
Swing Kids
1993
The Blackheath Poisonings
1992
TV Mini-Series 3 episodes
Howards End
1992
The Bridge
1992
Impromptu
1991
White Fang
1991/I
Mountains of the Moon
1990
Back Home
1989
TV Movie
The Deceivers
1988
A Summer Story
1988
Maurice
1987
Masterpiece Theatre: Lord Mountbatten - The Last Viceroy
1986
TV Mini-Series 1 episode
A Room with a View
1985
The Bostonians
1984
The Mikado
1983
TV Movie
Cox and Box
1982
TV Movie
H.M.S. Pinafore
1982
TV Movie
Iolanthe
1982
TV Movie
Patience
1982
TV Movie
Ruddigore
1982
TV Movie
The Gondoliers
1982
TV Movie
The Pirates of Penzance
1982
TV Movie
The Yeomen of the Guard
1982
TV Movie
Treasure Island
1982
TV Movie
Trial by Jury
1982
TV Short
A Fine Romance
1981
TV Series 6 episodes
Holding the Fort
1980
TV Series 1 episode
Jane Austen in Manhattan
1980
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
TV Movie
Costume Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lolita
1997
costumes: 1921 sequence
The Mikado
1983
TV Movie costume coordinator
Princess Ida
1982
TV Movie costume coordinator
The Europeans
1979
costume assistant
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures
1978
TV Movie
Governess
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Mangal Pandey: The Rising
2005
acknowledgment
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The 88th Annual Academy Awards
2016
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Reflections of History: Recreating the World of Child 44
2015
Video short
Herself
The 2010 Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards
2010
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Sherlock Holmes: Not a Deerstalker Cap in Sight
2010
Video short
Herself
Defiance: Return to the Forest
2009
Video documentary short
Herself
How Sweet the Sound: The Story of Amazing Grace
2007
Video documentary short
Herself
The Making of Cranford
2007
Video documentary short
Herself - Costume Designer
Building 'Howards End'
2005
Video documentary short
Herself
Resurrecting 'Alexander'
2005
Video documentary short
Herself
The Textures of 'Timeline'
2004
Video documentary short
Herself
The 56th Annual Tony Awards
2002
TV Special
Herself - Nominee: Best Costume Design
The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey
2001
Video documentary short
Herself
HBO First Look
1999
TV Series documentary
Herself
The 59th Annual Academy Awards
1987
TV Special
Herself - Winner: Best Costume Design
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
Seattle Film Critics Award
Seattle Film Critics Awards
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Fantasy Film
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
Empire Award
Empire Awards, UK
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
Gold Derby Award
Gold Derby Awards
Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2015
PFCS Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2015
Sierra Award
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2011
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Period Film
The King's Speech (2010)
2011
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2010
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Cranford (2007)
2006
Silver Capital
Sannio FilmFest
2004
RTS Television Award
Royal Television Society, UK
Best Costume Design - Drama
Byron (2003)
2002
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Gosford Park (2001)
2000
La Chioma di Berenice
Premio Berenice
Best Costumes in Film
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
1999
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
EverAfter (1998)
1997
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special
Emma (1996)
1996
David
David di Donatello Awards
Best Costume Design (Migliore Costumista)
Jane Eyre (1996)
1987
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
A Room with a View (1985)
1987
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
A Room with a View (1985)
Nominated Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2016
AACTA Award
Australian Film Institute
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2016
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Costume Design
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
2012
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costumes
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
2011
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2011
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2011
Critics Choice Award
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2011
Evening Standard British Film Award
Evening Standard British Film Awards
Best Technical/Artistic Achievement
The King's Speech (2010)
2011
Gold Derby Award
Gold Derby Awards
Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2010
PFCS Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2010
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2010
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Cranford (2007)
2010
Saturn Award
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
Best Costume
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
2010
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Excellence in Period Film
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
2010
Sierra Award
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Best Costume Design
The King's Speech (2010)
2009
CDG Award
Costume Designers Guild Awards
Outstanding Made for Television Movie or Miniseries
Cranford (2007)
2008
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
Cranford (2007)
2008
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Cranford (2007)
2007
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
Amazing Grace (2006)
2006
Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
The Black Dahlia (2006)
2003
BAFTA TV Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
The Gathering Storm (2002)
2002
PFCS Award
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
Best Costume Design
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special
The Gathering Storm (2002)
2002
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Production Design
Gosford Park (2001)
2002
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Costume Design
Gosford Park (2001)
2000
OFTA Film Award
Online Film & Television Association
Best Costume Design
Anna and the King (1999)
2000
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
Anna and the King (1999)
2000
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
Anna and the King (1999)
2000
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
1999
Golden Satellite Award
Satellite Awards
Best Costume Design
EverAfter (1998)
1996
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
1996
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Sense and Sensibility (1995)
1994
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
The Remains of the Day (1993)
1993
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
Howards End (1992)
1993
BAFTA Film Award
BAFTA Awards
Best Costume Design
Howards End (1992)
1988
Oscar
Academy Awards, USA
Best Costume Design
Maurice (1987)
1986
Primetime Emmy
Primetime Emmy Awards
Outstanding Costume Design for a Miniseries or a Special