About

Known credits:
74
Birthday:
1950-11-15
Place of birth:
London, England, UK
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Jenny Beavan

Overview

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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Known for

Acting
2024 Merchant Ivory Actor Self 58
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2001 The Remains of the Day: The Filmmaker's Journey Actor Self 59
Average
1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Actor Governess 58
Average

Costume & Make-Up
2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 73
Good
2023 White Bird Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2021 Cruella Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 78
Good
2020 Dolittle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2019 Mrs Lowry & Son Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
2018 Christopher Robin Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 70
Good
2018 Patrick Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
2017 Life Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
2017 A Cure for Wellness Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2016 A United Kingdom Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 75
Good
2015 Child 44 Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2015 Roald Dahl's Esio Trot Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
2012 Gambit Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 56
Average
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 70
Good
2010 The King's Speech Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 76
Good
2009 Sherlock Holmes Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 71
Good
2008 Defiance Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2007 Cranford Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 74
Good
2006 Amazing Grace Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2006 The Black Dahlia Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
2006 The Amazing Grace Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2005 Casanova Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
2004 Alexander Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2003 Timeline Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
2003 Byron Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2002 Possession Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2002 The Gathering Storm Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2001 Gosford Park Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2000 How Proust Can Change Your Life Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 58
Average
1999 Anna and the King Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1999 Tea with Mussolini Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1998 EverAfter Costume & Make-Up Costume Designer 70
Good
1997 Metroland Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1996 Emma Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1996 Jane Eyre Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1995 Sense and Sensibility Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 70
Good
1995 Jefferson in Paris Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1994 Black Beauty Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1993 The Remains of the Day Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 69
Fair
1993 Swing Kids Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1993 The Blackheath Poisonings Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 69
Fair
1992 Howards End Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1992 The Bridge Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1991 Impromptu Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1991 White Fang Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1990 Mountains of the Moon Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1989 Back Home Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1988 The Deceivers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1988 A Summer Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1987 Maurice Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1986 Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 69
Fair
1985 A Room with a View Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
1984 The Bostonians Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1983 The Mikado Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1982 Trial By Jury Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 Cox and Box Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1982 The Yeomen of the Guard Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 Ruddigore Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 The Gondoliers Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 Iolanthe Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 The Pirates Of Penzance Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1982 H.M.S. Pinafore Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1982 Patience Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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1982 Treasure Island Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1979 The Europeans Costume & Make-Up Costume Assistant 58
Average
1978 Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
Late in Summer Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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