About

Known credits:
57
Birthday:
1960-04-07
Place of birth:
London, England
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Sandy Powell

Overview

Sandy Powell CBE RDI (born 7 April 1960) is a British costume designer. She is recognized for her prolific work across independent films and blockbusters in a career spanning over three decades. She has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, and two Costume Designers Guild Awards. She has received various honorary awards, including the BAFTA Fellowship in 2023. Powell was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2025 New Year Honours for services to costume design.

Powell is best known for collaborating with directors Derek Jarman, Neil Jordan, Todd Haynes and Martin Scorsese. She has received 15 nominations for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design and has won three times for Shakespeare in Love (1998), The Aviator (2004), and The Young Victoria (2009). She has also been nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design a record 16 times and had three wins for Velvet Goldmine (1998), The Young Victoria, and The Favourite (2018).

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Known for

Acting
2020 Making 'The Irishman' Actor Self 59
Average
2018 Mary Poppins Returns: Behind the Magic Actor Self 58
Average
2014 The Wolf Pack Actor Self 59
Average
1991 Edward II Actor Seamstress 59
Average
1969 One Pair of Eyes - No, But Seriously Actor N/A
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Costume & Make-Up
2026 The Bride! Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
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2025 Snow White Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 55
Average
2022 Living Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
2021 Rigoletto Costume & Make-Up Costume Design N/A
N/A
2021 Mothering Sunday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
2020 The Glorias Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2019 The Irishman Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 74
Good
2018 Mary Poppins Returns Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
2018 The Favourite Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 73
Good
2017 Wonderstruck Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2017 How to Talk to Girls at Parties Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
2015 Carol Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 73
Good
2015 Cinderella Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
2013 The Wolf of Wall Street Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 79
Good
2012 Suspension of Disbelief Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2011 Hugo Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 71
Good
2010 The Tempest Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
2010 Shutter Island Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 81
Very good
2009 The Young Victoria Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
2008 The Other Boleyn Girl Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
2006 The Departed Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 80
Very good
2005 Mrs. Henderson Presents Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
2004 The Aviator Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 71
Good
2003 Sylvia Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
2002 Gangs of New York Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 72
Good
2002 Far from Heaven Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 65
Fair
1999 Miss Julie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1999 The End of the Affair Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 61
Fair
1999 Felicia's Journey Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1998 Hilary and Jackie Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1998 Shakespeare in Love Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 67
Fair
1998 Velvet Goldmine Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1998 The Butcher Boy Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1997 The Wings of the Dove Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 60
Fair
1996 Michael Collins Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1995 Rob Roy Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 63
Fair
1994 Interview with the Vampire Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 72
Good
1994 Being Human Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 57
Average
1993 Wittgenstein Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1992 Orlando Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 62
Fair
1992 The Crying Game Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 64
Fair
1991 Edward II Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1991 The Pope Must Die Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1991 The Miracle Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1990 Shadow of China Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1989 Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother) Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1988 For Queen & Country Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1988 Stormy Monday Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1987 The Last of England Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1987 Aria Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 58
Average
1986 Caravaggio Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average
1986 The London Story Costume & Make-Up Costume Design 59
Average