Jenny Beavan

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Jenny Beavan
OBE
Born1950 (age 73–74)
London, England
OccupationCostume designer
Years active1978 — present
Spouse
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(before 1985)​
Children1

Jenny Beavan OBE (born 1950) is an English costume designer. In a career spanning over four decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across film, stage, and television. She has received numerous accolades, including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, two Emmy Awards, and an Olivier Award.

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Beavan gained international recognition for creating the costumes for Merchant Ivory Productions with fellow collaborator John Bright. She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design twelve times, winning three awards for A Room with a View (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), and Cruella (2021). She has also received ten nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design, winning four awards 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 two awards 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.

Early life

Beavan was born in London, England. Her father was a cellist, and her mother a viola player. [1] She credits them for instilling a strong work ethic. [2] She also has a sister.

Career

Detail of the costume worn by Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility, designed by Beavan and John Bright. Sense and Sensibility Thompson dress.jpg
Detail of the costume worn by Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility , designed by Beavan and John Bright.

Jenny Beavan is known for her work on Merchant Ivory films. [3] In the 1970s, she worked on set design for London theatrical productions. [1] She joined the field of film costume design after obtaining an unpaid position to design garments for a small Merchant Ivory film, Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie's Pictures . [1] [2] [4] This began her long relationship with Merchant Ivory productions.

She has frequently worked with costume designer John Bright, who runs the costume-rental house Cosprop, and credits him with educating her as she was starting out her career. She said she was helped by "just listening to him and learning from him, learning the history and the politics of clothing". [3] Since then, the two have collaborated on more than ten films together and have shared six Oscar nominations. [3]

Detail of the costume worn by Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road, designed by Beavan. FIDM Museum - Film costumes - Mad Max- Fury Road (24279782153).jpg
Detail of the costume worn by Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa in Mad Max: Fury Road , designed by Beavan.

In 2016, Beavan won her 3rd BAFTA and 2nd Academy Award in George Miller's post-apocalyptic action film Mad Max: Fury Road . [5] [6]

Beavan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to drama production. [7] [8]

In June 2018, Beavan was awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Arts University Bournemouth alongside dancer Darcey Bussell, graphic designer Margaret Calvert OBE and director and screenwriter Edgar Wright. [9]

In 2022, Beavan nabbed her 4th BAFTA, as well as her 3rd Academy Award for Craig Gillespie's Disney live-action spin-off of Cruella . [10] [11] [12]

Personal life

She has one daughter, Caitlin, [1] a theatre producer born in 1985. They worked together on the West End theatre production of Third Finger Left Hand at Trafalgar Studios in 2013.

Film credits

YearTitleDirectorNotes
1979 The Europeans James Ivory Costume assistant
1980 Jane Austen in Manhattan
1984 The Bostonians Co-designed with John Bright
1985 A Room with a View
1987 Maurice
1988 A Summer Story Piers Haggard
The Deceivers Nicholas Meyer Co-designed with John Bright
1990 Mountains of the Moon Bob Rafelson
1991 White Fang Randal Kleiser
Impromptu James Lapine
1992 Howards End James IvoryCo-designed with John Bright
1993 Swing Kids Thomas Carter
The Remains of the Day James IvoryCo-designed with John Bright
1994 Black Beauty Caroline Thompson
1995 Jefferson in Paris James IvoryCo-designed with John Bright
Sense and Sensibility Ang Lee
1996 Jane Eyre Franco Zeffirelli
1997 Metroland Philip Saville
1998 Ever After Andy Tennant
1999 Tea with Mussolini Franco ZeffirelliCo-designed with Anna Anni and Alberto Spiazzi
Anna and the King Andy Tennant
2001 Gosford Park Robert Altman
2002 Possession Neil LaBute
2003 Timeline Richard Donner
2004 Alexander Oliver Stone
2005 Casanova Lasse Hallström
2006 The Black Dahlia Brian De Palma
Amazing Grace Michael Apted
2008 Defiance Edward Zwick
2009 Sherlock Holmes Guy Ritchie
2010 The King's Speech Tom Hooper
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Guy Ritchie
2012 Gambit Michael Hoffman
2015 Child 44 Daniel Espinosa
Mad Max: Fury Road George Miller
2016 A United Kingdom Amma Asante
A Cure for Wellness Gore Verbinski
2017 Life Daniel Espinosa
2018 Christopher Robin Marc Forster
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Lasse Hallström
Joe Johnston
2019 Mrs Lowry & Son Adrian Noble
2020 Dolittle Stephen Gaghan
2021 Cruella Craig Gillespie
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Anthony Fabian
2024 White Bird Marc Forster
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga George MillerPost-production

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Academy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
1984 Best Costume Design The Bostonians Nominated [13]
1986 A Room with a View Won [14]
1987 Maurice Nominated [15]
1992 Howards End Nominated [16]
1993 The Remains of the Day Nominated [17]
1995 Sense and Sensibility Nominated [18]
1999 Anna and the King Nominated [19]
2001 Gosford Park Nominated [20]
2010 The King's Speech Nominated [21]
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Won [22]
2021 Cruella Won [23]
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated [24]

BAFTA Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
British Academy Film Awards
1984 Best Costume Design The Bostonians Nominated [25]
1986 A Room with a View Won [26]
1992 Howards End Nominated [27]
1995 Sense and Sensibility Nominated [28]
1999 Tea with Mussolini Nominated [29]
2001 Gosford Park Won [30]
2010 The King's Speech Nominated [31]
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Won [32]
2021 Cruella Won [33]
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated [34]
BAFTA Television Craft Awards
2003 Best Costume Design The Gathering Storm Nominated [35]
2008 Cranford Nominated [36]
2010 Return to Cranford Nominated [37]

Emmy Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
Primetime Emmy Awards
1986 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special Lord Mountbatten: The Last Viceroy Nominated [38]
1997 Emma Won
2002 The Gathering Storm Nominated
2008 Cranford Nominated
2010 Return to Cranford Won

Laurence Olivier Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2002 Best Costume Design Private Lives Won [39]

Tony Awards

YearCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2002 Best Costume Design Private Lives Nominated [40]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Jenny Beavan other awards and nominations
AwardYearCategoryTitleResult
AACTA Awards 2015 Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road Nominated
Africa Movie Academy Awards 2006 Best Costume Design Amazing Grace Nominated
British Independent Film Awards 2022 Best Costume Design Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Nominated
Ciak d'oro 1999Best Costume Design Tea with Mussolini Nominated
Costume Designers Guild Awards 2008 Excellence in Miniseries or Television Film Cranford Nominated
2009 Excellence in Period Film Sherlock Holmes Nominated
2010 The King's Speech Won
2015 Excellence in Fantasy Film Mad Max: Fury Road Won
2018 The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Nominated
2020 Dolittle Nominated
2021 Excellence in Period Film Cruella Won
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated
Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2010 Best Costume Design The King's Speech Nominated
2015 Mad Max: Fury Road Won
2021 Cruella Won
David di Donatello Awards 1996 Best Costumes Jane Eyre Won
Empire Awards 2015 Best Costume Design Mad Max: Fury Road Won
Evening Standard British Film Awards 2010Technical Achievement The King's Speech Nominated
(Costume Design)
Hollywood Creative Alliance
(Astra Film Creative Arts Awards)		 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Won
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated
London Film Critics' Circle Awards 2021 Technical Achievement of the Year Cruella Nominated
(Costumes)
Online Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Nominated
Royal Television Society Craft & Design Awards 2004Best Costume Design – Drama Byron Won
San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Won
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Runner-up
Satellite Awards 1998 Best Costume Design Ever After Nominated
1999 Anna and the King Nominated
2006 The Black Dahlia Nominated
2007 Amazing Grace Nominated
2010 The King's Speech Nominated
Saturn Awards 1998 Best Costume Design Ever After Won
2009 Sherlock Holmes Nominated
2011 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows Nominated
2022 Cruella Nominated
Seattle Film Critics Society Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Nominated
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards 2021 Best Costume Design Cruella Won
2022 Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris Nominated

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