British costume designer (born 1950)
Jenny Beavan
Born (1950-11-15 ) 15 November 1950 (age 75) [ 1] Occupation Costume designer Years active 1978 — present Spouse Children 1
Jenny Beavan OBE , RDI (born 1950) is a British costume designer. She has received numerous accolades, including threeAcademy Awards , fourBAFTA Film Awards , twoEmmy Awards , and anOlivier Award , in addition to nominations for threeBAFTA Television Awards and aTony Award . She was honored with theCDG Career Achievement Award in 2025. Beavan was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2017.
Beavan came to prominence for her decade-long collaboration withJohn Bright on creating the costumes forMerchant Ivory Productions . She has received 12 nominations for theAcademy Award for Best Costume Design and has won three times forA Room with a View (1985),Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), andCruella (2021). She has also been nominated for theBAFTA Award for Best Costume Design ten times and had a record four wins forA Room With a View ,Gosford Park (2001),Mad Max: Fury Road , andCruella .
On television, Beavan has been nominated for thePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special five times, winning twice forEmma (1996) andReturn to Cranford (2010). She has also received three nominations for theBritish Academy Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design .
On stage, Beavan created costumes for variousRoyal Shakespeare Company ,West End , andBroadway productions. She won theLaurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for the West End revival of theNoël Coward playPrivate Lives in 2001, and she received theTony Award for Best Costume Design nomination the following year when the production was transferred to Broadway.
Beavan was born inLondon , England. Her father was acellist , and her mother a viola player. She has a sister.[ 2] Beavan credits her parents for instilling a strong work ethic.[ 3] She attendedPutney High School , an independent girls' day school inPutney , London.[ 4]
Detail of the costume worn byEmma Thompson asElinor Dashwood inSense and Sensibility , designed by Beavan andJohn Bright . Jenny Beavan is known for her work onMerchant Ivory films.[ 5] In the 1970s, she worked on set design for London theatrical productions.[ 2] 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 .[ 2] [ 3] [ 6] Beavan was assistant toJudy Moorcroft on the 1979 film The Europeans, the first 'proper' Merchant-Ivory film that featured precise and authentic period costuming.[ 7] This began her long relationship with Merchant Ivory productions.
She has frequently worked with costume designerJohn 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".[ 5] Since then, the two have collaborated on more than ten films together and have shared sixOscar nominations.[ 5]
Detail of the costume worn byCharlize Theron asImperator Furiosa inMad Max: Fury Road , designed by Beavan. In 2016, Beavan won her 3rdBAFTA and 2nd Academy Award inGeorge Miller 's post-apocalyptic action filmMad Max: Fury Road .[ 8] [ 9]
Beavan was appointedOfficer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the2017 New Year Honours for services to drama production.[ 10] [ 11]
In June 2018, Beavan was awarded an Honorary Fellowship byArts University Bournemouth alongside dancerDarcey Bussell , graphic designerMargaret Calvert , OBE, and director and screenwriterEdgar Wright .[ 12]
In 2022, Beavan nabbed her 4th BAFTA, as well as her 3rd Academy Award forCraig Gillespie 'sDisney live-action spin-off ofCruella .[ 13] [ 14] [ 15]
She has one daughter, Caitlin,[ 2] a theatre producer born in 1985. They worked together on the West End theatre production ofThird Finger Left Hand at Trafalgar Studios in 2013.
Awards and nominations [ edit ] Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Laurence Olivier Awards
Tony Awards
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Awards for Jenny Beavan
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1976–1990
1991–2000
2001–present
1976–1990 costume, lighting and set design were in the same category
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