Jenny Beavan
Jenny Beavan | |
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| Born | 15 November 1950 London, England |
| 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 three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Film Awards, two Emmy Awards, and an Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for three BAFTA Television Awards and a Tony Award. She was honored with the Costume Designers Guild Career Achievement Award in 2025. 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 various Royal Shakespeare Company, West End, and Broadway productions. She won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Costume Design for the West End revival of the Noël Coward play Private Lives in 2001, and she received the Tony Award for Best Costume Design nomination the following year when the production was transferred to Broadway.