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My Take
Jenny Beavan is, to my mind, a storyteller who happens to work in fabric. Three Academy Awards for Best Costume Design is staggering, and the range is what floors me: she can conjure the dust-caked apocalypse of Mad Max: Fury Road and the refined restraint of period drama with equal authority. A London-born Briton honoured with an OBE, she famously turned up to an awards ceremony in a leather biker jacket, and that unpretentious streak only makes me admire her more. Still working at the top in her seventies, crowned with a 2025 lifetime achievement honour, she is the real, uncompromising article.
Overview
Jenny Beavan (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.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jenny Beavan
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェニー・ビーヴァン
- Reading
- じぇにー・びーゔぁん
- Born
- January 1, 1950 (age 76)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Tiger
- Origin
- London, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- costume designer / designer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Putney High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Emmy Award
- 1987 Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- 2016 Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- 2017 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
- 2022 Academy Award for Best Costume Design
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.