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| Alexandra Byrne | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1962 |
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| Occupation | costume designer | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1995 - present | ||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Simon Shepherd | ||||||||||
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Alexandra Byrne is an Academy Award-winning costume designer.
Despite having costumed only eight films in her career, she has established herself as one of the greatest working costume designers in Hollywood, earning Academy Award nominations for four of her films — Elizabeth, the 2007 sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Hamlet and Finding Neverland — and considerable acclaim for the other three — Persuasion, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and The Phantom of the Opera.
On February 24, 2008, she received an Oscar for the 2007 Academy Awards for costume design for her work in Elizabeth: The Golden Age.
She was also nominated for the Tony Award in 1990 for Best Scenic Design for Some Americans Abroad.
She is married to actor Simon Shepherd with four children.
Awards and nominations
Academy Award
- Best Costume Design: Hamlet (1996)
- Best Costume Design: Elizabeth (1998)
- Best Costume Design: Finding Neverland (2004)
- Best Costume Design: Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
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