| Alexandra Byrne |
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1956 |
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costume designer |
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1995 - present |
| Spouse |
Simon Shepherd |
Alexandra Byrne is a costume designer. She trained on the Motley Theatre Design Course under Margaret Harris before embarking on her career as a costume designer in film.[citation needed]
She has designed the costumes for twelve films in her career, earning Academy Award nominations for four of them - Elizabeth[1], the 2007 sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age[2], Hamlet[3] and Finding Neverland[4]; and considerable acclaim[which?] for three others - Persuasion[citation needed], Captain Corelli's Mandolin[citation needed]and The Phantom of the Opera[citation needed]. She won the Academy Award for Elizabeth: The Golden Age. [5]
She was also nominated for the Tony Award in 1990 for Best Scenic Design for Some Americans Abroad.[6]
She is married to actor Simon Shepherd with four children.
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 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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