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Alexandra Byrne (Alexandra M. E. Byrne) was born on 1962 in Hampshire, United Kingdom, is a British costume designer (born 1962). Discover Alexandra Byrne's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Alexandra M. E. Byrne
Occupation Costume designer
Age 62 years old
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Born 1962
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Birthplace Hampshire, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1962

Alexandra Byrne (born 1962) is an English costume designer.

Much of her career has focused on creating costumes for period dramas.

1989

Byrne oversaw scenery and costumes for the 1989 comedy play Some Americans Abroad.

Her work earned her a Tony Award nomination for Best Scenic Design.

Despite her success, she was unsure if she would focus on set design or costume design.

She decided on the latter when she was working on a television project for the BBC's Shakespeare series.

Byrne said, "I was assisting a costume designer who was fantastic with fabric. It was with her that I actually thought, 'This is what it's all about. This is what I want to do'".

1993

In 1993, Byrne created the costumes for all four parts of the TV serial The Buddha of Suburbia starring Naveen Andrews.

For her costume work in the production, she received a nomination at the British Academy Television Awards.

Byrne's first encounter with period costume dramas began when she was hired to create the costumes for the BBC film Persuasion.

The production was an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Jane Austen, and featured Amanda Root as Anne Elliot.

Byrne had also worked with the film's director, Roger Michell, on Some Americans Abroad and The Buddha of Suburbia.

For her work in Persuasion, Byrne won the British Academy Television Award for Costume Design.

1995

These films include Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), Elizabeth (1998), Finding Neverland (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Mary Queen of Scots (2018), The Aeronauts (2019), and Emma. (2020).

She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design six times, winning once for Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

1996

The following year, Byrne created the costumes for the 1996 film Hamlet directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh, with whom she had previously worked on Life of Napoleon. She received her first Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.

1998

In 1998, Byrne served as the costume designer for the feature film Elizabeth, which starred Cate Blanchett as the last Tudor monarch.

It featured high production values despite a limited budget.

Director Shekhar Kapur discouraged historical research on Byrne's part, instead favouring clothing that focused on emotion.

As a result, Byrne primarily designed costumes emphasising the theatrical rather than the historically accurate.

When analysing the film, the scholar Bethany Latham stated that the production's silhouettes were "understated and barely Elizabethan," as they were not meant to distract from the film's plot among viewers.

For Elizabeth, Byrne earned her second Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design.

2004

Byrne oversaw the costumes for the 2004 film Finding Neverland starring Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet.

After completing it, Byrne said that when she worked on "a period film, however conceptual a piece it is, I research the period completely so that I absolutely know it. There were photographs from the first production of Peter Pan and of the Llewelyn Davies family".

That year, Daily Variety reported that Byrne's "previous two Oscar noms make her a known commodity", and she again garnered a nomination for Best Costume Design at the Academy Awards.

Also in 2004, Byrne designed the costumes for the film The Phantom of the Opera.

As research, she studied relics of the era such as paintings and original clothing.

Her visits to Paris also gave her inspiration.

As her ideas developed and were discussed with the filmmakers, they were placed on a "mood board" of visuals for her to reference.

She eventually created 300 original costumes for the main characters, and produced at least 2,000 additional costumes for those in the background.

2007

In 2007, Byrne designed the costumes for Elizabeth's sequel Elizabeth: The Golden Age, also starring Blanchett.

As the sequel was set 27 years later, Byrne sought to create costumes for a confident queen "who has found her stride and established her style".

Kapur did not feel Elizabeth: The Golden Age had to be historically accurate, giving Byrne the freedom to make his film "look very different, much lighter, with a more feminine court".

2011

Since 2011, Byrne has also designed the costumes for many films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Thor (2011), The Avengers (2012), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Doctor Strange (2016), and The Fantastic Four (2025).

Byrne was born in Hampshire, and grew up amidst many artistic influences.

She was raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, where the Royal Shakespeare Company is based.

She would later tell an interviewer that her career in theatre design was predestined, and she began by studying architecture with the intention of building sets in theatre.

She encountered costume design when studying theatre design with the English National Opera.

She later said, "I worked in the theatre for quite a few years, doing costume and set design. In England, it's very much both."

She also trained with the Motley Theatre Design Course.