Alexandra Byrne

Alexandra Byrne
Born1962 (age 61–62)
NationalityBritish
Occupations
  • Costume designer
  • scenic designer
Years active1995–present
Spouse
(m. 1980)
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Children4[2]

Alexandra Byrne (born 1962) is an English costume designer and set designer. Much of her career has focused on creating costumes for period dramas. 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.[a] (2020). She has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design six times, winning once for Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

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: First Steps (2025).

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  2. ^ Laws, Roz (14 June 2009). "In Oscar's Shadow; Simon Shepherd the Big Interview". Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 22 March 2015. (subscription required)
  3. ^ "Emma. director Autumn de Wilde explains the film's unusual punctuation". Radio Times.


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