| Alexandra Byrne | |
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| Born | 1956 |
| Occupation | costume designer |
| Years active | 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.
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 for three others - Persuasion, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and The Phantom of the Opera. 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.
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