Michele Clapton is a British

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. She won at the

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for the four-part television series ''

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'' in the category of Best Costume Design. She won an

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for the costumes in the hit HBO show ''

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'' in 2012. She went on to win again in 2014 and 2016. In 2016, starting with

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series ''

'',

April Ferry April Ferry (born October 31, 1932) is a costume designer. She was nominated at the 67th Academy Awards for the film ''Maverick'' in the category of Best Costume Design. She won an Emmy Award for the costumes in the TV show ''Rome''. She was ...

took over Clapton's duties as the new costume designer for a majority of the sixth season. Clapton later returned to the show as costume designer for the seventh season.

Selected filmography

Film

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The Secret Garden ''The Secret Garden'' is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett first published in book form in 1911, after serialisation in ''The American Magazine'' (November 1910 – August 1911). Set in England, it is one of Burnett's most popular novels and ...

'' (2020) *''

Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ''Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again'' is a 2018 British-American jukebox musical romantic comedy film written and directed by Ol Parker, from a story by Parker, Catherine Johnson, and Richard Curtis. It is the sequel to the 2008 film '' Mamma Mia!'', ...

'' (2018) *''

Ali and Nino ''Ali and Nino'' is a novel about a romance between a Muslim Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani boy and Christians, Christian Georgians, Georgian girl in Baku in the years 1918–1920. It explores the dilemmas created by "European" rule over an ...

'' (2016) *'' Queen of the Desert'' (2015) *''

Before I Go to Sleep ''Before I Go to Sleep'' is the first novel by S. J. Watson published in Spring 2011. It became both a ''Sunday Times'' and ''The New York Times'' bestseller and has been translated into over 40 languages, and has become a bestseller in Franc ...

'' (2014) *''

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'' (2012) *''

Love and Other Disasters ''Love and Other Disasters'' is a 2006 romantic comedy film written and directed by Alek Keshishian. It had its world premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, the film had its UK premiere in London as the gala screen ...

'' (2006) *''

My Family and Other Animals ''My Family and Other Animals'' (1956) is an autobiographical book by British naturalist Gerald Durrell. It tells in an exaggerated and sometimes fictionalised way of the years that he lived as a child with his siblings and widowed mother on t ...

'' (2005) *'' Separate Lies'' (2005) *''

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'' (2005) *'' Miranda'' (2002) *'' Chica de Río'' (2001) *''

The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz ''The Nine Lives of Tomas Katz'' is a 2000 Anglo-German black and white surreal comedy. It has been described as an "avant-garde comedy about the Apocalypse", co-written and directed by Ben Hopkins. Premise On the last day of creation, a stran ...

'' (2000) *''

Women Talking Dirty ''Women Talking Dirty'' is a 1999 British comedy film directed by Coky Giedroyc and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Gina McKee and James Nesbitt. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Women Talking Dirty'' written by Isla Dewar, who also wrote the ...

'' (1999) *''

Simon Magus Simon Magus (Greek Σίμων ὁ μάγος, Latin: Simon Magus), also known as Simon the Sorcerer or Simon the Magician, was a religious figure whose confrontation with Peter is recorded in Acts . The act of simony, or paying for position, is ...

'' (1999) *''

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'' (1992) *'' Visions of Ecstasy'' (1989)

Television

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Sense and Sensibility ''Sense and Sensibility'' is a novel by Jane Austen, published in 1811. It was published anonymously; ''By A Lady'' appears on the title page where the author's name might have been. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor (age 19) a ...

'' (2008) *''

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'' (2016) *''

'' (2011–2019)

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