Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948) is a Welsh

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

, who won the

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for the 1999 film ''

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''. Hemming's name is an example of an

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Career

After she studied at the

Royal Academy of Dramatic Art The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA; ) is a drama school in London, England, that provides vocational conservatoire training for theatre, film, television, and radio. It is based in the Bloomsbury area of Central London, close to the Senat ...

, she designed costumes for productions at

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s, the

Royal Shakespeare Company The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a major British theatre company, based in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England. The company employs over 1,000 staff and produces around 20 productions a year. The RSC plays regularly in London, St ...

and the

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, and has also designed the costumes for the

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films from ''

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'' (1995) to '' Casino Royale'' (2006). Other films she has worked on include '' The Krays'' (1990), '' Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1994), '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), ''

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' is a fantasy novel written by British author J. K. Rowling and the second novel in the ''Harry Potter'' series. The plot follows Harry's second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, d ...

'' (2002), '' Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life'' (2003),

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films ''

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'' (2005), ''

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'' (2008), ''

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'' (2012), and ''

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'' (2017). At the

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and

Costume Designers Guild Awards 2017 20th CDG Awards February 20, 2018 ---- Contemporary: ''I, Tonya'' ---- Period: ''The Shape of Water'' ---- Sci-Fi/Fantasy: ''Wonder Woman'' The 20th Costume Designers Guild Awards, honoring the best costume designs in film and television for ...

, she won Best Costume Design in a Fantasy Film for ''The Dark Knight'' and ''Wonder Woman'', respectively. ''Wonder Woman'' was also nominated for the

Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Costume Design The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Critics' Choice Movie Awards given to people working in the film industry by the Critics Choice Association. It was first given out in 2010. Only twice (in 2016 and 2019) has it ...

in 2017, becoming the first superhero film to receive this nomination. Two of Lindy Hemming's costumes from the movie ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' can be found in the Dezer Collection currently on display in Miami.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hemming, Lindy 1948 births Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Best Costume Design Academy Award winners British costume designers Living people Welsh designers Women costume designers