Alexandra Byrne

Alexandra Byrne
Born	1962/1963 (age 54–55)
Nationality	United Kingdom
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1995–present
Spouse(s)	Simon Shepherd
Children	4

Alexandra Byrne (born c. 1962) is an English costume designer. Much of her career has focused on creating costumes for historical period dramas. These films include Persuasion (1995), Hamlet (1996), Elizabeth (1998), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001), Finding Neverland (2004), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). Byrne's costume design work has earned her four Academy Award nominations, and she won the award 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), and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015). Her latest film, Doctor Strange, was released in 2016.

Alexandra Byrne 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.

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