Lindy Hemming

Lindy Hemming (born 21 August 1948) is a Welsh costume designer. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for two BAFTA Film Awards, a BAFTA Television Award, and a Tony Award.

Early life and education

Hemming was born on 21 August 1948, in Haverfordwest, Wales. She is the eldest of five children in the family. Her mother was a teacher who could draw, design, and make clothes, mostly converting children's hand-me-downs. Her father was a salesman and often worked as a woodcarver. She was brought up bilingually from an early age, speaking Welsh at school and English at home.

Hemming never considered design a profession nor even attended art school because her father convinced her that she should pursue a "worthwhile" job for a living. Having trained as an orthopaedic nurse instead, she later discovered that this experience was helpful in her career because it required working closely with people and observing and listening to them.

BAFTA Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref.British Academy Film Awards 1995 Best Costume Design Four Weddings and a Funeral 2009 The Dark Knight British Academy Television Craft Awards 1988 Best Costume Design Porterhouse Blue BAFTA Cymru 2018 Siân Phillips Award

Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Ref. 1983 Best Costume Design All's Well That Ends Well

Miscellaneous awards + Award Year Category Title Result Ref. Costume Designers Guild Awards 2006 Excellence in Fantasy Film Batman Begins 2007 Excellence in Contemporary Film Casino Royale 2009 Excellence in Fantasy Film The Dark Knight 2018 Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film Wonder Woman 2021 Wonder Woman 1984 Critics' Choice Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Wonder Woman 2024 Wonka Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2017 Wonder Woman San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2018 Best Costume Design Paddington 2 Saturn Awards 2003 Best Costume Design Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 2006 Batman Begins 2009 The Dark Knight 2018 Wonder Woman 2025 Wonka