Consolata Boyle is an Irish

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 ...

based in Dublin. She is a frequent collaborator of English director

Stephen Frears Stephen Arthur Frears (born 20 June 1941) is an English director and producer of film and television often depicting real life stories as well as projects that explore social class through sharply drawn characters. He's received numerous accola ...

and has been nominated three times for the

Academy Award for Best Costume Design The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design. The award was first given in 1949, for films made in 1948 ...

for her work on three of his films: ''

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2016) and ''

Victoria & Abdul ''Victoria & Abdul'' is a 2017 British biographical historical drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Lee Hall. The film is based on the book of the same name by Shrabani Basu, about the real-life relationship between Queen ...

'' (2017).

Early life

Consolata Boyle (born 23rd May 1949,) attended Holy Child Killiney secondary school, Co. Dublin, Ireland. She graduated from

University College Dublin University College Dublin (commonly referred to as UCD) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath) is a public research university in Dublin, Ireland, and a member institution of the National University of Ireland. With 33,284 student ...

with BA in Archaeology and History, 1972. During that time she was involved in the university society Dramsoc, she trained in costume design at the

Abbey Theatre The Abbey Theatre ( ga, Amharclann na Mainistreach), also known as the National Theatre of Ireland ( ga, Amharclann Náisiúnta na hÉireann), in Dublin, Ireland, is one of the country's leading cultural institutions. First opening to the p ...

and began her career in the early 1980s. She also did a postgraduate diploma in textiles at West Surrey College of Art & Design (now

University for the Creative Arts The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England. It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Ins ...

Main works

Her many credits include '' Anne Devlin'' (1984), '' December Bride'' (1991), '' Into the West'' (1992), ''

Widows' Peak ''Widows' Peak'' is a 1994 British-Irish mystery film directed by John Irvin and starring Mia Farrow, Joan Plowright, Natasha Richardson, Adrian Dunbar and Jim Broadbent. The film is based on an original screenplay by Hugh Leonard and Tim Hayes ...

'' (1994), ''

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'' (1999), ''

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'' (2000), ''

When Brendan Met Trudy ''When Brendan Met Trudy'' is a 2000 film directed by Kieron J. Walsh and starring Peter McDonald and Flora Montgomery. It was written by Roddy Doyle. The screenplay concerns a Dublin schoolteacher who falls in love with a mysterious young woma ...

'' (2001), ''The Iron Lady'' (2011), ''

Miss Julie ''Miss Julie'' ( sv, Fröken Julie) is a naturalistic play written in 1888 by August Strindberg. It is set on Midsummer's Eve and the following morning, which is Midsummer and the Feast Day of St. John the Baptist. The setting is an estate of ...

'' (2014), '' Testament of Youth'' (2014) and '' Enola Holmes 1'' (2020), and '' Enola Holmes 2'' (2022). Her collaboration with Stephen Frears began with '' The Snapper'' in 1993 and continued with films including '' Mary Reilly'' (1996), ''The Queen'' (2006), ''

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'' (2009), ''

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'' (2010), ''Philomena'' (2013), ''Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016) and ''Victoria & Abdul'' (2017).

Achievements

As well as her three Oscar nominations, Boyle has been nominated for several other awards throughout her career as a costume designer and amongst those that she has won are an Emmy Award for the television film ''The Lion in Winter'' (2003), a Costume Designers Guild Award for ''The Queen'' (2006) and four Irish Film and Television Awards for ''The Queen'' (2006), ''Chéri'' (2009), ''The Iron Lady'' (2011) and ''Philomena'' (2013). In 2022, she was awarded UCD Alumnus of the Year in Arts and Humanities. Consolata Boyle is the recipient of the UCD Alumni Award 2022 in the Arts & Humanities

Personal life

She is married to Donald Taylor Black and they have one child.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyle, Consolata Irish costume designers Women costume designers Living people 20th-century Irish people 21st-century Irish people Emmy Award winners WFTV Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Holy Child Killiney Alumni of University College Dublin