Consolata Boyle is an Irish

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

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and has been nominated three times for the

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for her work on three of his films: '' The Queen'' (2006), ''

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'' (2016) and '' Victoria & Abdul'' (2017).

Early life

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

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

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

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Main works

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

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'' (1994), '' Angela's Ashes'' (1999), '' Nora'' (2000), '' When Brendan Met Trudy'' (2001), ''The Iron Lady'' (2011), '' Miss Julie'' (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), with

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, '' Cheri'' (2009), '' Tamara Drewe'' (2010), with

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, ''Philomena'' (2013), ''

'' (2016), and ''Victoria & Abdul'' (2017). She worked with

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and

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on the war-time costume design for '' Testament of Youth'' (2014). She worked with

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on costume for the Spanish film '' Altamira'' (2016).

Achievements

Boyle has thrice been nominated for the

for her work on three of his films: '' The Queen'' (2006), ''

'' (2016) and '' Victoria & Abdul'' (2017). 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). Consolata Boyle was the recipient of the UCD Alumni Award 2022 for Arts & Humanities.

Personal life

She is married to documentary filmmaker Donald Taylor Black.

References

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