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 194 ...
for her work on three of his films: ''
The Queen'' (2006), ''
Florence Foster Jenkins'' (2016) and ''
Victoria & Abdul'' (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 collegiate university, member institution of the National University of Ireland ...
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 pu ...
and began her career in the early 1980s. She also did a postgraduate diploma in textiles at West Surrey College of Art & Design (now