KateHawley
- Costume designer
Growing up in Wellington, Kate Hawley began making sets and costumes while at Samuel Marsden Collegiate. She went on to study the craft at Wellington Polytechnic then took up a scholarship to London's Motley Theatre Design Course, before returning home to design sets and costumes for the Royal New Zealand Ballet, New Zealand Opera and other notable stage productions. Her impressive screen career includes major Hollywood movies like Crimson Peak, Edge of Tomorrow, Suicide Squad and the television series Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power. In 2026 Hawley won both an Oscar and a BAFTA for her costume design on Frankenstein.
Screenography
“It's also about not being an island! You have to be there at rehearsals and find every opportunity you can to be involved so that you're constantly building. That's the beauty of humans as creatives working together. It's the push and pull. Things that can feel restrictive can also be moments of absolute opportunity.”
Awards
2026 Academy Awards (United States)
Best Achievement in Costume Design: for Frankenstein
2026 Critics Choice Awards (United States)
Best Costume Design: for Frankenstein
2026 BAFTA Awards (British Academy of Film and Television Awards)
Best Costume Design: for Frankenstein
2026 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (United States)
Best Film Costume Design: for Frankenstein
2026 Costume Designers Guild Awards (United States)
Excellence in Period Film (shared with Renée Fontana): for Frankenstein
2023 Primetime Emmy Awards (United States)
Nominated for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci Fi Costumes: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2023 Costume Designers Guild Awards (United States)
Nominated for Excellence in Sci Fi/Fantasy Television: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
2016 Empire Awards (United Kingdom)
Nominated for Best Costume Design: for Crimson Peak
2016 Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films (United States)
Best Film Costume Design: for Crimson Peak
2016 Costume Designers Guild Awards (United States)
Nominated for Excellence in Period Costume: for Crimson Peak