Biography
Claire Finlay-Thompson is a costume designer, also credited as Claire Finlay. She studied at Wimbledon School of Art in the late 1990s, where she was taught by Hazel Pethig, and began her career working on the set of Fierce Creatures (1997).
Her film credits as costume designer include Official Secrets (2019), 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Summerland (2020), The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), Miss You Already (2015) and The Festival (2018). Earlier credits include assistant costume designer on Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and costume supervisor on About a Boy (2002). She has also designed costumes for television series including Industry (2020), Timewasters (2017–2019) and The Outlaws (2024).
Finlay-Thompson won the RTS Craft and Design Award for Costume Design – Entertainment & Non Drama in 2006 and has received further nominations, including a BAFTA Cymru nomination.
