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name: "Claire Finlay-Thompson"
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roles: ["Costume designer"]
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updated: "2026-09-18T08:56:02.515217+00:00"
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# Claire Finlay-Thompson

Costume designer.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Also known as:** Claire Finlay
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0277968/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1312190

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*Official Secrets*](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md) (65)

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## 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.

*Sources: imdb.com, wwd.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Official Secrets* (2019), Fi1m 65, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Christmas Karma* (2025), Costume Design
- *My Oxford Year* (2025), Costume Design
- *The Critic* (2024), Costume Design
- *Summerland* (2020), Costume Design
- *Official Secrets* (2019), Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/official-secrets.md)
- *47 Meters Down: Uncaged* (2019), Costume Design
- *The Festival* (2018), Costume Design
- *Show Dogs* (2018), Costume Design
- *Queers.* (2017), series, Costume Design
- *Miss You Already* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Bad Education Movie* (2015), Costume Design
- *The Inbetweeners 2* (2014), Costume Design
- *Youngers* (2013), series, Costume Design
- *Hattie* (2011), Costume Design
- *Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008* (2008), Costume Design
- *Crooked House* (2008), series, Costume Design
- *Mum & Dad* (2008), Costume Design
- *The Chase* (2006), series, Costume Design
- *Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason* (2004), Assistant Costume Designer
- *One for the Road* (2003), Costume Design
- *Cry* (2002), Costumer
- *About a Boy* (2002), Costume Supervisor
- *High Heels and Low Lifes* (2001), Wardrobe Supervisor

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