--- name: "Holly Waddington" canonical: "https://film.one/person/holly-waddington" fi1m_id: "holly-waddington" imdb_id: "nm3052795" tmdb_id: 1159587 wikidata_id: "Q124056402" roles: ["Costume designer"] reviewed_on_fi1m: 8 average_fi1m_score: 78 average_over: 8 updated: "2026-10-21T04:28:48.598160+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Holly Waddington ## Identity Holly Waddington - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/holly-waddington - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** holly-waddington - **IMDb ID:** nm3052795 - **TMDB ID:** 1159587 - **Wikidata ID:** Q124056402 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Waddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124056402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3052795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1159587 Costume designer. Born in http://www.wikidata.org/.well-known/genid/196739748ee1e45ca55f8bdf35c77cea. ## Details - **Work:** Costume designer - **Active:** 2007–present - **Frequently works with:** [Tony McNamara](https://film.one/person/tony-mcnamara.md) - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 83 (2), 2010s 78 (4), 2020s 75 (2) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 74 across 8 titles - **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Genres:** Drama 7, Comedy 4, History 2, Romance 2, Science Fiction 1, War 1 - **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $744m across 7 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holly_Waddington, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124056402, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3052795/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1159587 ## Coming up - *Harry Potter* (2026-12-25), Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-potter.md) ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lady Macbeth*](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md) (80) - **Hulu:** [*Poor Things*](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) (76) - **Disney+:** [*The Great*](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Holly Waddington is a British costume designer. She has worked in the industry since 2007, beginning as an assistant on films including *War Horse* (2011) and *Lincoln* (2012). She is best known for her work on the television series *The Great* (2020) and the film *Poor Things* (2023). For the latter she received the Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design. Other credits as costume designer include *Lady Macbeth* (2016). She trained at Angels Costume House and holds a Fine Art degree from Oxford University's Ruskin School of Art. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (8) - *Poor Things* (2023), Fi1m 76, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) - *The Great* (2020), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) - *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Fi1m 80, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md) - *Lincoln* (2012), Fi1m 82, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md) - *War Horse* (2011), Fi1m 62, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md) - *Another Year* (2010), Fi1m 87, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) - *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Fi1m 83, Assistant Costume Designer — [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md) - *Atonement* (2007), Fi1m 83, Wardrobe Assistant — [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md) ## Complete filmography (19) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Harry Potter* (2026), series, Costume Design — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/tv/harry-potter.md) - *Poor Things* (2023), Costume Design — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/poor-things.md) - *The Great* (2020), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-great.md) - *Don't Look at the Finger* (2017), Costume Design - *Lady Macbeth* (2016), Costume Design — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-macbeth.md) - *Departure* (2016), Costume Design - *The Two Faces of January* (2014), Costumer - *Jack the Giant Slayer* (2013), Key Costumer - *Lincoln* (2012), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/lincoln.md) - *Ginger & Rosa* (2012), Costume Design - *War Horse* (2011), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/war-horse.md) - *Another Year* (2010), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/another-year.md) - *First Night* (2010), Assistant Costume Designer - *Clash of the Titans* (2010), as Other — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/clash-of-the-titans-2010.md) - *Glorious 39* (2009), Assistant Costume Designer - *The Other Man* (2008), Assistant Costume Designer - *Happy-Go-Lucky* (2008), Assistant Costume Designer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/happy-go-lucky.md) - *Saddam's Tribe* (2007), Costume Assistant - *Atonement* (2007), Wardrobe Assistant — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/atonement.md) ## Gallery - ![PoorThingsBFILFF141023 (11 of 33) (2023)](https://film.one/media/person/12171/gallery-c166027f9921.jpg) PoorThingsBFILFF141023 (11 of 33) (2023) — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/PoorThingsBFILFF141023_%2811_of_33%29_%2853259538303%29.jpg/1280px-PoorThingsBFILFF141023_%2811_of_33%29_%2853259538303%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Holly Waddington](https://film.one/media/person/12171/gallery-7d7a39ea48b9.jpg) Holly Waddington — Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/PoorThingsBFILFF141023_%2812_of_33%29_%2853259728245%29.jpg/1280px-PoorThingsBFILFF141023_%2812_of_33%29_%2853259728245%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 1 won - 2024: Best Costume Design (won), for *Poor Things* ### BAFTA Film Awards — 1 won - 2023: Best Costume Design (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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