---
name: "Joan Bergin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joan-bergin"
fi1m_id: "joan-bergin"
imdb_id: "nm0074645"
tmdb_id: 567973
wikidata_id: "Q93327501"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 6
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_over: 6
updated: "2026-10-03T21:19:12.850817+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."
---

# Joan Bergin

## Identity

Joan Bergin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joan-bergin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joan-bergin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0074645
- **TMDB ID:** 567973
- **Wikidata ID:** Q93327501
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93327501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567973

Costume designer. Born in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1989–2013
- **Frequently works with:** [Daniel Day-Lewis](https://film.one/person/daniel-day-lewis.md), [Jim Sheridan](https://film.one/person/jim-sheridan.md), [Ciarán Donnelly](https://film.one/person/ciaran-donnelly.md), [Michael Hirst](https://film.one/person/michael-hirst.md), [Terry George](https://film.one/person/terry-george.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 85 (1), 1990s 76 (2), 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 74 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 6, Romance 2, Action & Adventure 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $207m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q93327501, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0074645/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/567973

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Vikings*](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md) (74)
- **Hulu:** [*The Tudors*](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md) (65)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joan Bergin is an Irish costume designer. She began her career in Dublin theatre in the 1970s, working as an in-house designer at the Focus Theatre and on productions for Noel Pearson at the Gate, Abbey, Gaiety and Olympia theatres, as well as various television projects.

Bergin has collaborated frequently with director Jim Sheridan on films including *My Left Foot* (1989), *The Field* (1990) and *In the Name of the Father* (1993). Her other film credits include *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1998), *The Prestige* (2006), *A Little Chaos* (2015), *Greta* (2019) and *Disenchanted* (2022). On television she designed for *The Tudors* (2007–2010) and *Vikings* (2013–2017), winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for the former.

*Sources: icap.ie, imdb.com, independent.ie.*

## On Fi1m (6)

- *Vikings* (2013), Fi1m 74, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *The Tudors* (2007), Fi1m 65, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Fi1m 82, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *The Boxer* (1997), Fi1m 68, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Fi1m 83, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Fi1m 85, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

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

- *Long Day's Journey into Night* (2026), Costume Design
- *Bodkin* (2024), series, Costume Design
- *Disenchanted* (2022), Costume Design
- *God's Creatures* (2022), Costume Design
- *Greta* (2019), Costume Design
- *The Catcher Was a Spy* (2018), Costume Design
- *The Secret Scripture* (2017), Costume Design
- *Dawn* (2016), Costume Design
- *A Little Chaos* (2015), Costume Design
- *Vikings* (2013), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/vikings.md)
- *Camelot* (2011), series, Costume Design
- *The Tudors* (2007), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-tudors.md)
- *The Prestige* (2006), Costume Design — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-prestige.md)
- *Bloom* (2004), Costume Consultant
- *Laws of Attraction* (2004), Costume Design
- *The Blackwater Lightship* (2004), Costume Design
- *Veronica Guerin* (2003), Costume Design
- *Evelyn* (2002), Costume Design
- *Reign of Fire* (2002), Costume Design
- *David Copperfield* (2001), Costume Design
- *An Everlasting Piece* (2000), Costume Design
- *David Copperfield* (2000), series, Costume Design
- *Agnes Browne* (1999), Costume Design
- *Dancing at Lughnasa* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Tale of Sweeney Todd* (1998), Costume Design
- *A Bright Shining Lie* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Boxer* (1997), Costume Design — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/the-boxer.md)
- *The Winter Guest* (1997), Costume Design
- *The Informant* (1997), Costume Design
- *Some Mother's Son* (1996), Costume Design
- *Landscape* (1995), Costume Designer
- *Frankie Starlight* (1995), Costume Design
- *An Awfully Big Adventure* (1995), Costume Design
- *In the Name of the Father* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/in-the-name-of-the-father.md)
- *Fatal Inheritance* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Field* (1990), Costume Design
- *My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown* (1989), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/my-left-foot-the-story-of-christy-brown.md)

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