---
name: "Kathleen Detoro"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathleen-detoro"
fi1m_id: "kathleen-detoro"
imdb_id: "nm0221914"
tmdb_id: 35583
wikidata_id: "Q22236608"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 July 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-05T01:28:27.986476+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."
---

# Kathleen Detoro

## Identity

Kathleen Detoro

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kathleen-detoro
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kathleen-detoro
- **IMDb ID:** nm0221914
- **TMDB ID:** 35583
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22236608
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Detoro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22236608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35583

Costume designer. Born 1 July 1958 in Connecticut.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 July 1958, Connecticut
- **Active:** 1997–2011
- **Frequently works with:** [Charles Haid](https://film.one/person/charles-haid.md), [Félix Enríquez Alcalá](https://film.one/person/felix-alcala.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 68 (2), 2000s 91 (1), 2010s 63 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 72 to 66 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 3 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Crime 2, Drama 2, Mystery 2, Action 1, Horror 1, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $192m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Detoro, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22236608, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221914/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35583

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Breaking Bad*](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md) (91)
- **Hulu:** [*Scream 2*](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Grimm*](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Kathleen Detoro is an American costume designer who has worked in film, television and theatre. Born in 1958 and raised in Connecticut, she graduated from the Pratt Institute and studied at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute.

She is best known for designing the costumes for the first four seasons of the television series *Breaking Bad* (2008–2011), including the pilot, in collaboration with creator Vince Gilligan. Her other credits include the films *Scream 2* (1997), *Hard Rain* (1998) and *The Guest* (2014), as well as the series *Grimm* (2011) and *Vegas* (2012). Detoro has received two Costume Designers Guild Award nominations, and costumes from *Breaking Bad* are held in the collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Grimm* (2011), Fi1m 63, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), Fi1m 91, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Fi1m 61, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Scream 2* (1997), Fi1m 74, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)

## Complete filmography (24)

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

- *Kim Possible* (2019), Costume Design
- *Scalped* (2017), Costume Designer
- *Vegas* (2012), series, Costume Design
- *Grimm* (2011), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/grimm.md)
- *Animals* (2008), Costume Design
- *Breaking Bad* (2008), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/breaking-bad.md)
- *Legally Blonde* (2003), Costume Design
- *The Darkling* (2000), Costume Design
- *Invisible Child* (1999), Costume Design
- *My Last Love* (1999), Costume Design
- *Dead Man on Campus* (1998), Costume Design
- *Overnight Delivery* (1998), Costume Design
- *Hard Rain* (1998), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/hard-rain.md)
- *Scream 2* (1997), Costume Design — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/scream-2.md)
- *Venus Rising* (1995), Costume Design
- *Donor Unknown* (1995), Costume Design
- *A Place for Annie* (1994), Costume Design
- *Message from Nam* (1993), Costume Design
- *Star* (1993), Costume Design
- *My Son Johnny* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Marla Hanson Story* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Heist* (1989), Costume Design
- *Rooftops* (1989), Costume Design
- *Zelly & Me* (1988), Costume Design

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