---
name: "Lyn Paolo"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lyn-paolo"
fi1m_id: "lyn-paolo"
imdb_id: "nm0660064"
tmdb_id: 1317898
wikidata_id: "Q23012434"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T14:25:36.463412+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."
---

# Lyn Paolo

## Identity

Lyn Paolo

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lyn-paolo
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lyn-paolo
- **IMDb ID:** nm0660064
- **TMDB ID:** 1317898
- **Wikidata ID:** Q23012434
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23012434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1317898

Costume designer. Born in Sunderland, England.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** Lyn Elizabeth Paolo
- **Frequently works with:** [John Wells](https://film.one/person/john-wells.md), [Quyen Tran](https://film.one/person/quyen-tran.md)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 74 to 74 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23012434, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0660064/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1317898

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Maid*](https://film.one/tv/maid.md) (79), [*The Residence*](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md) (62)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Pitt*](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Lyn Paolo, also credited as Lyn Elizabeth Paolo, is a British-American costume designer. Born in Sunderland, England, she moved to the United States to pursue her career and holds dual nationality. She is based in Los Angeles.

Paolo began in wardrobe on series including *Dallas* before becoming a designer. She has collaborated extensively with producer John Wells and with Shonda Rhimes on projects such as *Scandal* (2012–2018), *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), and *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023). Her credits also include *The Pitt* (2025), *The Residence* (2025), *Maid* (2021) and *Burnt* (2015).

She won two Primetime Emmy Awards for her work on the series *Homefront* and has received further Emmy nominations, including for *Queen Charlotte*.

*Sources: imdb.com, variety.com, atcrafty.substack.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Pitt* (2025), Fi1m 81, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *The Residence* (2025), Fi1m 62, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md)
- *Maid* (2021), Fi1m 79, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)

## Complete filmography (21)

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

- *FOXBODY* (2025), Costume Design
- *The Residence* (2025), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-residence.md)
- *The Pitt* (2025), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story* (2023), series, Costume Design
- *Inventing Anna* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Maid* (2021), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/tv/maid.md)
- *Beached* (2020), Costume Design
- *Little Fires Everywhere* (2020), series, Costume Design
- *Burnt* (2015), Costume Design
- *How to Get Away with Murder* (2014), series, Costume Design
- *Model Minority* (2012), Costume Design
- *Scandal* (2012), series, Costume Design
- *The Sunset Limited* (2011), Costume Design
- *The Company Men* (2010), Costume Design
- *The Stepfather* (2009), Costume Design
- *Prom Night* (2008), Costume Design
- *Dark Shadows* (2005), Costume Design
- *The Big Time* (2002), Costume Design
- *Letters from a Killer* (1998), Costume Design
- *Live! From Death Row* (1992), Costume Design
- *84 Charlie Mopic* (1989), Costume Design

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