---
name: "Molly Maginnis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/molly-maginnis"
fi1m_id: "molly-maginnis"
imdb_id: "nm0536101"
tmdb_id: 33456
wikidata_id: "Q25168144"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "24 December 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-04T21:59:38.065990+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."
---

# Molly Maginnis

## Identity

Molly Maginnis

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/molly-maginnis
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** molly-maginnis
- **IMDb ID:** nm0536101
- **TMDB ID:** 33456
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25168144
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25168144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33456

Costume designer. Born 24 December 1951 in Washington, D.C., USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 24 December 1951, Washington, D.C., USA
- **Active:** 1987–present
- **Also known as:** Molly McGuiness
- **Frequently works with:** [Amy Heckerling](https://film.one/person/amy-heckerling.md), [John Travolta](https://film.one/person/john-travolta.md), [Jonathan D. Krane](https://film.one/person/jonathan-d-krane.md), [Kirstie Alley](https://film.one/person/kirstie-alley.md), [Olympia Dukakis](https://film.one/person/olympia-dukakis.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 78 (2), 1990s 56 (2), 2000s 50 (2), 2020s 78 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 61 to 57 across 5 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Romance 3, Drama 2, Crime 1, Music 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $877m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25168144, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536101/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33456

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Sister Act*](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md) (78), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)
- **HBO Max:** [*DTF St. Louis*](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md) (78)
- **Tubi:** [*Look Who's Talking*](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md) (71)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Look Who's Talking Too*](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md) (35)
- **Apple TV:** [*Norbit*](https://film.one/film/norbit.md) (31)

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

## Biography

Molly Maginnis is an American costume designer. Born on 24 December 1951 in Washington, D.C., she studied painting at Washington University in St. Louis before earning an MFA in costume design from Carnegie Mellon University.

She began designing for theatre and opera, with Broadway credits including the 1983 revival of *Show Boat*. From the mid-1980s she worked extensively in film and television, with credits including *Broadcast News* (1987), *Sister Act* (1992), *As Good as It Gets* (1997), *The Bucket List* (2007), *Smash* (2011–2012) and *Patriot* (2015–2018). She received a Costume Designers Guild Award for *Smash*.

Maginnis designed costumes for the 2026 limited series *DTF St. Louis*, for which she received a Primetime Emmy nomination. She has also designed for opera, dance and commercials, and has taught at institutions including Carnegie Mellon University and the University of California, San Diego.

*Sources: televisionacademy.com, mollymaginnis.me, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *Norbit* (2007), Fi1m 31, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *Sister Act* (1992), Fi1m 78, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Look Who's Talking Too* (1990), Fi1m 35, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md)
- *Look Who's Talking* (1989), Fi1m 71, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md)
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Fi1m 84, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

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

- *DTF St. Louis* (2026), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/dtf-st-louis.md)
- *Harold and the Purple Crayon* (2024), Costume Design
- *The Calling* (2022), series, Costume Designer
- *The Terminal List* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Last Call* (2020), Costume Design
- *Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan* (2018), series, Costume Design
- *Runner* (2015), Costume Designer
- *A Good Marriage* (2014), Costume Design
- *Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight* (2013), Costume Design
- *Darling Companion* (2012), Costume Design
- *Seven Days in Utopia* (2011), Costume Design
- *Little Fockers* (2010), Costume Design
- *She's Out of My League* (2010), Costume Design
- *Role Models* (2008), Costume Designer
- *The Bucket List* (2007), Costume Design
- *Norbit* (2007), Costume Design — Fi1m 31, [page](https://film.one/film/norbit.md)
- *Flicka* (2006), Costume Design
- *The Shaggy Dog* (2006), Costume Design
- *American Dreamz* (2006), Costume Design
- *Bones* (2005), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *In Good Company* (2004), Costume Design
- *Dreamcatcher* (2003), Costume Design
- *Scenes of the Crime* (2002), Costume Design
- *Life as a House* (2001), Costume Design
- *On Golden Pond* (2001), Costume Design
- *Town & Country* (2001), Costume Design
- *Fail Safe* (2000), Costume Design
- *Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo* (1999), Costume Design
- *A Murder of Crows* (1999), Costume Design
- *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), Costume Design
- *As Good as It Gets* (1997), Costume Designer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/as-good-as-it-gets.md)
- *The Twilight of the Golds* (1996), Costume Design
- *Eddie* (1996), Costume Design
- *It Takes Two* (1995), Costume Design
- *Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde* (1995), Costume Design
- *The War* (1994), Costume Design
- *There Goes My Baby* (1994), Costume Design
- *Tales of the City* (1993), series, Costume Design
- *Son in Law* (1993), Costume Design
- *Boiling Point* (1993), Costume Design
- *Sister Act* (1992), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/sister-act.md)
- *Once Upon a Crime* (1992), Costume Design
- *Delirious* (1991), Costume Design
- *Look Who's Talking Too* (1990), Costume Design — Fi1m 35, [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking-too.md)
- *Come See the Paradise* (1990), Costume Design
- *Dad* (1989), Costume Design
- *Look Who's Talking* (1989), Costume Design — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/look-whos-talking.md)
- *Miss Firecracker* (1989), Costume Design
- *In a Shallow Grave* (1988), Costume Designer
- *Broadcast News* (1987), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/broadcast-news.md)
- *Morgan Stewart's Coming Home* (1987), Costume Design
- *Lucas* (1986), Costume Design
- *The New Kids* (1985), Costume Design
- *Birdy* (1984), Assistant Costume Designer

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