---
name: "Shay Cunliffe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/shay-cunliffe"
fi1m_id: "shay-cunliffe"
imdb_id: "nm0192200"
tmdb_id: 19971
wikidata_id: "Q95680682"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_over: 5
updated: "2026-10-05T11:11:11.080701+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."
---

# Shay Cunliffe

## Identity

Shay Cunliffe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/shay-cunliffe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** shay-cunliffe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0192200
- **TMDB ID:** 19971
- **Wikidata ID:** Q95680682
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95680682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19971

Costume designer. Born in Manchester.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 71 (3), 2000s 71 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 71 to 68 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Mystery 3, Action 2, Adventure 1, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,446m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95680682, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0192200/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19971

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lone Star*](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md) (86), [*City of Angels*](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*The Bourne Ultimatum*](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md) (85)
- **Disney+:** [*2012*](https://film.one/film/2012.md) (57)

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

## Biography

Shay Cunliffe is a British costume designer. Born in Manchester, she trained at the University of Bristol and began her career in New York theatre before moving into film.

Her early feature credits include *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), *Of Mice and Men* (1992), *Lone Star* (1996) and *A Civil Action* (1998). She has designed costumes for *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), *2012* (2009), *We're the Millers* (2013), the *Fifty Shades* films (2017–2018) and *Peacemaker* (2022).

Cunliffe received Emmy nominations for her work on the television film *Annie* (1999) and an episode of *Westworld* (2020), and has won Costume Designers Guild Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, podcasts.musixmatch.com, shotonwhat.com.*

## On Fi1m (5)

- *2012* (2009), Fi1m 57, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md)
- *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), Fi1m 85, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md)
- *City of Angels* (1998), Fi1m 55, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Lone Star* (1996), Fi1m 86, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Carry-On* (2024), Costume Design
- *A Christmas Story Christmas* (2022), Costume Design
- *Peacemaker* (2022), series, Costume Design
- *Book Club* (2018), Costume Design
- *Fifty Shades Freed* (2018), Costume Design
- *Fifty Shades Darker* (2017), Costume Design
- *A Dog's Purpose* (2017), Costume Design
- *Secret in Their Eyes* (2015), Costume Design
- *Self/less* (2015), Costume Design
- *Get Hard* (2015), Costume Designer
- *The Fifth Estate* (2013), Costume Design
- *We're the Millers* (2013), Costume Design
- *The Bourne Legacy* (2012), Costume Designer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-legacy.md)
- *Big Miracle* (2012), Costume Design
- *Monte Carlo* (2011), as Cashier at Eiffel Tower · Costume Design
- *How Do You Know* (2010), Costume Design
- *2012* (2009), Costume Design — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/2012.md)
- *He's Just Not That Into You* (2009), Costume Designer
- *Mama's Boy* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), Costume Design — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-bourne-ultimatum.md)
- *I Could Never Be Your Woman* (2007), Costume Designer
- *Because I Said So* (2007), Costume Design
- *The Family Stone* (2005), Costume Design
- *Spanglish* (2004), Costume Design
- *Silver City* (2004), Costume Design
- *Spartan* (2004), Costume Design
- *Alex & Emma* (2003), Costume Designer
- *What a Girl Wants* (2003), Costume Design
- *Enough* (2002), Costume Designer
- *Dinner with Friends* (2001), Costume Design
- *The Prime Gig* (2001), Costume Design
- *Sweet November* (2001), Costume Design
- *Annie* (1999), Costume Design
- *The Story of Us* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Limbo* (1999), Costume Design
- *A Civil Action* (1998), Costume Design
- *City of Angels* (1998), Costume Design — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/city-of-angels.md)
- *Trial and Error* (1997), Costume Design
- *Multiplicity* (1996), Costume Design
- *Lone Star* (1996), Costume Design — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lone-star.md)
- *Dolores Claiborne* (1995), Costume Design
- *Greedy* (1994), Costume Design
- *The Man Without a Face* (1993), Costume Designer
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *Bound by Honor* (1993), Costume Design
- *Fires Within* (1991), Costume Design
- *The Long Walk Home* (1990), Costume Design
- *Wait Until Spring, Bandini* (1989), Costumer
- *Miracle Mile* (1989), Costume Design
- *Life Under Water* (1989), Costume Design
- *Miles from Home* (1988), Costume Design
- *The Believers* (1987), Costume Design
- *We're Puttin' on the Ritz* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Manhattan Project* (1986), Costume Design
- *The Long Hot Summer* (1985), series, Costume Design
- *D.A.R.Y.L.* (1985), Costume Design
- *Mrs. Soffel* (1984), Costume Design

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