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name: "Sinéad Kidao"
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# Sinéad Kidao

Costume designer. Born in Kildare, Ireland.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Also known as:** Sinéad O'Sullivan, Шинейд Кидао

## Biography

Sinéad Kidao is an Irish costume designer. She graduated from a postgraduate course in theatre costume at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 2010. She began working as a costume assistant after being introduced by Mike Leigh to Jacqueline Durran for the short *A Running Jump* (2012) and went on to assist Durran on nine features, including *Anna Karenina* (2012), as well as Lindy Hemming on *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012) and *Wonder Woman 1984* (2020).

Kidao has designed costumes for *Small Axe* (2020), for which she worked on the episodes 'Red, White and Blue' and 'Education'; *The Pursuit of Love* (2021); *Golda* (2023); and *Joy* (2024). She was nominated for a BAFTA Television Craft Award for Best Costume Design in 2022 for *The Pursuit of Love*. She has also created The Costume Directory, a resource on sustainable suppliers published by BAFTA’s Albert Consortium.

*Sources: screendaily.com, thetimes.com, imdb.com, cdn.casarotto.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Small Axe* (2020), Fi1m 88, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/tv/small-axe.md)

## Also known for

- *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Macbeth* (2015), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Mary Magdalene* (2018), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Golda* (2023), Costume Designer
- *JOY* (2024), Costume Design
- *Peterloo* (2018), Assistant Costume Designer
- *My Mother's Wedding* (2025), Costume Design
- *The Pursuit of Love* (2021), Costume Design

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