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name: "Sophie de Rakoff"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sophie-de-rakoff"
fi1m_id: "sophie-de-rakoff"
imdb_id: "nm0136201"
tmdb_id: 36809
wikidata_id: "Q24806995"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
born: "1 June 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 75
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-13T21:39:48.922012+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."
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# Sophie de Rakoff

## Identity

Sophie de Rakoff

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sophie-de-rakoff
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sophie-de-rakoff
- **IMDb ID:** nm0136201
- **TMDB ID:** 36809
- **Wikidata ID:** Q24806995
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24806995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36809

Costume designer. Born 1 June 1969 in London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Born:** 1 June 1969, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 2001–2019
- **Also known as:** Sophie Carbonell, Sophie De Rakoff Carbonell, Sophie De Rakoff, Sophie de Rakoff Carbonell
- **Frequently works with:** [Reese Witherspoon](https://film.one/person/reese-witherspoon.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 72 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24806995, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0136201/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36809

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Legally Blonde*](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*McFarland, USA*](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md) (72)

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## Biography

Sophie de Rakoff is a British costume designer. Born in London in June 1969, she is the daughter of assistant director and producer Arkadi de Rakoff and the sister of writer-director Alex de Rakoff.

She began her career as a features writer for Paper magazine and other publications before moving into styling for music videos. Her first feature film credit came in 1999. She is best known for designing the costumes for Legally Blonde (2001) and its sequel Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), as well as for her long collaboration with Reese Witherspoon on films including Sweet Home Alabama (2002), Just Like Heaven (2005) and In Her Shoes (2005), and the series The Morning Show (2019–).

De Rakoff has received Costume Designers Guild Award nominations for her work on contemporary films.

*Sources: imdb.com, wwd.com, harpersbazaar.com, sophiederakoff.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Fi1m 72, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Fi1m 78, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

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

- *Your Place or Mine* (2023), Costume Design
- *The Morning Show* (2019), series, Costume Design, Co-Producer
- *Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping* (2016), Costume Design
- *Danny Collins* (2015), Costume Design
- *McFarland, USA* (2015), Costume Design — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/mcfarland-usa.md)
- *Runner Runner* (2013), Costume Design
- *Chasing Mavericks* (2012), Costume Design
- *This Means War* (2012), Costume Design
- *The Bounty Hunter* (2010), Costume Designer
- *She's Out of My League* (2010), Costume Design
- *Four Christmases* (2008), Costume Design
- *The Informers* (2008), Costume Design
- *In Her Shoes* (2005), Costume Design
- *Just Like Heaven* (2005), Costume Design
- *Dallas 362* (2005), Costume Design
- *Fever Pitch* (2005), Costume Design
- *Shall We Dance?* (2004), Costume Design
- *Grand Theft Parsons* (2004), Costume Design
- *Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde* (2003), Costume Design
- *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002), Costume Design
- *All About the Benjamins* (2002), Costume Design
- *Legally Blonde* (2001), Costume Design — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/legally-blonde.md)
- *The Center of the World* (2001), Costume Design
- *Crime + Punishment in Suburbia* (2000), Costume Design
- *Grand Theft Auto 2: The Movie* (1999), Costume Design
- *Speed of Life* (1999), Costume Design

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film 2024: Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film (nominated)
- Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film 2003: Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film (nominated)
- Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film 2001: Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Contemporary Film (nominated)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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