---
name: "Susan Lyall"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/susan-lyall"
fi1m_id: "susan-lyall"
imdb_id: "nm0527895"
tmdb_id: 20172
wikidata_id: "Q25114132"
roles: ["Costume designer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 8
average_fi1m_score: 70
average_over: 8
updated: "2026-10-11T23:10:51.462405+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."
---

# Susan Lyall

## Identity

Susan Lyall

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/susan-lyall
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** susan-lyall
- **IMDb ID:** nm0527895
- **TMDB ID:** 20172
- **Wikidata ID:** Q25114132
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25114132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20172

Costume designer. Born in Southern Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Costume designer
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Aaron Sorkin](https://film.one/person/aaron-sorkin.md), [Steven Soderbergh](https://film.one/person/steven-soderbergh.md), [Jeremy Strong](https://film.one/person/jeremy-strong.md), [Todd Black](https://film.one/person/todd-black.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 74 (2), 2010s 68 (3), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 70 to 66 across 8 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 6 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 7, Thriller 4, History 3, Crime 2, Horror 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 15 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $379m across 7 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25114132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0527895/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/20172

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Side Effects*](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md) (70), [*Being the Ricardos*](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md) (61)
- **Netflix:** [*Rachel Getting Married*](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md) (84)
- **Apple TV:** [*Molly's Game*](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Susan Lyall is a costume designer whose credits include *Unsane* (2018), *Side Effects* (2013) and *King of the Hill* (1993). She has worked repeatedly with director Steven Soderbergh on those films and on the series *Mosaic* (2018).

Lyall arrived in New York in the early 1980s from Southern Ontario, Canada, initially to study fashion design. She began her career in theatre with the Circle Repertory Company before moving into independent film. She has designed costumes for numerous features with directors including Jodie Foster (*Money Monster*, *The Beaver*, *Home for the Holidays*, *Little Man Tate*), Robert Schwentke (*RED*, *R.I.P.D.*, *Flightplan*) and Aaron Sorkin (*Molly's Game*, *The Trial of the Chicago 7*, *Being the Ricardos*).

Other notable credits include *Clifford the Big Red Dog* (2021), *The Report* (2019) and *Sisters* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, nuovocinemalocatelli.com, weliveentertainment.com, broadwayworld.com, blog.wardrobesupplies.com.*

## On Fi1m (8)

- *The Social Reckoning* (2026), Fi1m 64, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-reckoning.md)
- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), Fi1m 61, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)
- *Unsane* (2018), Fi1m 64, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Fi1m 70, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *Side Effects* (2013), Fi1m 70, Costume design, Costume Design — [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)
- *Flightplan* (2005), Fi1m 63, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1993), Fi1m 84, Costume Design, Costume design — [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)

## Complete filmography (51)

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

- *The Social Reckoning* (2026), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/the-social-reckoning.md)
- *Mountainhead* (2025), Costume Design
- *Holland* (2025), Costume Design
- *Luther: The Fallen Sun* (2023), Costume Design
- *Being the Ricardos* (2021), Costume Design — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/being-the-ricardos.md)
- *Clifford the Big Red Dog* (2021), Costume Design
- *The Trial of the Chicago 7* (2020), Costume Designer
- *The Report* (2019), Costume Design
- *Unsane* (2018), Costume Design — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/unsane.md)
- *Mosaic* (2018), series, Costume Design
- *Molly's Game* (2017), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/mollys-game.md)
- *The Polka King* (2017), Costume Design
- *Money Monster* (2016), Costume Designer
- *Sisters* (2015), Costume Design
- *This Is Where I Leave You* (2014), Costume Design
- *Clear History* (2013), Costume Design
- *R.I.P.D.* (2013), Costume Design
- *Side Effects* (2013), Costume Design — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/side-effects.md)
- *Why Stop Now?* (2012), Costume Design
- *Man on a Ledge* (2012), Costume Design
- *The Beaver* (2011), Costume Design
- *RED* (2010), Costume Design
- *Remember Me* (2010), Costume Design
- *Washingtonienne* (2009), Costume Design
- *Motherhood* (2009), Costume Design
- *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/rachel-getting-married.md)
- *Music and Lyrics* (2007), Costume Design
- *Flightplan* (2005), Costume Design — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/flightplan.md)
- *The Mothman Prophecies* (2002), Costume Design
- *State and Main* (2000), Costume Design
- *Music of the Heart* (1999), Costume Design
- *200 Cigarettes* (1999), Costume Designer
- *Just the Ticket* (1998), Costume Design
- *The Spanish Prisoner* (1997), Costume Design
- *Extreme Measures* (1996), Costume Design
- *She's the One* (1996), Costume Design
- *Home for the Holidays* (1995), as Woman at Party · Costume Design
- *Empire Records* (1995), Costume Design
- *Nell* (1994), Costume Design
- *Imaginary Crimes* (1994), Costume Design
- *Trevor* (1994), Costume Design
- *For Love or Money* (1993), Costume Design
- *Blink* (1993), Costume Design
- *King of the Hill* (1993), Costume Design — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/king-of-the-hill.md)
- *Thunderheart* (1992), Costume Design
- *Mississippi Masala* (1991), Costume Designer
- *Little Man Tate* (1991), Costume Design
- *Men Of Respect* (1990), Costume Designer
- *End of the Night* (1990), Costume Design
- *Eight Men Out* (1988), Assistant Costume Designer
- *Matewan* (1987), Assistant Costume Designer

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