Anecdotes

As of 2024, she has contributed with the costume design of nine films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Crying Game (1992), Shakespeare in Love (1998), Gangs of New York (2002), Aviator (2004), Les Infiltrés (2006), Hugo Cabret (2011), Le Loup de Wall Street (2013), La Favorite (2018), and The Irishman (2019). Of those, Shakespeare in Love (1998) and Les Infiltrés (2006) are winners in the category.

Attended the Central School of Arts and Design, where she studied theater design.

Learn how to sew from her mother at an early age.

She was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2011 Queen's New Years Honours List for her services to costume design and the film industry.

Attended and graduated from Syderham High School in London, England.

She had a budget of $2 million to use to work on Martin Scorsese's Aviator (2004).

Sandy Powell was nominated for the 2019 Academy Award in the Best Costume Design category for her work on La Favorite (2018), but lost out to Ruth E. Carter for Black Panther (2018).

She was awarded the CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2025 King's New Years Honours List for her services to Costume Design. She is a costume designer in London, England.

She was awarded the RDI (Royal Designer for Industry) by London's Royal Society of Arts (RSA) in 2013.

Her cousin is Sandy Powell, a costume designer who is also a three-time Academy Award winner in the costume design category.