Ann Roth wins best costume design at Oscars 2021

26 Apr '21

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Designer Ann Roth at the Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills. Mar 16, 2003. Pic: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com

Ann Roth, an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre, has won the 93rd Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in the Netflix drama 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'. At age 89, Roth has tied James Ivory as the oldest Oscar winner. This is Roth's second Oscar win, having won earlier for 'The English Patient' in 1997.

Besides the two wins, Roth has been nominated on three earlier occasions for 'The Hours', 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' and 'Places in the Heart'.

Starting in 1964, Roth has more than one hundred screen credits including 'The World of Henry Orient', 'Midnight Cowboy', 'Working Girl', 'The Good Shepherd', 'Margot at the Wedding', 'Mamma Mia!', and 'Evening'.

The 2020 American drama film 'Ma Rainey's Black Bottom' is based on the play of the same name by August Wilson. The film, and its source play, focus on Ma Rainey, an influential blues singer, and dramatises a turbulent recording session in 1920s Chicago. The film began a limited theatrical release on November 25, 2020, before beginning to stream on Netflix on December 18.

The Academy Award for Best Costume Design is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for achievement in film costume design.

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