- As of 2020, 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), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Hugo (2011), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Favourite (2018), and The Irishman (2019). Of those, Shakespeare in Love (1998) and The Departed (2006) are winners in the category.
- She had a budget of $2 million to use to work on The Aviator (2004).
- 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 London's Central School of Art, where she studied theater design.
- Grew up in south London.
- Sandy Powell was nominated for a 2019 Academy Award in the Best Costume Design category for her work on The Favourite (2018) but lost to Ruth E. Carter for Black Panther (2018).
- London, England (December 2010)
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