Bafta night a 'bit of a blur', says award winning Kiwi costume designer
Kate Hawley is on her way home from the BAFTAs in London with barely time to catch her breath before she jets off to Los Angeles for the Oscars.
It wasn't easy to get up to accept her Bafta win when she's used to being behind the scenes, Kiwi costume designer Kate Hawley says.
Hawley is flying home Tuesday morning, following her win at the Awards in London Monday (local time) for her work on Guillermo Del Toro's Frankenstein.
The night was a bit of a blur, she says, but it was wonderful to share it with her daughter, she told RNZ's Nine to Noon.
FRANKENSTEIN. Mia Goth as Elizabeth in Frankenstein. Cr. Ken Woroner/Netflix © 2025.
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"What I'd like to say to anyone younger out there is it's not an overnight thing."
But the award meant a lot, she says.
“It's taken quite a few years and not a few little knockbacks here and there, but it is extra special.
“And when it's members of the Academy who work in the world of film and that, and when they nominate you, just like the Costume Designers Guild, it means a lot… it's very special.”
Hawley's work has been seen in a host of other movies, including Edge of Tomorrow, Mortal Engine, Suicide Squad, Pacific Rim, Crimson Peak and The Lovely Bones.
She also designed the costumes for the Royal New Zealand Ballet’s production of Hansel and Gretel.
Hawley is also one of nine Oscar nominations for Frankenstein on 3 March in Los Angeles.
These nominations follow her winning Best Costume Designer at the Critics' Choice Movie Awards in early January, and being named the British Fashion Council's inaugural Costume Designer of the Year in late 2025.
“I've got two weeks to get back to reality, put my gumboots on and have my community tell me off. Life's very grounding in between all of this, so it's just a moment to enjoy and then life carries on really, but it's lovely."
Guillermo del Toro as Victor Frankenstein.
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