Kathy Strachan
Selected credits
- Witness No 3 (TV Series/Channel 5)Director: Diarmuid Goggins
- Aisha (Feature starring Letitia Wright, Josh O'Connor)Director: Frank Berry
- Joyride (Feature starring Olivia Colman)Director: Emer Reynolds
- About Joan (Feature - Costume Designer Ireland)Director: Laurent Larivière
- Deadly Cuts (Feature) IFTA Best Costume DesignDirector: Rachel Carey
- Modern Love (Series 2/'Second Embrace')Director: John Carney
- Innocent 2 (TV Series/ITV)Director: Tracey Larcombe
- Dead Still (TV Series/RTÉ/Acorn)Directors: Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace
- The Dublin Murders (BBC/RTÉ/TV Series)Director: Saul Dibb
- Extra Ordinary (Feature)Directors: Mike Ahern, Enda Loughman
About
Kathy is a Costume Designer with extensive experience across both film and TV. She has twice won the Irish Film and Television Award for Best Costume Design for feature films Deadly Cuts (2022) and Spin The Bottle. Her recent TV credits include Modern Love (series 2 ep ‘Second Embrace’), Witness No 3 for Channel 5, and Innocent 2 for ITV.
She designed the costumes for Death of a Superhero, which was official selection at Toronto International Film Festival, featuring Andy Serkis and Thomas Brodie-Sangster.
As a Theatre Designer, Kathy has also won Best Costume Design, Irish Times Theatre Awards for Improbable Frequency (Rough Magic) and The Playboy of the Western World (Druid).
Featured work
Witness No. 3
Production Company
Story Films/ Channel 5
Producers
Sam Tipper-Hale, David Collins
Director
Diarmuid Goggins
Writer
Thomas Eccleshare
Aisha
Production Company
Subotica
Producers
Sam Bisbee, Donna Eperon, Tristan Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan
Director
Frank Berry
Writer
Frank Berry
Joyride
Production Company
Embankment Films
Producers
Tristan Lynch, Aoife O’Sullivan
Director
Emer Reynolds
Writer
Ailbhe Keogan
Deadly Cuts
Kathy Strachan : 2022 IFTA Winner - Best Costume
Production Company
Myriad pictures/ Screen Ireland/ O’Sullivan Productions
Producers
Liz Gill, Auveen Lush, Ciara O’Sullivan
Director
Rachel Carey
Modern Love
Episode: Second Embrace
Production Company
Amazon Studios
Showrunner
John Carney
Director
John Carney
Cast
Tobias Menzies, Sophie Okonedo, Aislín McGuckin
Dead Still
Production Company
Deadpan Pictures
Producer
Suzanne McAuley
Directors
Imogen Murphy, Craig David Wallace
Cast
Michael Smiley, Kerr Logan, Eileen O’Higgins
Dublin Murders
Eps 1&2
Production Company
Euston Films, Element Pictures
Producers
Kate Harwood, Noemi Spanos
Director
Saul Dibb
Cast
Sarah Greene, Killian Scott
Run & Jump
Production Company
Samson Films
Producers
Martina Niland, Tamara Anghie
Director
Steph Green
Cast
Maxine Peake, Sharon Horgan, Will Forte
Extra Ordinary
Best Irish Feature - Galway Film Fleadh
Production Company
Blinder Films
Producers
Katie Holly
Directors
Enda Loughman, Mike Ahern
Cast
Will Forte, Maeve Higgins, Barry Ward
Handsome Devil
Production Company
Treasure Entertainment
Producers
Rebecca O’Flanagan, Robert Walpole
Director
John Butler
Cast
Andrew Scott, Ardal O’Hanlon, Michael McElhatton