Sharen Davis

American costume designer

Sharen Davis
Born	Sharen Kay Davis (1957-02-22) February 22, 1957 (age 67)
Occupation	Costume designer
Years active	1987–present

Sharen Davis (born February 22, 1957) is an American costume designer. In a career spanning over three decades, she is recognized for her prolific work across film and television. She was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Costume Design for the films Ray (2004) and Dreamgirls (2006). She is a frequent collaborator with actor Denzel Washington.^[1]^[2]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Notes
1992	Equinox	Alan Rudolph
1993	Younger and Younger	Percy Adlon
1995	Devil in a Blue Dress	Carl Franklin
1997	Money Talks	Brett Ratner
1998	Dr. Dolittle	Betty Thomas
1998	Rush Hour	Brett Ratner
2000	Nutty Professor II: The Klumps	Peter Segal
2001	Double Take	George Gallo
2002	High Crimes	Carl Franklin
2002	Antwone Fisher	Denzel Washington
2003	Nat Turner: A Troublesome Property	Charles Burnett	Documentary film
2003	Out of Time	Carl Franklin
2004	Ray	Taylor Hackford
2005	Beauty Shop	Bille Woodruff
2006	Akeelah and the Bee	Doug Atchison
	Dreamgirls	Bill Condon
	The Pursuit of Happyness	Gabriele Muccino
2007	The Great Debaters	Denzel Washington
2008	Seven Pounds	Gabriele Muccino
2009	Middle Men	George Gallo
2010	The Book of Eli	Albert Hughes Allen Hughes
2011	The Help	Tate Taylor
2012	Looper	Rian Johnson
2012	Django Unchained	Quentin Tarantino
2014	Godzilla	Gareth Edwards
2014	Get on Up	Tate Taylor
2016	The 5th Wave	J Blakeson
	The Magnificent Seven	Antoine Fuqua
	Fences	Denzel Washington
2018	Alpha	Albert Hughes
2020	Project Power	Henry Joost Ariel Schulman
2021	King Richard	Reinaldo Marcus Green
2021	A Journal for Jordan	Denzel Washington

Television credits

Year	Title	Notes
1993	Laurel Avenue	2 episodes
1994	Another Midnight Run	Television film
	State of Emergency
	Midnight Runaround
1995	Zooman
1995	Earth 2	7 episodes
1996	Nightjohn	Television film
1997	Vanishing Point	Television film
1998	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Episode: "Grace and Glorie"
1999	Passing Glory	Television film
2000	Freedom Song	Television film
2011	Falling Skies	Episode: "Live and Learn"
2018	Westworld	10 episodes
2019	Watchmen	Episode: "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice"

Awards and nominations

Major associations

Key
†	Indicates non-competitive categories

Academy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2004	Best Costume Design	Ray	Nominated	^[3]
2006	Best Costume Design	Dreamgirls	Nominated	^[4]

Emmy Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Primetime Emmy Awards
2018	Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes	Westworld (for "Akane no Mai")	Nominated	^[5]
2020	Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes	Watchmen (for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice")	Won	^[5]

Miscellaneous awards

List of Lindy Hemming other awards and nominations
Award	Year	Category	Title	Result
Costume Designers Guild Awards	2004	Excellence in Period/Fantasy Film	Ray	Nominated
	2006	Excellence in Period Film	Dreamgirls	Nominated
	2011	Excellence in Period Film	The Help	Nominated
	2018	Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television	Westworld	Won
	2019	Excellence in Sci-Fi/Fantasy Television	Watchmen (for "It's Summer and We're Running Out of Ice")	Nominated
	2021	Career Achievement Award †	—	Received
Critics' Choice Movie Awards	2011	Best Costume Design	The Help	Nominated
Satellite Awards	2006	Best Costume Design	Dreamgirls	Nominated
Saturn Awards	2012	Best Costume Design	Django Unchained	Nominated

References

^ "Sharen Davis: Holywood's 'go to' person for costume design". Jet. March 5, 2007. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
^ Cohen, Sandy (December 20, 2006). "From dazzling to drab, Sharen Davis designs movie costumes". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved September 14, 2009. ^{[dead link]}
^ "77th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "79th Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Retrieved February 4, 2023.
^ "Sharen Davis - Emmy Awards, Nominations, and Wins". Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). Retrieved August 15, 2023.