Biography

Kym Barrett (born 11 August 1965) is an Australian costume designer for Hollywood films. She is a regular collaborator with The Wachowskis and was the costume designer of their films The Matrix Trilogy, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas, and Jupiter Ascending. Kym Barrett started her career working in theatre for eight years before she began working in film. She has also designed costumes for Cirque du Soleil. Barrett designed freshly imagined period costumes for the Metropolitan Opera's 2013 production of The Tempest. In September 2013, she stepped down from her role as costume designer for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kym Barrett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.