Carol Ramsey

Carol Ramsey came to costume design by way of a deep love for film and storytelling. Originally trained as a classical musician, Ramsey began making elaborate 16th century fashions for the Boston Shakespeare Company and was soon creating costumes for theaters, dance companies, commercials, and movies.

Since then she has designed more than 40 feature films, working with all of the major Hollywood studios as well as numerous independent directors. Ramsey's work ranges from Paul Newman's all-American 1940's menswear in "Mr. & Mrs. Bridge" to the flashy buddy cop flick "Bad Boys 2" to the hit character comedy "Meet the Fockers." She's transformed Sir Anthony Hopkins into Picasso, designed uniforms for an S&M "Dodgeball" team and has outfitted Barbra Streisand, Robert DeNiro, Dustin Hoffman and Donald Sutherland.

Ramsey has worked with Kevin Spacey, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, Melissa McCarthy, Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jason Bateman, and Laura Linney. Her work for TV includes 2 seasons of "Magic City" for STARZ, and pilots for such ABC hits as "The Goldbergs," "Body of Proof" and "Mysteries of Laura."

Carol Ramsey is known as one of the most versatile costume designers working today. She has been praised by the New York Times as possessing "sensational verve" and was nominated for a Costume Designers Guild Award for the CBS mini-series "Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis."

Ramsey's many credits also include "Horrible Bosses 1 and 2," "King of New York," "Slaves of New York," "The Santa Clause," "The Other Guys," "Identity Thief," "Tuck Everlasting," "Stick It," "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story," "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead," "Le Divorce" and "Surviving Picasso." More recently, next to "Daddy's Home," Ramsey designed "Central Intelligence" starring Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart, for New Line/Warner Brothers (Spring 2016).

Paramount Pictures