Biography
Trisha Biggar is a Scottish costume designer for film, television and theatre. Born in Glasgow, she began her career as wardrobe mistress at the Citizens Theatre in the Gorbals from 1978, later studying costume design at Wimbledon College of Arts. She worked on the third series of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles before joining Lucasfilm.
From 1997 she served as head of the costume department at Lucasfilm, designing the costumes for the Star Wars prequel trilogy, including the elaborate wardrobe of Padmé Amidala. Her work on the films earned Saturn Awards for best costumes on Episode I (2000) and Episode II (2003), a BAFTA Craft Award nomination for The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (1996), and the Scottish BAFTA Outstanding Contribution for Craft Award in 2012.
Biggar has continued to work in television, taking over costume design for Outlander from its fifth season and designing for the prequel series Outlander: Blood of My Blood. She is the author of Dressing a Galaxy: The Costumes of Star Wars (2005).
