‘My worst job was combing a beach in Connemara for the false teeth John Hurt wore in The Field’ – costume designer Joan Bergin

The Dublin costumier on good wine, creating an air of calm and being mistaken for a Russian spy

Joan Bergin. Photo: Steve Humphreys

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Three-time Emmy award winner, Joan Bergin worked on landmark films like My Left Foot, In the Name of the Father, Dancing at Lughnasa and TV shows like The Tudors. She lives in her native Dublin with her partner, the ex RTÉ documentary maker Kevin O’Connor.

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