Awards & Winners

Toni-Leslie James

Date of Birth 11-June-1957
Place of Birth McKeesport
(Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Profession Costume Designer
Toni-Leslie James is an American costume designer of stage, television and film productions. James was awarded the National Black Theatre Festival's 2011 Outstanding Costume Designer of the Year Award, and the 2009 Obie for Sustained Excellence in Costume Design. She received a BFA in costume design from The Ohio State University and is the Director of Costumes at Virginia Commonwealth University. Toni-Leslie James' Broadway credits include the costume designs for The Scottsboro Boys, Finian's Rainbow, Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, King Hedley II, One Mo’ Time, The Wild Party, Marie Christine, Footloose, The Tempest, Twilight…Los Angeles 1992, ''Angels in America: Millennium Approaches & Perestroika, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, and Jelly’s Last Jam. Off Broadway and regionally she has designed productions for various productions, including; the City Center Encores! series, Lincoln Center Theater, The Public Theatre, The Vineyard Theatre, Second Stage, Playwrights Horizons, Arena Stage, The Shakespeare Theatre, The Mark Taper Forum, Ballet Hispanico, and internationally at the Royal Court and Chitchester theaters in England, The Citadel Theatre in Canada, and The Greek Festival in Athens, Greece.

Awards by Toni-Leslie James

Check all the awards nominated and won by Toni-Leslie James.

2009


Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design
((with special reference to WIG OUT, Vineyard Theatre))
Obie Award for Design
(Sustained Excellence of Costume Design (with special reference to WIG OUT, Vineyard Theatre))

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Helen Hayes Awards for Outstanding Costume Design, Resident Production 3 Mo' Divas!

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design The Tempest

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design Jelly's Last Jam
Tony Award for Best Costume Design Jelly's Last Jam

1991


Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design Caucasian Chalk Circle