Known for Costume & Make-Up
Cappi Ireland is a leading Australian costume designer. Cappi has worked for some of the best directors in Australia on some of the most awarded projects. Her film and television credits are impressive and varied. Recent credits include the feature MORTAL KOMBAT 2, directed again by Simon McQuoid; APPLE CIDER VINEGAR (NETFLIX TV), directed by Jeffrey Walker; and BETTER MAN, a musical biopic about Robbie Williams with director Michael Gracey. Also, the LOVE ME series 1 & 2, a 6-part Binge Original/Warner Bros TV series with directors Emma Freeman and Bonnie Moir on their respective series; the TAP/NBCU series FIRES, a story of a catastrophic bushfire season that tore through the hearts of Australia and the world, which reunited her with long-time collaborators Tony Ayres and Liz Watts; and the period drama NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN set in the goldfields in the 1800s and directed by Corrie Chen for SBS and Goalpost Pictures. The 2021 AACTA Awards remarkably saw Cappi nominated for a record 4 nominations for her work on feature films MORTAL KOMBAT and THE DRY and television series FIRES and NEW GOLD MOUNTAIN—the latter going on to win Best Costumes for Television. She received a further nomination in 2022 for her iconic costumes on the hugely successful first series for Binge, LOVE ME. Cappi received a great deal of attention for her costumes for the action-adventure fantasy feature film MORTAL KOMBAT, directed by Simon McQuoid. She enjoyed returning to the world of fantasy speciality costuming and having the opportunity to work at such a scale again with the recent sequel (MORTAL KOMBAT 2). Additional credits include THE DRY, released in 2020, which reunited her with director Robert Connolly; the third season of GLITCH for Matchbox Pictures and Netflix, following up on her work designing seasons one and two; RIDE LIKE A GIRL, Rachel Griffiths’ directorial debut starring Teresa Palmer; the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV series; SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY; NEWTON’S LAW; and Garth Davies Academy Award-nominated feature film LION, for which she received an AACTA Award, an APDG Award, and a nomination for Excellence in Contemporary Film at the 19th Costume Designers Guild Awards (USA). Other notable work includes the Matchbox Pictures/NBCU TV miniseries BARRACUDA, for which she received a 2017 APDG Award Nomination for Best Costume Design in a Television series; GALLIPOLI, an epic 7-part TV miniseries for Channel 9/Endemol, which garnered her a 2015 APDG award for Best Costume in a TV series; BALIBO; and the multi-award-winning TV drama, THE SLAP. Additional films include, FRANKENSTEIN; CUT SNAKE; THE MULE; and THE ROVER, which reunited her with award-winning directors David Michod and Tony Ayres; ANIMAL KINGDOM; and ORANGES AND SUNSHINE. Cappi has received in total ten AFI/AACTA nominations and four AFI/AACTA wins. Those not included above are Cappi’s first AFI Award for Best Costume Design in 2007 for THE HOME SONG STORIES directed by Tony Ayres and an AFI in 2008 for Best Costume Design for Jonathan Ogilvie’s THE TENDER HOOK. Information above via their homepage.
Filmography
22 films, 7 shows
showing 18 of 19 films


Mortal Kombat II
2026 · 1h 56m
country: United States
The fan favorite champions—now joined by Johnny Cage himself—are pitted against one another in the ultimate, no-holds barred, gory battle to defeat the dark rule of Shao Kahn that threatens the very existence of the Earthrealm and its defenders.


War Machine
2026 · 1h 50m
country: Australia
On one last grueling mission during Army Ranger training, a combat engineer must lead his unit in a fight against a giant otherworldly killing machine.


Better Man
2024 · 2h 15m
country: Australia
Follow Robbie Williams' journey from childhood, to being the youngest member of chart-topping boyband Take That, through to his unparalleled achievements as a record-breaking solo artist – all the while confronting the challenges that stratospheric fame and success can bring.


Mortal Kombat
2021 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Washed-up MMA fighter Cole Young, unaware of his heritage, and hunted by Emperor Shang Tsung's best warrior, Sub-Zero, seeks out and trains with Earth's greatest champions as he prepares to stand against the enemies of Outworld in a high stakes battle for the universe.


The Dry
2021 · 1h 57m
country: Australia
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.


Ride Like a Girl
2019 · 1h 38m
country: Australia
The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.


Lion
2016 · 1h 58m
country: Australia
A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many challenges before being adopted by a couple in Australia; 25 years later, he sets out to find his lost family.


The Rover
2014 · 1h 43m
country: Australia
Ten years after a severe economic collapse in the western world, lawlessness reigns and life is cheap. Eric is a lone drifter, and his car is his only possession. When a gang steals it, Eric comes across the injured Rey, left behind by the car thieves. The pair form an unlikely and uneasy alliance.


The Mule
2014 · 1h 43m
country: Australia
In 1983, a naive man is detained by Australian Federal Police with lethal narcotics hidden in his stomach. After being apprehended, ‘The Mule’ makes a desperate choice... to defy his bodily functions and withhold the evidence – literally.


I, Frankenstein
2014 · 1h 32m
country: Australia
200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein's creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind.


Oranges and Sunshine
2010 · 1h 44m
country: Australia
The story of Margaret Humphreys, a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovers one of the most significant social scandals in recent times – the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom to Australia and other Commonwealth countries. Almost singlehandedly, Margaret reunited thousands of families, brought authorities to account and worldwide attention to an extraordinary miscarriage of justice.


Animal Kingdom
2010 · 1h 53m
country: Australia
Joshua “J” is taken in by his extended family after his mother dies of an overdose. The clan, ruled by J’s scheming grandmother, is heavily involved in criminal activities, and J is soon indoctrinated into their way of life. But J is given a chance to take another path when a cop seeks to help him.


Balibo
2009 · 1h 51m
country: Australia
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing. Four weeks later, veteran foreign correspondent Roger East is lured to East Timor by the young and charismatic José Ramos-Horta to tell the story of his country and investigate the fate of the missing men. As East's determination to uncover the truth grows, the threat of invasion intensifie


The Tender Hook
2008 · 1h 43m
country: Australia
The story is about Iris's rise to the apex of a love/power triangle that includes her roguish English lover, McHeath, and Art, an earnest young boxer. Within the flawed moral landscape, each character struggles to establish their sovereignty.


September
2007 · 1h 25m
country: Australia
The friendship of two 15-year-old boys – one black, one white – begins to fall apart under the stress of a changing world.


The Home Song Stories
2007 · 1h 43m
country: Singapore
A glamorous Hong Kong performer struggles to make a home in suburban 1960s Australia.


Footy Legends
2006 · 1h 25m
country: Australia
Set in Sydney's western suburbs, FOOTY LEGENDS tells the story of Luc Vu, a young man with an obsession about football. Out of work, and with welfare authorities threatening to take away his little sister, Luc re-unites his old high school football team to win a competition that could change all their lives.


Man-Thing
2005 · 1h 37m
country: United States
Agents of an oil tycoon vanish while exploring a swamp marked for drilling. The local sheriff investigates and faces a Seminole legend come to life: Man-Thing, a shambling swamp-monster whose touch burns those who feel fear.