Acting credits
9
Early stage
Smaller on-screen catalog so far.
Actor
Ruth E. Carter
Costume & Make-Up
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 62Series: 9Crew credits: 62
TMDB ID: 15524
IMDb ID: nm0141921
Known for: Costume & Make-Up
Born: April 10, 1960
Age: 65
Place of birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2025
Years active: 73
Average TMDB rating: 6.48
Wikidata: Q3942970
Also known as
Ruth Carter • Ruthe Carter
Other jobs
Costume Design (52)Costume Designer (10)
Biography
Ruth E. Carter (born April 10, 1960) is an American costume designer for film and television. She is best known for her collaborations with Spike Lee, John Singleton, and Ryan Coogler. During her film career, Carter has been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Costume Design, for her work on Lee's biographical film Malcolm X (1992), Steven Spielberg's historical drama film Amistad (1997), and won twice for Coogler's Marvel superhero films Black Panther (2018) and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022); becoming the first African-American to win and be nominated for Best Costume Design. She was nominated for a fifth time for her work in Coogler's Sinners (2025), breaking the record for most-nominated Black woman in Oscar history. Her other film credits include Do the Right Thing(1989), What's Love Got to Do with It (1993), Love & Basketball (2000), Serenity (2005), The Butler (2013), Selma (2014), Marshall (2017), Dolemite Is My Name (2019), and Coming 2 America (2021). She also received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Period Costumes for a Limited Series for her work on the 2016 miniseries Roots. Carter is the recipient of the Career Achievement Award from the Costume Designers Guild Awards, in addition to receiving two competitive awards from the organisation.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Ruth E. Carter.
6.4
The Pickup
Costume Design
2025 Movie
7.5
Sinners
Costume Design
2025 Movie
6.3
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
as Self
2023 Movie
7.0
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Costume Design
2022 Movie
3.7
20/20 Presents Black Panther: In Search of Wakanda
as Self
2022 Movie
6.3
Coming 2 America
Costume Design
2021 Movie
7.0
Dolemite Is My Name
Costume Designer
2019 Movie
5.9
Above Suspicion
Costume Design
2019 Movie
7.4
Black Panther
Costume Design
2018 Movie
7.2
Marshall
Costume Design
2017 Movie
6.2
Kidnap
Costume Designer
2017 Movie
6.1
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Costume Design
2016 Movie
5.7
Chi-Raq
Costume Design
2015 Movie
4.7
Da Sweet Blood of Jesus
Costume Design
2015 Movie
7.4
Selma
Costume Design
2014 Movie
7.5
The Best of Me
Costume Design
2014 Movie
5.9
Oldboy
Costume Design
2013 Movie
7.3
The Butler
Costume Design
2013 Movie
6.9
Teen Beach Movie
Costume Design
2013 Movie
6.2
Sparkle
Costume Design
2012 Movie
5.8
Abduction
Costume Designer
2011 Movie
5.9
Frankie & Alice
Costume Design
2010 Movie
7.1
Black Dynamite
Costume Design
2009 Movie
6.7
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Costume Designer
2009 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Ruth E. Carter.
4.9
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2019 Series
6.3
Black Hollywood: 'They've Gotta Have Us'
as Self • 3 eps
2018 Series
7.8
Abstract: The Art of Design
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
5.7
To Tell the Truth
as Self - Costume Designer for Black Panther • 1 eps
2016 Series
6.9
Roots
Costume Design • 4 eps
2016 Series
8.5
Cosmos
Costume Designer • 7 eps
2014 Series
6.4
Thief
Costume Design • 5 eps
2006 Series
8.3
Seinfeld
Costume Design • 1 eps
1989 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 3 eps
1953 Series