Education
National Institute of Dramatic Artist University of New England.
National Institute of Dramatic Artist University of New England.
She is a regular collaborator with The Wachowskis and was the costume designer of their films The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas and Jupiter Asending. Kym Barrett started her career working in theatre for eight years before she began working in film. She has also designed costumes for Cirque du Soleil.
Barrett designed freshly imagined period costumes for the Metropolitan Opera"s 2013 production of The Tempest.
In September 2013, she stepped down from her role as costume designer for the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia.