13 Facts About Luciana Arrighi

Luciana Arrighi earned two more Oscar nominations in the same category for The Remains of the Day in 1994, and Anna and the King in 2000.

Luciana Arrighi was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1940, daughter of Italian diplomat and former journalist Count Ernesto Arrighi, and Australian Eleanor, daughter of grazier Douglas Cox.

Ernesto Arrighi was appointed consul at Melbourne in 1937, and met Nellie on a visit to Sydney.

Luciana Arrighi left Brazil with her parents when she was two years old and was raised and educated in Australia, studying at East Sydney Technical College.

Luciana Arrighi went to the United Kingdom, where she worked for the BBC; she was spotted by Ken Russell, who used her talents in some of his early films such as Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World and Women in Love.

Luciana Arrighi went on to study painting in Italy and she has worked in costume design in theatre and opera, including with Vienna State Opera, Opera Australia and The Royal Opera, Covent Garden.

Luciana Arrighi lived in Paris for two years and was a model for French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent.

In 1993, Luciana Arrighi received the Silver Ribbon for Best Production Design Award and the Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film Howards End directed by James Ivory.

Luciana Arrighi was nominated for an Oscar for Best Art Direction for the film The Remains of the Day, by James Ivory, and Anna and the King by Andy Tennant.

Luciana Arrighi won the British BAFTA Award for Best Art Direction for the television film The Gathering Storm, directed by Richard Loncraine.

In 1970, Luciana Arrighi married Captain Rupert Milo Talbot Chetwynd, of the Grenadier Guards and 21st SAS Regiment, later an adventurer and founder of a medical mission to Afghanistan.

Luciana Arrighi was a descendant of the 6th Viscount Chetwynd.

Luciana Arrighi's French-born sister Nike Arrighi was a visual artist and actress.