Fibre2Fashion Toggle navigation 26 Apr '21 Designer Ann Roth at the Costume Designers Guild Awards in Beverly Hills. Mar 16, 2003. Pic: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Ann Roth, an American costume designer for films and Broadway theatre, has won the 93rd Academy Award for Best Costume Design for her work in the Netflix drama 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom'. At age 89, Roth has tied James Ivory as the oldest Oscar winner. This is Roth's second Oscar win, having won earlier for 'The English Patient' in 1997. Besides the two wins, Roth has been nominated on three earlier occasions for 'The Hours', 'The Talented Mr. Ripley' and 'Places in the Heart'.