Costume designer who began in Australian television as a wardrobe assistant for "Jilted" (1987). She also supervised the wardrobe for the feature film WEEKEND WITH KATE (1990). THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT was her first film as costume designer. Other design credits include BOUND (1996), WELCOME TO WOOP WOOP and GONE FISHIN' (both 1997), WOUNDINGS (1998), EYE OF THE BEHOLDER and THEORY OF THE TROJANS (both 1999), MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE II (2000), 6 episodes of "Effie: Just Quietly" (2001, TV series), STEALTH and THE GREAT RAID (both 2005), GHOST RIDER (2007), and CHAD CHUCKER (2008). Gardiner created something of a stir when she showed up at the 1995 Awards Ceremony wearing a dress of her own design -- made entirely of American Express Gold cards (left) -- and originally conceived for PRISCILLA, but shelved when American Express passed on the idea. However they relented when she later told them that she would wear the outfit to the ceremony. They were generous enough to supply here with 300 AmEx cards (according to Gardner she used 254) all with her name printed on them and all one number short as to make them all invalid. The famous dress was auctioned off in March of 1999 for $12,650. The proceeds went to the American Foundation for AIDS Research.  Best Achievement in Costume Design 1994: THE ADVENTURES OF PRISCILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT (w. Tim Chappel) 1 nomination, 1 Award