Pinoy costume designer Clint Ramos wins Tony Award

Filipino costume designer Clint Ramos won a Tony Award for Best Costume Design on Sunday, June 12 for his work on the play "Eclipsed."

Filipino costume designer Clint Ramos poses backstage with his award for Best Costume Design in a Play for "Eclipsed" during the American Theatre Wing's 70th annual Tony Awards in New York on Sunday, June 12, 2016. Reuters/Andrew Kelly

"Eclipsed," which stars Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o, is about five women struggling to rise above hard times in their homeland Liberia.

Ramos has previously received an award in 2014, particularly the Lucille Lortel Award for costume design for the musical "Here Lies Love."

A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Ramos also won the Obie Award for Sustained Excellence of Costume Design in 2013.

He also did costume design for the Off-Broadway play "The Village Bike" and the "The Elephant Man," which starred two-time Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper.

This year's Tony Awards was held at the Beacon Theatre in New York. Jessica Lange won an award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress for her performance in "Long Day's Journey Into Night." —KG, GMA News