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01 September
period makeups – ancient Rome: Brigitte Bardot (Mio figlio Nerone); Claudette Colbert (The Sign of the Cross).
22 August
information: Emmy Creative Arts winners; sitemap; wants list.
old-age makeups
the 1990s: Sissy Spacek & Dale Raoul and makeup application (Blast from the Past).
disguise makeups
mistresses of disguise: Jaime Murray & Emma Kennedy (Hustle).
horror makeups
zombies & ghosts: Embeth Davidtz (Army of Darkness); Jacqueline Pearce (The Plague of the Zombies).
witches: Patricia Tallman (Army of Darkness).
vampires: Autumn Reeser (Lost Boys: The Tribe).
period makeups
period makeups – eighteenth century: Elizabeth Berrington (Let Them Eat Cake).
sixteenth century: Joss Stone (The Tudors); Helena Bonham Carter (Henry VIII); Clare Holman (Henry VIII); Elvi Hale (The Six Wives of Henry VIII); Elsa Lanchester (The Private Life of Henry VIII); Merle Oberon (The Private Life of Henry VIII).
gender-bending makeups
transsexual: Charlotte Devaney (How to Lose Friends & Alienate People); Pilar Ordóñez (Taxi); revised actress credit for Cyrille van Hoof (Grijpstra & de Gier).
male characters: Yun Zhou (Warriors of Heaven and Earth).
information:
racechanging makeups
ethnic disguises: Jaime Murray (Hustle); Marion Davies (Operator 13).
information
updated: Leo Award winners; Emmy Award nominees; Saturn Awards; wants list; SiteMap; FAQ.
old-age makeups
the late 2000s: Kate Winslet, Lena Olin & Susanne Lothar (The Reader).
black actresses: Freema Agyeman (Torchwood ‘Dead Man Walking’).
fantasy makeups
Doctor Who: Chipo Chung (Doctor Who ‘Utopia’).
period makeups
eighteenth century: Greta Scacchi (Jefferson in Paris); Kelly Rutherford (Sally Hemings: An American Scandal); Annette Bening (Valmont); Glenn Close (Dangerous Liaisons); Fanny Ardant (Ridicule); Jennifer Saunders & Alison Steadman (Let Them Eat Cake); Fanny Ardant (Le Libertin); Hanna Schygulla (La Nuit de Varennes); Asia Argento (Marie Antoinette); Katja Flint (Il Giovane Casanova); Charlotte de Turckheim (Jeanne Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour); Norma Talmadge (Du Barry, Woman of Passion); Pola Negri (Madame DuBarry); Theda Bara (Madame Du Barry); Micky Sébastian (Nouvelle-France).
sixteenth century: Angela Pleasence (Doctor Who ‘The Shakespeare Code’); Karen Elson (Kevin Aucoin photoshoot); Sarah Churchill (Hallmark Hall of Fame).
information
updated: wants list; BAFTA Television Craft Awards; Bafta Cymru Awards.
old-age makeups
late 2000s: Carla Gugino (Watchmen).
character makeups
fat faces & fat-suits: Alex Borstein (Dawg).
multiplicity: Meryl Streep & Emma Thompson (Angels in America).
hard lifes: Emma Thompson (Angels in America).
Ugly Betties: Julia Kamińska (BrzydUla); Giselle Itié (Bela, a Feia); Veerle Baetens (Sara); Nyncke Beekhuyzen (Lotte); Angélica Vale (La fea más bella); Ana Maria Orozco (Yo soy Betty, la fea).
disfiguring makeups
burn scars: Clea DuVall (Lie to Me ‘Blinded’).
albinism: Cate Blanchett (Bordertown).
fake amputees: Andréa Ferréol (A Zed & Two Noughts).
disfiguring makeups – scarred faces: Amy Smart (The Butterfly Effect).
disguise makeups
mask tricks: Sandra Speichert (Die Diebin); Carrie Anne Moss (F/X: The Series ‘The Illusion’).
prosthetic makeup: Carrie Anne Moss makeup application (F/X: The Series ‘The Illusion’).
mistresses of disguise: Sandra Speichert (Die Diebin).
makeunders & fat-suits: Kaley Cuoco (To Be Fat Like Me); Markie Post (Hearts Afire).
fantasy makeups
Star Trek: Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine); Nana Visitor (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ‘Second Skin’); Michelle Forbes (Star Trek: The Next Generation); Suzie Plakson (Star Trek: Enterprise ‘Cease Fire’); Star Trek: Kaitlin Hopkins (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ‘The Ship’).
gender-bending makeups
male disguises: Carrie-Anne Moss (F/X: The Series ‘The Illusion’).
male characters: Meryl Streep (Angels in America).
horror makeups
Frankenstein’s brides: Elsa Lanchester (Bride of Frankenstein).
look-alike makeups
bad girls: Meryl Streep (Angels in America).
racechanging makeups
yellowface: Ona Munson (The Shanghai Gesture).
bald or shaved makeups
chemotherapy: Laura Mennell (Watchmen).
willingly: Cate Blanchett (Heaven).
various makeups
clowns: Julianne Moore (The Ladies Man).
information
sitemap; wants list; 29th Hong Kong Film Awards.
character makeups
plain girls: Cameron Diaz (Being John Malkovich).
disguise makeups
male disguises: Salma Hayek (After the Sunset).
fantasy makeups
hominids: Aruna Shields (Ao le dernier néandertal); Suzanne Cave (Walking with Cavemen).
look-alike makeups
British royals: Katie McGrath (The Queen); Lucy Cohu (The Queen’s Sister); Jessica Oyelowo (Churchill: The Hollywood Years); Emilia Fox, Samantha Bond, Susan Jameson, Barbara Flynn & Diana Quick (The Queen); Prunella Scales (Station Jim).
period makeups
eighteenth century: Helen Mirren (The Madness of King George).
seventeenth century: Christina Große (Mätressen – Die geheime Macht der Frauen); Faye Dunaway (The Three Musketeers & The Four Musketeers); Lana Turner (The Three Musketeers).
sixteenth century: Belén Rueda (La princesa de Éboli); Pilar Bastardés (La conjura de El Escorial).
fifteenth century: Susi Sánchez (Juana la Loca); Sigourney Weaver (1492: Conquest of Paradise); June Whitfield (Carry On Columbus).
twelfth century: Cate Blanchett (Robin Hood).
various makeups
bearded women: Annie Girardot (La donna scimmia).
bodypainting: Gemma Arterton (Quantium of Solace).
photoshoots: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson (Closer: old-age photoshoot); Tamara Beckwith (Femail: old-age photoshoot).
information
updated
: wants list.
old-age makeups
Asian actresses: Joan Chen (Heaven & Earth).
disfiguring makeups
fake mastectomies: Kim Basinger (The Burning Plain); Michelle Pfeiffer (A Thousand Acres).
period makeups
period – sixteenth century: Claire Bloom (The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight); Frances Cuka (Henry VIII and His Six Wives).
period – seventeenth-century France: Isabelle Huppert (Saint-Cyr).
fantasy
Babylon 5: Nancy Lee Grahn (Babylon 5 ‘The War Prayer’); Carmen Thomas (Babylon 5 ‘Sic Transit Vir’).
Star Trek: Joanna Cassidy (Star Trek: Enterprise); Bertila Damas (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ‘The Marquis’); Kim Cattrall (Star Trek: The Undiscovered Country).
Planet of the Apes: Natalie Trundy (Conquest of the Planet of the Apes & Battle for the Planet of the Apes.)
aliens: Kelly Preston (Battlefield Earth).
gender-bending
transsexual: unknown actress (Grijpstra & de Gier).
bald or shaved
DIY: Ute Willing (Mein Leben gehört mir); Julia Vaidis-Bogard (Marie, Nonna, la vierge et moi); Annett Renneberg (Freunde fürs Leben ‘Engelhaar’).
information: Oscar winners.
various
bodypainting: Shirley Eaton (Goldfinger).
information
updated: BAFTA winners; wants list.
old-age makeups
the early 2000s: Maria de Medeiros (Deuxième vie).
information
updated: Saturn Award nominations; Goya Award winners; Hong Kong Film Awards nominations; Ariel Award nominations; Oscar nominees.
old-age makeups
late 2000s: Jenna Fischer & Kristen Wiig (Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story).
the early 1990s: Winona Ryder (Edward Scissorshands).
Star Trek: Diana Muldaur (Star Trek: The Next Generation ‘Unnatural Selection’); Winona Ryder (Star Trek).
character makeups
multiplicity: Sean Young (The Proprietor).
disfiguring makeups
facial disfigurements: revised credits for Christine Taylor (My Name is Earl).
fantasy makeups
Star Trek: Dina Meyer (Star Trek: Nemesis); Roxann Dawson (Star Trek: Voyager); Jill Lover (Star Trek deleted scene); Diora Baird (Star Trek deleted scene); Susan Oliver (Star Trek ‘The Menagerie’).
Hyperdrive: revised credits for Katherine Jakeways and Martina McClements.
horror makeups
werewolves: Elizabeth Hartman (Full Moon High).
period makeups
sixteenth century: Paulette Goddard (Bride of Vengeance).
fifteenth century: Ángela Molina (Los Borgia); Paz Vega (Los Borgia); Faye Dunaway (The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc); Nora Tschirner (The Conclave).
racechanging makeups
disguise: Shoshanna Bush (Dance Flick).
bald or shaven characters
bald – DIY: Barbara Mori (Cosas insignificantes).
various makeups
clowns: Kate Jackson (Charlie’s Angels ‘Angels Ahoy’); Clara Bow (Dangerous Curves).
information
updated: Oscars Shortlist; Premios Goya nominations; wants list.
look-alikes
royalty: Amy Seccombe (Diana: a Tribute to the People’s Princess); Genevieve O’Reilly (Diana: Last Days of a Princess); Katharina Schubert (Willi und die Windzors); Edita Brychta (Fergie & Andrew: Behind the Palace Doors); Helen Mirren (The Queen).
information
awards: Golden Horse Awards; RTS Craft & Design Awards.
character makeups
multiplicity: Kate Hudson & Sophie Marceau (Alex & Emma).
fantasy
Star Trek: Jennifer Lien (Star Trek: Voyager ‘Fury’); Bobbi Sue Luther (Star Trek Enterprise ‘Borderland’).
look-alikes
first ladies: Jeanne Tripplehorn (Grey Gardens).
the consorts: Katja Riemann (Mein Führer - Die wirklich wahrste Wahrheit über Adolf Hitler); Susan Blakely (The Bunker).
bad girls & sinners: Piper Laurie (The Bunker).
information
updated: wants list.
disguise makeups
fakeovers: Wendy van Dijk (Ushi en Dushi).
information: Gemini Award Winners; wants list.