Lesley Vanderwalt

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Costume & Make-Up

Gender

Female

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Place of Birth

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Lesley Vanderwalt

Biography

Lesley Vanderwalt is a New Zealand cinematic hair designer and makeup artist. Vanderwalt was raised and began her career in New Zealand before moving to Australia. She has frequently collaborated with directors such as George Miller and Baz Luhrmann. Vanderwalt has worked as a hair or makeup supervisor on TV shows and films including Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, Farscape, Moulin Rouge!, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and The Great Gatsby. In 2016, she won the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 88th Academy Awards and a BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair in the 69th British Academy Film Awards for her work ...

Production

1984

One Night Stand

as Assistant Makeup Artist

1998

Babe: Pig in the City

as Hair Designer

1998

Babe: Pig in the City

as Makeup Designer

1985

The Coca-Cola Kid

as Makeup Artist

1998

Dark City

as Hair Supervisor

1998

Dark City

as Makeup Supervisor

1996

Whipping Boy

as Makeup Supervisor

2019

2019

Dora and the Lost City of Gold

as Makeup Supervisor

1994

Shotgun Wedding

as Makeup Artist

1987

High Tide

as Makeup & Hair

1991

1994

No Escape

as Hair Designer

1994

No Escape

as Makeup Designer

1989

The Blood of Heroes

as Makeup Artist

2007

Ghost Rider

as Hairstylist

1981

1980

Beyond Reasonable Doubt

as Makeup Artist

2011

Sleeping Beauty

as Makeup Designer

2011

Sleeping Beauty

as Hair Designer

2017

Alien: Covenant

as Hair Designer

2017

Alien: Covenant

as Makeup Designer

2017

Alien: Covenant

as Makeup Supervisor

2001

Moulin Rouge!

as Makeup Artist

2003

Beyond Borders

as Makeup Designer

2002

Scooby-Doo

as Hair Supervisor

2006

Happy Feet

as Makeup Artist

2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

as Makeup Designer

2015

Mad Max: Fury Road

as Hair Designer

2022

1994

Street Fighter

as Makeup Designer

2018

Aquaman

as Hair Designer

1990

Blood Oath

as Makeup Artist

1994

The Custodian

as Makeup Supervisor

1987

Vietnam

as Makeup Artist

1986

For Love Alone

as Makeup Artist

1992

2013

The Great Gatsby

as Makeup Supervisor

2013

The Great Gatsby

as Hair Supervisor

1981

Mad Max 2

as Makeup Supervisor

2009

Knowing

as Hair Designer

2009

Knowing

as Makeup Designer

2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

as Hair Designer

2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

as Makeup Designer

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