Person

Michèle Burke

Costume & Make-Up · 1959–2025 · Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Biography

Michèle Burke (born 1959) is an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist. Burke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973 and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a make-up artist. She currently holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality. She has won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981), the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Source: Article "Michèle Burke" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Filmography

2013OblivionMakeup Supervisor
2010Knight and DayMakeup Artist
2008He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack PierceSelf
2006Monster HouseMakeup Artist
2006Mission: Impossible IIIMakeup Artist
2005ElizabethtownMakeup Supervisor
2004SpanglishMakeup Designer
2002Austin Powers in GoldmemberMakeup Designer
2002Minority ReportMakeup Designer
2001Vanilla SkyMakeup Designer
2000The CellMakeup Artist
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged MeMakeup Designer
1999GloriaMakeup Artist
1997As Good as It GetsMakeup Supervisor
1996Jerry MaguireMakeup Supervisor
1996Some Mother's SonSpecial Effects Makeup Artist
1996Moll FlandersMakeup Artist
1994Interview with the VampireMakeup Supervisor
1994Color of NightMakeup Designer
1992Bram Stoker's DraculaMakeup Department Head
1992Where the Day Takes YouTattoo Designer
1991For the BoysKey Makeup Artist
1990Cyrano de BergeracMakeup Artist
1989Stepfather 2Makeup Effects
1989Police Academy 6: City Under SiegeProsthetics
1988In a Shallow GraveMakeup Designer
1988Bad DreamsMakeup Designer
1986Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of GoldMakeup Artist
1985Brother Where You BoundMakeup & Hair
1981Quest for FireMakeup Department Head
1980Terror TrainMakeup Artist

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