Person
Lesley Vanderwalt
Costume & Make-Up
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 overseeing hair and makeup on the movie Mad Max: Fury Road. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lesley Vanderwalt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Mad Max: Fury Road
Makeup Designer
Ghost Rider
Hairstylist
Aquaman
Hair Designer
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hair Designer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Makeup Supervisor
The Bluff
Hair Designer
Alien: Covenant
Hair Designer
Happy Feet
Makeup Artist
The Great Gatsby
Makeup Supervisor
Dark City
Makeup Supervisor
Filmography
- 2026The BluffHair Designer
- 2025Return to Dark CitySelf
- 2024Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of FuriosaSelf
- 2024Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaHair Designer
- 2022Three Thousand Years of LongingMakeup & Hair
- 2019Dora and the Lost City of GoldMakeup Designer
- 2018AquamanHair Designer
- 2017Alien: CovenantHair Designer
- 2015Mad Max: Fury RoadMakeup Designer
- 2014Old SchoolMake-Up Artist
- 2013The Great GatsbyMakeup Supervisor
- 2011Sleeping BeautyMakeup Designer
- 2009Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thrillerself
- 2009KnowingHair Designer
- 2007Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost RiderSelf
- 2007Ghost RiderHairstylist
- 2006Happy FeetMakeup Artist
- 2003Beyond BordersMakeup Designer
- 2002Scooby-DooHair Supervisor
- 2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMakeup Supervisor
- 2001Moulin Rouge!Makeup Artist
- 1998Babe: Pig in the CityHair Designer
- 1998Dark CityMakeup Supervisor
- 1996Whipping BoyMakeup Supervisor
- 1996The BeastMakeup Department Head
- 1994Street FighterMakeup Designer
- 1994Shotgun WeddingMakeup Artist
- 1994No EscapeHair Designer
- 1994The CustodianMakeup Supervisor
- 1992The Last Days of Chez NousMakeup Artist
- 1991Return to the Blue LagoonMakeup Artist
- 1990Blood OathMakeup Artist
- 1989The Blood of HeroesMakeup Artist
- 1987High TideMakeup & Hair
- 1987VietnamMakeup Artist
- 1986For Love AloneMakeup Artist
- 1985The Coca-Cola KidMakeup Artist
- 1984One Night StandAssistant Makeup Artist
- 1981Mad Max 2Makeup Supervisor
- 1981Race for the Yankee ZephyrMakeup Artist
- 1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtMakeup Artist
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