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, where she has frequently collaborated with directors such as George Miller and Baz Luhrmann. She 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 β 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.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 34
TV Shows 2
Makeup Designer
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
Movie
Makeup & Hair
Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
Movie
6
Makeup Designer / Makeup Supervisor
Dora and the Lost City of Gold (2019)
Movie
6.17
Hair Designer
Aquaman (2018)
Movie
6.79
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer / Makeup Supervisor
Alien: Covenant (2017)
Movie
5.68
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
Movie
7.22
Make-Up Artist
Old School (2014)
TV
6
Hair Supervisor / Makeup Supervisor
The Great Gatsby (2013)
Movie
6.95
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
Movie
6.75
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
Knowing (2009)
Movie
5.82
Hairstylist
Ghost Rider (2007)
Movie
6.66
Makeup Artist
Happy Feet (2006)
Movie
6.43
Makeup Designer
Beyond Borders (2003)
Movie
6
Hair Supervisor
Scooby-Doo (2002)
Movie
5.81
Makeup Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Movie
6.15
Makeup Artist
Moulin Rouge! (2001)
Movie
8.11
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
Babe: Pig in the City (1998)
Movie
Hair Supervisor / Makeup Supervisor
Dark City (1998)
Movie
5.89
Makeup Supervisor
Whipping Boy (1996)
Movie
Makeup Department Head
The Beast (1996)
TV
Makeup Designer
Street Fighter (1994)
Movie
4.5
Makeup Artist
Shotgun Wedding (1994)
Movie
Hair Designer / Makeup Designer
No Escape (1994)
Movie
5.1
Makeup Supervisor
The Custodian (1994)
Movie
Makeup Artist
The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992)
Movie
Makeup Artist
Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)
Movie
5.23
Makeup Artist
Blood Oath (1990)
Movie
Makeup Artist
The Blood of Heroes (1989)
Movie
Makeup & Hair
High Tide (1987)
Movie
5.43
Makeup Artist
Vietnam (1987)
Movie
Makeup Artist
For Love Alone (1986)
Movie
Makeup Artist
The Coca-Cola Kid (1985)
Movie
Assistant Makeup Artist
One Night Stand (1984)
Movie
Makeup Supervisor
Mad Max 2 (1981)
Movie
5.89
Makeup Artist
Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981)
Movie
Makeup Artist
Beyond Reasonable Doubt (1980)
Movie
Ratings
Average 6.16
Based on 5.21 Million movie and tv ratings over time
1980
1990
1998
1994
2022
Information
Known ForCostume & Make-Up
Birthday1950-01-01 (74 years old)
Birth PlaceNew Zealand, New Zealand
CitizenshipsAustralia, New Zealand
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
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