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Known ForCostume & Make-Up
GenderFemale
Career Span1980 – Present (47 yrs)
Known Credits41 Titles
Costume & Make-UpPopularity Score 0.6

Lesley Vanderwalt

Total Works

41

39 movies • 2 shows

Avg Rating

6.4 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Mad Max: Fury Road
7.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015•movie
Role: Hair Designer
Aquaman
6.9
Aquaman
2018•movie
Role: Hair Designer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.6
Role: Makeup Supervisor
The Great Gatsby
7.3
The Great Gatsby
2013•movie
Role: Makeup Supervisor

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 41 titles featuring Lesley Vanderwalt

Mad Max: Fury Road
7.6
Mad Max: Fury Road
2015•movie

Role: Hair Designer

Aquaman
6.9
Aquaman
2018•movie

Role: Hair Designer

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
6.6

Role: Makeup Supervisor

The Great Gatsby
7.3
The Great Gatsby
2013•movie

Role: Makeup Supervisor

Alien: Covenant
6.2
Alien: Covenant
2017•movie

Role: Hair Designer

Ghost Rider
5.6
Ghost Rider
2007•movie

Role: Hairstylist

Knowing
6.3
Knowing
2009•movie

Role: Hair Designer

Happy Feet
6.2
Happy Feet
2006•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
7.4

Role: Hair Designer

Moulin Rouge!
7.5
Moulin Rouge!
2001•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

Scooby-Doo
6.1
Scooby-Doo
2002•movie

Role: Hair Supervisor

Mad Max 2
7.4
Mad Max 2
1981•movie

Role: Makeup Supervisor

Dark City
7.3
Dark City
1998•movie

Role: Makeup Supervisor

Dora and the Lost City of Gold
6.6

Role: Makeup Designer

Three Thousand Years of Longing
6.9

Role: Makeup & Hair

Street Fighter
4.7
Street Fighter
1994•movie

Role: Makeup Designer

Babe: Pig in the City
5.7

Role: Hair Designer

Return to the Blue Lagoon
6.2

Role: Makeup Artist

Sleeping Beauty
5.4
Sleeping Beauty
2011•movie

Role: Makeup Designer

No Escape
6.2
No Escape
1994•movie

Role: Makeup Designer

Beyond Borders
6.4
Beyond Borders
2003•movie

Role: Makeup Designer

The Bluff
6.7
The Bluff
2026•movie

Role: Hair Designer

The Blood of Heroes
5.8

Role: Makeup Artist

The Beast
6.3
The Beast
1996•series

Role: Makeup Department Head

The Coca-Cola Kid
5.4
The Coca-Cola Kid
1985•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
5.9

Role: Makeup Artist

High Tide
6.5
High Tide
1987•movie

Role: Makeup & Hair

The Last Days of Chez Nous
5.8

Role: Makeup Artist

Blood Oath
5.7
Blood Oath
1990•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

Old School
7.6
1 eps
Old School
2014•series

as Make-Up Artist

For Love Alone
3.7
For Love Alone
1986•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

The Custodian
4.5
The Custodian
1994•movie

Role: Makeup Supervisor

Vietnam
7.6
Vietnam
1987•movie

Role: Makeup Artist

One Night Stand
5.6
One Night Stand
1984•movie

Role: Assistant Makeup Artist

Whipping Boy
6.7
Whipping Boy
1996•movie

Role: Makeup Supervisor

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
6.7

Role: Makeup Artist

Return to Dark City
9.0

as Self

Shotgun Wedding
9.0
Shotgun Wedding
1994•movie

Role: Makeup Artist