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 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.
Personal Details
Movies (36)
Return to Dark City
as Self
2025
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
as Self
2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2024
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Makeup & Hair (Costume & Make-Up)
2022
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2019
Aquaman
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2018
Alien: Covenant
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2017
Mad Max: Fury Road
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2015
The Great Gatsby
Makeup Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
2013
Sleeping Beauty
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2011
Knowing
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2009
Ghost Rider
Hairstylist (Costume & Make-Up)
2007
Happy Feet
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
2006
Beyond Borders
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
2003
Scooby-Doo
Hair Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
2002
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
Makeup Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
2002
Moulin Rouge!
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
2001
Babe: Pig in the City
Hair Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
1998
Dark City
Hair Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
1998
Whipping Boy
Makeup Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
1996
Street Fighter
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
1994
Shotgun Wedding
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1994
No Escape
Makeup Designer (Costume & Make-Up)
1994
The Custodian
Makeup Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
1994
The Last Days of Chez Nous
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1992
Return to the Blue Lagoon
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1991
Blood Oath
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1990
The Blood of Heroes
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1989
High Tide
Makeup & Hair (Costume & Make-Up)
1987
Vietnam
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1987
For Love Alone
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1986
The Coca-Cola Kid
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1985
One Night Stand
Assistant Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1984
Mad Max 2
Makeup Supervisor (Costume & Make-Up)
1981
Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1981
Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Makeup Artist (Costume & Make-Up)
1980
