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