Known For
Costume & Make-Up
Known Credits
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Gender
Female
Birthday
Birthday not available
Place of Birth
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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| 2026 | The Bluff...Hair Designer | |
| 2026 | The Bluff...Makeup Designer | |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga...Hair Designer | |
| 2024 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga...Makeup Designer | |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing...Makeup & Hair | |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing...Hair Designer | |
| 2022 | Three Thousand Years of Longing...Makeup Designer | |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold...Makeup Designer | |
| 2019 | Dora and the Lost City of Gold...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 2018 | Aquaman...Hair Designer | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant...Hair Designer | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 2017 | Alien: Covenant...Makeup Designer | |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road...Hair Designer | |
| 2015 | Mad Max: Fury Road...Makeup Designer | |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby...Hair Supervisor | |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty...Makeup Designer | |
| 2011 | Sleeping Beauty...Hair Designer | |
| 2009 | Knowing...Hair Designer | |
| 2009 | Knowing...Makeup Designer | |
| 2007 | Ghost Rider...Hairstylist | |
| 2006 | Happy Feet...Makeup Artist | |
| 2003 | Beyond Borders...Makeup Designer | |
| 2002 | Scooby-Doo...Hair Supervisor | |
| 2002 | Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge!...Makeup Artist | |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City...Hair Designer | |
| 1998 | Babe: Pig in the City...Makeup Designer | |
| 1998 | Dark City...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 1998 | Dark City...Hair Department Head | |
| 1996 | Whipping Boy...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 1996 | The Beast...Makeup Department Head | |
| 1994 | Street Fighter...Makeup Designer | |
| 1994 | Shotgun Wedding...Makeup Artist | |
| 1994 | No Escape...Makeup Designer | |
| 1994 | No Escape...Hair 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 | Mad Max 2...Makeup Supervisor | |
| 1981 | Race for the Yankee Zephyr...Makeup Artist | |
| 1980 | Beyond Reasonable Doubt...Makeup Artist |
| 2025 | Return to Dark Cityas Self | |
| 2024 | Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosaas Self | |
| 2014 | Old Schoolas Make-Up Artist | |
| 2009 | Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thrilleras self | |
| 2007 | Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rideras Self |
