Lesley Vanderwalt
- Known for
- Costume & Make-Up
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.
Filmography
The Bluff 2026
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Return to Dark City 2025
as Self
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa 2024
as Self
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 2024
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Three Thousand Years of Longing 2022
Makeup & Hair, Makeup Designer, Hair Designer
Dora and the Lost City of Gold 2019
Makeup Designer, Makeup Supervisor
Aquaman 2018
Hair Designer
Alien: Covenant 2017
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer, Makeup Supervisor
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015
Makeup Designer, Hair Designer
The Great Gatsby 2013
Makeup Supervisor, Hair Supervisor
Sleeping Beauty 2011
Makeup Designer, Hair Designer
Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller 2009
as self
Knowing 2009
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider 2007
as Self
Ghost Rider 2007
Hairstylist
Happy Feet 2006
Makeup Artist
Beyond Borders 2003
Makeup Designer
Scooby-Doo 2002
Hair Supervisor
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones 2002
Makeup Supervisor
Moulin Rouge! 2001
Makeup Artist
Babe: Pig in the City 1998
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
Dark City 1998
Makeup Supervisor, Hair Department Head
Whipping Boy 1996
Makeup Supervisor
Street Fighter 1994
Makeup Designer
Shotgun Wedding 1994
Makeup Artist
No Escape 1994
Hair Designer, Makeup Designer
The Custodian 1994
Makeup Supervisor
The Last Days of Chez Nous 1992
Makeup Artist
Return to the Blue Lagoon 1991
Makeup Artist
Blood Oath 1990
Makeup Artist
Credits from TMDB.