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.
Known For
Filmography
41 titles · Newest first · Cast and crew credits

The Bluff
2026 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer

Return to Dark City
2025 · Movie
Self

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer

Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
2024 · Movie
Self

Three Thousand Years of Longing
2022 · Movie
Makeup & Hair · Makeup Designer · Hair Designer

Dora and the Lost City of Gold
2019 · Movie
Makeup Designer · Makeup Supervisor

Aquaman
2018 · Movie
Hair Designer

Alien: Covenant
2017 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer · Makeup Supervisor

Mad Max: Fury Road
2015 · Movie
Makeup Designer · Hair Designer

Old School
2014 · TV Show
Make-Up Artist

The Great Gatsby
2013 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor · Hair Supervisor

Sleeping Beauty
2011 · Movie
Makeup Designer · Hair Designer

Knowing
2009 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer

Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thriller
2009 · Movie
self

Ghost Rider
2007 · Movie
Hairstylist

Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider
2007 · Movie
Self

Happy Feet
2006 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Beyond Borders
2003 · Movie
Makeup Designer

Scooby-Doo
2002 · Movie
Hair Supervisor

Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
2002 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor

Moulin Rouge!
2001 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer

Dark City
1998 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor · Hair Department Head

The Beast
1996 · TV Show
Makeup Department Head

Whipping Boy
1996 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor

No Escape
1994 · Movie
Hair Designer · Makeup Designer

Shotgun Wedding
1994 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Street Fighter
1994 · Movie
Makeup Designer

The Custodian
1994 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor

The Last Days of Chez Nous
1992 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Return to the Blue Lagoon
1991 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Blood Oath
1990 · Movie
Makeup Artist

The Blood of Heroes
1989 · Movie
Makeup Artist

High Tide
1987 · Movie
Makeup & Hair

Vietnam
1987 · Movie
Makeup Artist

For Love Alone
1986 · Movie
Makeup Artist

The Coca-Cola Kid
1985 · Movie
Makeup Artist

One Night Stand
1984 · Movie
Assistant Makeup Artist

Mad Max 2
1981 · Movie
Makeup Supervisor

Race for the Yankee Zephyr
1981 · Movie
Makeup Artist

Beyond Reasonable Doubt
1980 · Movie
Makeup Artist










