Lesley Vanderwalt

Lesley Vanderwalt

Actor

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.

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Representative Works

Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road
7.6
/ English
Ghost Rider
Ghost Rider
5.6
/ English
Aquaman
Aquaman
6.9
/ English
The Bluff
The Bluff
6.8
/ English
Alien: Covenant
Alien: Covenant
6.2
/ English
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
7.3
/ English
Happy Feet
Happy Feet
6.2
/ English
Dark City
Dark City
7.3
/ English
Knowing
Knowing
6.3
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Mad Max: Fury Road
2015Winner

Best Performance

Mad Max: Fury Road

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024Nominee

Best Performance

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Ghost Rider
2007Nominee

Best Performance

Ghost Rider

Career Highlights

Aquaman
2018Highlight

Best Performance

Aquaman

The Bluff
2026Highlight

Best Performance

The Bluff

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