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The winners who defined Makeup & Hair.

45 ceremonies, 1965–2025. 43 different winners. The longest run belongs to Rick Baker & David LeRoy Anderson, with 2 straight wins.

Who won most recently?
Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon & Marilyne Scarselli in 2025 for The Substance.
Who has won the most?
Rick Baker and Rick Baker & David LeRoy Anderson, tied on 2 wins each.
  1. The SubstancePierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon & Marilyne Scarselli
  2. Poor ThingsNadia Stacey, Mark Coulier & Josh Weston
  3. The WhaleAdrien Morot, Judy Chin & Annemarie Bradley
  4. The Eyes of Tammy FayeLinda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram & Justin Raleigh
  5. Ma Rainey's Black BottomSergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal & Jamika Wilson
  6. BombshellKazu Hiro, Anne Morgan & Vivian Baker
Years explored
1965–2025
Different winners
43
Category leader
Rick Baker · 2
About this record

Best Makeup and Hairstyling was first awarded in 1965, so it does not run the full 1929–2025 window.

It was previously known as Best Makeup.

Hairstylists became eligible with the rename, which took effect at the 2013 ceremony. This race nominated only three films most years, four in 2000 and two in 2003, before the field grew to five in 2020.

2000–2025

26 ceremonies

19652025

01 / The reigns

26 winners shaped this category.

The timeline turns the 2000–2025 record into a sequence of reigns. Longer bands reveal sustained runs; color shows the credited distributor.

One band per year, because no winner has gone back-to-back in the years on record. Colored by distributor; scroll sideways for the full run.
Christine Blundell & Trefor Proud'00
Rick Baker & Gail Ryan'01
Peter Owen & Richard Taylor'02
John E. Jackson & Beatrice De Alba'03
Richard Taylor & Peter King'04
Valli O'Reilly & Bill Corso'05
Howard Berger & Tami Lane'06
David Martí & Montse Ribé'07
Didier Lavergne & Jan Archibald'08
Greg Cannom'09
Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow'10
Rick Baker & Dave Elsey'11
Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland'12
Lisa Westcott & Julie Dartnell'13
Adruitha Lee & Robin Mathews'14
Frances Hannon & Mark Coulier'15
Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega & Damian Martin'16
Suicide Squad'17
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick'18
Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe & Patricia Dehaney'19
Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan & Vivian Baker'20
Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal & Jamika Wilson'21
Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram & Justin Raleigh'22
Adrien Morot, Judy Chin & Annemarie Bradley'23
Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier & Josh Weston'24
The Substance'25

02 / The power map

Who stood behind the winners?

Universal leads the recorded distributor credits with 5 wins, 2000–2025. The full distribution shows whether power was concentrated or shared.

Universal5 wins
Warner Bros.4 wins
Paramount3 wins
Searchlight3 wins
Picturehouse2 wins
A241 win
Wins by distributor
  1. Universal519%
  2. Warner Bros.415%
  3. Paramount312%
  4. Searchlight312%
  5. Picturehouse28%
  6. A2414%
  7. Other831%

03 / The near misses

The names that kept coming back without the ending they wanted.

Counting nominations in this category only, 2000–2025.

Most nominated, never won this award

  1. 01
    Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano
    2 noms
  2. 02
    Ve Neill & Martin Samuel
    2 noms

Most losses in this category

  1. 01
    Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano
    2L · 0W
  2. 02
    Ve Neill & Martin Samuel
    2L · 0W
  3. 03
    Greg Cannom
    1L · 1W

04 / The archive

Every year.
Every winner.

The complete reference behind the story, showing 2000–2025. Open any year to see the rest of the field when nominee records are available.

YearWinnerDistributor
2025Pierre-Olivier Persin, Stéphanie Guillon & Marilyne Scarselli (The Substance)
beat 4 others
  • Mike Marino, David Presto & Crystal Jurado (A Different Man)
  • Julia Floch Carbonel, Emmanuel Janvier & Jean-Christophe Spadaccini (Emilia Pérez)
  • David White, Traci Loader & Suzanne Stokes-Munton (Nosferatu)
  • Frances Hannon, Laura Blount & Sarah Nuth (Wicked)
Mubi
2024Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier & Josh Weston (Poor Things)
beat 4 others
  • Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby & Ashra Kelly-Blue (Golda)
  • Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou & Lori McCoy-Bell (Maestro)
  • Luisa Abel (Oppenheimer)
  • Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí & Montse Ribé (Society of the Snow)
Searchlight Pictures
2023Adrien Morot, Judy Chin & Annemarie Bradley (The Whale)
beat 4 others
  • Heike Merker & Linda Eisenhamerová (All Quiet on the Western Front)
  • Naomi Donne, Mike Marino & Mike Fontaine (The Batman)
  • Camille Friend & Joel Harlow (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
  • Mark Coulier, Jason Baird & Aldo Signoretti (Elvis)
A24
2022Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram & Justin Raleigh (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
beat 4 others
  • Mike Marino, Stacey Morris & Carla Farmer (Coming 2 America)
  • Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne & Julia Vernon (Cruella)
  • Donald Mowat, Love Larson & Eva von Bahr (Dune)
  • Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock & Frederic Aspiras (House of Gucci)
Searchlight Pictures
2021Sergio López-Rivera, Mia Neal & Jamika Wilson (Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
beat 4 others
  • Marese Langan, Laura Allen & Claudia Stolze (Emma)
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle & Patricia Dehaney (Hillbilly Elegy)
  • Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri & Colleen LaBaff (Mank)
  • Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli & Francesco Pegoretti (Pinocchio)
Netflix
2020Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan & Vivian Baker (Bombshell)
beat 4 others
  • Nicki Ledermann & Kay Georgiou (Joker)
  • Jeremy Woodhead (Judy)
  • Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten & David White (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil)
  • Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis & Rebecca Cole (1917)
Lionsgate
2019Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe & Patricia Dehaney (Vice)
beat 2 others
  • Göran Lundström & Pamela Goldammer (Border)
  • Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher & Jessica Brooks (Mary Queen of Scots)
Annapurna Pictures
2018Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski & Lucy Sibbick (Darkest Hour)
beat 2 others
  • Daniel Phillips & Lou Sheppard (Victoria & Abdul)
  • Arjen Tuiten (Wonder)
Focus Features
2017Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini & Christopher Nelson (Suicide Squad)
beat 2 others
  • Eva von Bahr & Love Larson (A Man Called Ove)
  • Joel Harlow & Richard Alonzo (Star Trek Beyond)
Warner Bros.
2016Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega & Damian Martin (Mad Max: Fury Road)unverified
beat 2 others
  • Love Larson & Eva von Bahr (The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared)
  • Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman & Robert Pandini (The Revenant)
Warner Bros.
2015Frances Hannon & Mark Coulier (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
beat 2 others
  • Bill Corso & Dennis Liddiard (Foxcatcher)
  • Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou & David White (Guardians of the Galaxy)
Fox Searchlight Pictures
2014Adruitha Lee & Robin Mathews (Dallas Buyers Club)
beat 2 others
  • Stephen Prouty (Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa)
  • Joel Harlow & Gloria Pasqua-Casny (The Lone Ranger)
Focus Features
2013Lisa Westcott & Julie Dartnell (Les Misérables)
beat 2 others
  • Howard Berger, Peter Montagna & Martin Samuel (Hitchcock)
  • Peter Swords King, Rick Findlater & Tami Lane (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey)
Universal Pictures
2012Mark Coulier & J. Roy Helland (The Iron Lady)
beat 2 others
  • Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston & Matthew W. Mungle (Albert Nobbs)
  • Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight & Lisa Tomblin (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2)
The Weinstein Company
2011Rick Baker & Dave Elsey (The Wolfman)
beat 2 others
  • Adrien Morot (Barney's Version)
  • Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk & Yolanda Toussieng (The Way Back)
Universal Pictures
2010Barney Burman, Mindy Hall & Joel Harlow (Star Trek)
beat 2 others
  • Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano (Il divo)
  • Jon Henry Gordon & Jenny Shircore (The Young Victoria)
Paramount Pictures
2009Greg Cannom (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
beat 2 others
  • John Caglione Jr. & Conor O'Sullivan (The Dark Knight)
  • Mike Elizalde & Thomas Floutz (Hellboy II: The Golden Army)
Paramount Pictures
2008Didier Lavergne & Jan Archibald (La Vie en Rose)
beat 2 others
  • Rick Baker & Kazuhiro Tsuji (Norbit)
  • Ve Neill & Martin Samuel (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End)
Picturehouse
2007David Martí & Montse Ribé (Pan's Labyrinth)
beat 2 others
  • Aldo Signoretti & Vittorio Sodano (Apocalypto)
  • Kazuhiro Tsuji & Bill Corso (Click)
Picturehouse
2006Howard Berger & Tami Lane (The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
beat 2 others
  • David LeRoy Anderson & Lance Anderson (Cinderella Man)
  • Dave Elsey & Nikki Gooley (Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith)
Walt Disney Pictures
2005Valli O'Reilly & Bill Corso (Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events)
beat 2 others
  • Keith VanderLaan & Christien Tinsley (The Passion of the Christ)
  • Jo Allen & Manuel García (The Sea Inside)
Paramount Pictures
2004Richard Taylor & Peter King (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King)
beat 2 others
  • Edouard F. Henriques & Yolanda Toussieng (Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World)
  • Ve Neill & Martin Samuel (Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl)
New Line Cinema
2003John E. Jackson & Beatrice De Alba (Frida)
beat 1 other
  • John M. Elliott Jr. & Barbara Lorenz (The Time Machine)
Miramax
2002Peter Owen & Richard Taylor (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)
beat 2 others
  • Greg Cannom & Colleen Callaghan (A Beautiful Mind)
  • Maurizio Silvi & Aldo Signoretti (Moulin Rouge!)
New Line Cinema
2001Rick Baker & Gail Ryan (How the Grinch Stole Christmas)
beat 2 others
  • Michèle Burke & Edouard F. Henriques (The Cell)
  • Ann Buchanan & Amber Sibley (Shadow of the Vampire)
Universal Pictures
2000Christine Blundell & Trefor Proud (Topsy-Turvy)
beat 3 others
  • Michèle Burke & Mike Smithson (Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me)
  • Greg Cannom (Bicentennial Man)
  • Rick Baker (Life)
USA Films