Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Anne Morgan, Kazu Hiro, Vivian Baker, 2019 winners

The Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup and hair-styling for film. Usually, only three films are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories. The exception is in the early 1980s, when there were only two nominees; and in 1999, when there were four nominees.

The competitive category was created in 1981 as the Academy Award for Best Makeup, after the Academy received complaints that the make-up work in The Elephant Man (1980) was not going to be honored. No award was given to The Elephant Man however, but an entire category dedicated to honoring make-up effects in film was created for subsequent ceremonies. Previously, make-up artists were only eligible for special achievement awards for their work.

In 2012, the category was renamed to its current name for use in the 85th Academy Awards and onward, it was previously called Best Makeup.

Nominees & winners

37th Academy Awards, 1964

Honorary Award to William Tuttle — 7 Faces of Dr. Lao

41st Academy Awards, 1968

Honorary Award to John Chambers — Planet of the Apes (1968)

1980s

54th Academy Awards (1981)

Winner

An American Werewolf in London — Rick Baker

Nominees

Heartbeeps — Stan Winston

55th Academy Awards (1982)

Winner

Qeust for Fire — Sarah Monzani, Michèle Burke

Nominees

Gandhi — Tom Smith

1983 - No award given.

57th Academy Awards (1984)

Winner

Amadeus — Paul LeBlanc, Dick Smith

Nominees

Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes — Rick Baker, Paul Engelen

2010 — Michael Westmore

58th Academy Awards (1985)

Winner

Mask — Michael Westmore, Zoltan Elek

Nominees

The Color Purple — Ken Chase

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins — Carl Fullerton

59th Academy Awards (1986)

Winner

The Fly — Chris Walas, Stephan Dupuis

Nominees

The Clan of the Cave Bear — Michael G. Westmore, Michèle Burke

Legend — Rob Bottin, Peter Robb-King

60th Academy Awards (1987)

Winner

Harry and the Hendersons — Rick Baker

Nominees

Happy New Year — Bob Laden

61st Academy Awards (1988)

Winner

Beetlejuice — Ve Neill, Steve La Porte, Robert Short

Nominees

Coming to America — Rick Baker

Scrooged — Tom Burman, Bari Dreiband-Burman

62nd Academy Awards (1989)

Winner

Driving Miss Daisy — Manlio Rocchetti, Lynn Barber, Kevin Haney

Nominees

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen — Maggie Weston, Fabrizio Sforza

Dad — Dick Smith, Ken Diaz, Greg Nelson

1990s

63rd Academy Awards (1990)

Winner

Dick Tracy — John Caglione, Jr., Doug Drexler

Nominees

Cyrano de Bergerac — Michèle Burke, Jean-Pierre Eychenne

Edward Scissorhands — Ve Neill, Stan Winston

64th Academy Awards (1991)

Winner

Terminator 2: Judgment Day — Stan Winston, Jeff Dawn

Nominees

Hook — Christina Smith, Monty Westmore, Greg Cannom

Star Trek VI The Undiscovered Country — Michael Mills, Edward French, Richard Snell

65th Academy Awards (1992)

Winner

Bram Stoker's Dracula — Greg Cannom, Michèle Burke, Matthew W. Mungle

Nominees

Batman Returns — Ve Neill, Ronnie Specter, Stan Winston

Hoffa — Ve Neill, Greg Cannom, John Blake

66th Academy Awards (1993)

Winner

Mrs. Doubtfire — Greg Cannom, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng

Nominees

Philadelphia — Carl Fullerton, Alan D'Angerio

Schindler's List — Christina Smith, Matthew Mungle, Judy Alexander Cory

67th Academy Awards (1994)

Winner

Ed Wood — Rick Baker, Ve Neill, Yolanda Toussieng

Nominees

Forrest Gump — Daniel C. Striepeke, Hallie D'Amore, Judith A. Cory

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein — Daniel Parker, Paul Engelen, Carol Hemming

68th Academy Awards (1995)

Winner

Braveheart — Peter Frampton, Paul Pattison, Lois Burwell

Nominees

My Family, Mi Familia — Ken Diaz, Mark Sanchez

Roommates — Greg Cannom, Bob Laden, Colleen Callaghan

69th Academy Awards (1996)

Winner

The Nutty Professor — Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson

Nominees

Ghosts of Mississippi — Matthew W. Mungle, Deborah La Mia Denaver

Star Trek: First Contact — Michael Westmore, Scott Wheeler, Jake Garber

70th Academy Awards (1997)

Winner

Men in Black — Rick Baker, David LeRoy Anderson

Nominees

Mrs. Brown — Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner, Beverley Binda

Titanic — Tina Earnshaw, Greg Cannom, Simon Thompson

71st Academy Awards (1998)

Winner

Elizabeth — Jenny Shircore

Nominees

Saving Private Ryan — Lois Burwell, Conor O'Sullivan, Daniel C. Striepeke

Shakespeare in Love — Lisa Westcott, Veronica Brebner

72nd Academy Awards (1999)

Winner

Topsy-Turvy — Christine Blundell, Trefor Proud

Nominees

Austen Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me — Michèle Burke, Mike Smithson

Bicentennial Man — Greg Cannom

Life — Rick Baker

2000s

73rd Academy Awards (2000)

Winner

Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas — Rick Baker, Gail Ryan

Nominees

The Cell — Michèle Burke, Edouard Henriques

Shadow of the Vampire — Ann Buchanan, Amber Sibley

74th Academy Awards (2001)

Winner

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring — Peter Owen, Richard Taylor

Nominees

A Beautiful Mind — Greg Cannom, Colleen Callaghan

Moulin Rouge! — Maurizio Silvi, Aldo Signoretti

75th Academy Awards (2002)

Winner

Frida — John Jackson, Beatrice De Alba

Nominees

The Time Machine — John M. Elliott, Jr., Barbara Lorenz

76th Academy Awards (2003)

Winner

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Richard Taylor, Peter King

Nominees

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World — Edouard F. Henriques, Yolanda Toussieng

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl — Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

77th Academy Awards (2004)

Winner

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events — Valli O'Reilly, Bill Corso

Nominees

The Passion of the Christ — Keith Vanderlaan, Christien Tinsley

The Sea Inside — Jo Allen, Manuel Garcia

78th Academy Awards (2005)

Winner

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — Howard Berger, Tami Lane

Nominees

Cinderella Man — David Leroy Anderson, Lance Anderson

Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith — Dave Elsey, Nikki Gooley

79th Academy Awards (2006)

Winner

Pan's Labyrinth — David Martí, Montse Ribé

Nominees

Apocalypto — Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

Click — Kazuhiro Tsuji, Bill Corso

80th Academy Awards (2007)

Winner

La Vie en Rose — Didier Lavergne, Jan Archibald

Nominees

Norbit — Rick Baker, Kazuhiro Tsuji

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End — Ve Neill, Martin Samuel

81st Academy Awards (2008)

Winner

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button — Greg Cannom

Nominees

The Dark Knight — John Caglione, Jr., Conor O’Sullivan

Hellboy II: The Golden Army — Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz

82nd Academy Awards (2009)

Winner

Star Trek — Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow

Nominees

Il Divo — Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano

The Young Victoria — John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore

2010s

83rd Academy Awards (2010)

Winner

The Wolfman (2010) — Rick Baker, Dave Elsey

Nominees

Barney's Version — Adrien Morot

The Way Back — Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk, Yolanda Toussieng

84th Academy Awards (2011)

Winner

The Iron Lady — Mark Coulier, J. Roy Helland

Nominees

Albert Nobbs — Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston, Matthew W. Mungle

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 — Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight, Lisa Tomblin

85th Academy Awards (2012)

Winner

Les Misérables — Lisa Westcott, Julie Dartnell

Nominees

Hitchcock — Howard Berger, Peter Montagna, Martin Samuel

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey — Peter King, Rick Findlater, Tami Lane

86th Academy Awards (2013)

Winner

Dallas Buyers Club — Adruitha Lee, Robin Mathews

Nominees

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa — Stephen Prouty

The Lone Ranger — Joel Harlow, Gloria Pasqua-Casny

87th Academy Awards (2014)

Winner

The Grand Budapest Hotel — Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier

Nominees

Foxcatcher — Bill Corso, Dennis Liddiard

Guardians of the Galaxy — Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou, David White

88th Academy Awards (2015)

Winner

Mad Max: Fury Road — Lesley Vanderwalt, Elka Wardega, Damian Martin

Nominees

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared — Love Larson, Eva von Bahr

The Revenant — Siân Grigg, Duncan Jarman, Robert Pandini

89th Academy Awards (2016)

Winner

Suicide Squad — Alessandro Bertolazzi, Giorgio Gregorini, Christopher Nelson

Nominees

A Man Called Ove — Eva von Bahr, Love Larson

Star Trek Beyond — Joel Harlow, Richard Alonzo

90th Academy Awards (2017)

Winner

Darkest Hour — Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick

Nominees

Victoria & Abdul — Daniel Phillips, Lou Sheppard

Wonder — Arjen Tuiten

91st Academy Awards (2018)

Winner

Vice — Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe, Patricia DeHaney

Nominees

Border — Göran Lundström, Pamela Goldammer

Mary Queen of Scots — Jenny Shircore, Marc Pilcher, Jessica Brooks

92nd Academy Awards (2019)

Winner

Bombshell — Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan, Vivian Baker

Nominees

1917 — Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis, Rebecca Cole

Joker — Nicki Ledermann, Kay Georgiou

Judy — Jeremy Woodhead

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil — Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten, David White

2020s

93rd Academy Awards (2020)

Winner

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson

Nominees

Emma. — Marese Langan, Laura Allen, Claudia Stolze

Hillbilly Elegy — Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew W. Mungle, Patricia Dehaney

Mank — Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri, Colleen LaBaff

Pinocchio — Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli, Francesco Pegoretti

94th Academy Awards (2021)

Winner

The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh

Nominees

Coming 2 America — Mike Marino, Stacey Morris, Carla Farmer

Cruella — Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne, Julia Vernon

Dune: Part One — Donald Mawat, Love Larson, Eva von Bahr

House of Gucci — Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock, Frederic Aspiras

95th Academy Awards (2022)

Winner

The Whale — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin, Annemarie Bradley

Nominees

All Quiet on the Western Front — Heike Merker, Linda Eisenhamerová

The Batman — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino, Mike Fontaine

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Camille Friend, Joel Harlow

Elvis — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird, Aldo Signoretti

96th Academy Awards (2023)

Winner

TBD

Nominees

Golda — Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, Ashra Kelly-Blue

Maestro — Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, Lori McCoy-Bell

Oppenheimer — Luisa Abel

Poor Things — Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston

Society of the Snow — Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, Montse Ribé