Lesley Vanderwalt
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.
Known For
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2026The BluffHair Designer · Makeup Designer2025Return to Dark CitySelf2024Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of FuriosaSelf2024Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaHair Designer · Makeup Designer2022Three Thousand Years of LongingMakeup & Hair · Hair Designer · Makeup Designer2019Dora and the Lost City of GoldMakeup Supervisor · Makeup Designer2018AquamanHair Designer2017Alien: CovenantMakeup Supervisor · Hair Designer · Makeup Designer2015Mad Max: Fury RoadHair Designer · Makeup Designer2014Old SchoolTVMake-Up Artist2013The Great GatsbyMakeup Supervisor · Hair Supervisor2011Sleeping BeautyHair Designer · Makeup Designer2009Knowing All: The Making of a Futuristic Thrillerself2009KnowingMakeup Designer · Hair Designer2007Spirit of Vengeance: Making Ghost RiderSelf2007Ghost RiderHairstylist2006Happy FeetMakeup Artist2003Beyond BordersMakeup Designer2002Scooby-DooHair Supervisor2002Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the ClonesMakeup Supervisor2001Moulin Rouge!Makeup Artist1998Babe: Pig in the CityMakeup Designer · Hair Designer1998Dark CityMakeup Supervisor · Hair Department Head1996Whipping BoyMakeup Supervisor1996The BeastTVMakeup Department Head1994Street FighterMakeup Designer1994Shotgun WeddingMakeup Artist1994No EscapeMakeup Designer · Hair Designer1994The CustodianMakeup Supervisor1992The Last Days of Chez NousMakeup Artist1991Return to the Blue LagoonMakeup Artist1990Blood OathMakeup Artist1989The Blood of HeroesMakeup Artist1987High TideMakeup & Hair1987VietnamMakeup Artist1986For Love AloneMakeup Artist1985The Coca-Cola KidMakeup Artist1984One Night StandAssistant Makeup Artist1981Mad Max 2Makeup Supervisor1981Race for the Yankee ZephyrMakeup Artist1980Beyond Reasonable DoubtMakeup Artist