A look at the CVs of the Oscar winners for best makeup and hairstyling of the whale – WWD

Talent comes in many forms, one of which is the artistry of hair and makeup on film. The category was among the awards at Sunday’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles, along with, of course, performance plus camera, script and sound. This year, prosthetics proved victorious as Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Annemarie Bradley made it onto the podium and took home the Oscars for Best Makeup and Best Hairstyling. The honor recognized her extensive dislike of Brendan Fraser, transforming the actor into Charlie, the main character of “The Whale.” Fraser plays an obese man living behind a computer screen trying to bond with his distant daughter by following the reality he faces with his condition.

For The Whale to receive this award, the use of fully digital prosthetic makeup was a huge success. The Academy noted that this was the first time Fraser had been able to radiate his range of emotional expression.

Dubbed a “prosthetic wizard” by Motion Pictures, Morot was tasked with creating the prosthetic makeup for Fraser’s character, Charlie. Each day on set involved hours of meticulous preparation while Fraser cast every part of his body, from his chin to his arms and legs.

Morot’s skills have been recognized for more than a decade, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Achievement in Makeup for the film Barney’s Vision in 2011.

Other nominees in the category included Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti with their nostalgic adaptations of Austin Butler and Tom Hanks for “Elvis”; Camille Friend and Joel Harlow bring otherworldly glamor to the entire Black Panther: Wakanda Forever cast; Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine, who used the characters of Gotham in a modern look for The Batman, and Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová for All Quiet on the Western Front, which also won the Academy Award for Best Picture international image.

As Morot, Chin and Bradley enjoy their performance, WWD looks below at their work over the years, including the striking special effects makeup that Morot brought to life in 2014’s X-Men: Days of Future Past, and the avant-garde “Black Swan” as Chin imagined it on the face of Natalie Portman in 2010.

Judy Chin for Black Swan

In the 2010 film Black Swan, Chin blushed Natalie Portman’s face with a white base and faintly red lips, capitalizing on the ballerina’s first look with darkness in her gaze. The black and bold eyeliner portrayed a transcendent image and took advantage of the film’s plot with eyeliner covering the entire eyelid and temple and sharply drawn to the inner corner of the eye.

Judy Chin for Little Women

Chin’s work as head of makeup in Greta Gerwig’s film Little Women showed the female cast in a natural light, although she was overshadowed with a thoughtful approach to the storyline era with subtle blushes and lip colors.

Chin also received two Emmy Award nominations in 2001 and 2003 for her work as principal makeup artist and head of makeup for “Sex and the City.”

Adrien Morot for “X-Men: Days of Future Past”

Montreal-born special effects makeup artist Morot worked on X-Men: Days of Future Past. Jennifer Lawrence has been reimagined as Mystique with scales on her blue figure and black ink pupils fully dilated with one yellow eye.

Portrayed by Nicholas Hoult in X-Men: Days of Future Past, Beast had an intense gaze that began with his brushed eyebrows and razor-sharp teeth. Morot put the character in a grisly state with body hair sticking out through the tears in his clothing.

Annemarie Bradley for “In the Heights”

Hairstylist Annemarie Bradley received a Make Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Award nomination for Best Contemporary Hairstyling in a Feature-Length Motion Picture for “In the Heights.” The musical emphasized the charisma of a hair salon and Bradley nailed the daring with voluminous hairstyles and playful hair accessories.

Annemarie Bradley for “A Bad Moms Christmas”

Bradley was behind the hair color and style in A Bad Moms Christmas. Kathryn Hahn’s character plays the daughter of Isis Dunkler, portrayed by Susan Sarandon, both of whom are seen with auburn hues and free-spirited personalities. Whether sporting disco curls or pinned at one-sided ends, Bradley channeled the actress’s traits with her look-alike hairstyles.

The annual Oscars celebrate film, cinematography and the artists who bring characters to life. That year, Jimmy Kimmel hosted the show. Appearances included Rihanna and Lady Gaga, and presenters included Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Janelle Monáe and more. For the 95th annual ceremony, the red carpet was swapped out for a champagne color for aesthetic reasons to enhance photography during arrival. The champagne carpet was the first to change from red since the 33rd Academy Awards in 1961.