Make-up artist Ve Neill and hair stylist Yolanda Toussieng, both Oscar® and Emmy® winners, will receive the Lifetime Achievement Awards at the annual Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards, honoring both make-up artists and hair stylists outstanding achievements in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater. The awards will be held Saturday, February 20, at Paramount Studios Theatre, Hollywood.
“The bodies of work of Ve Neill and Yolanda Toussieng are legendary, and we are proud to rank them among the best in the history of our profession. They are extraordinary artists and accomplished leaders in the industry, and it is our pleasure to name them as this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award recipients,” said Cabral-Ebert.
Ve Neill is the first female make-up artist to win an Oscar and is also the first female make-up artist to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award by the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild. She has won a total of three Oscars for Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Ed Wood (1994) and Beetlejuice (1988). She has four Academy Award® nominations, a Primetime and a Daytime Emmy win, 31 additional nominations including BAFTA, and MUAHS Guild Awards. Neill recognized as a unique talent in the craft of film make-up, special make-up effects and in designing unique character and beauty make-up looks, has more than 100 film and television credits to her name. Best known for The Hunger Games (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Pirates of the Caribbean and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013).
Hair stylist Yolanda Toussieng is the first hair stylist to win an Oscar, and she has won two for Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and Ed Wood (1994). She is best known for her work on Edward Scissorhands (1990), Oz The Great and Powerful (2013), Hairspray (2007), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Batman Returns (1992).
Toussieng won a Daytime Emmy in 1989 for Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, ten other award nominations and has over 60 film and television hair styling credits spanning three decades of work. Her creativity, expertise and remarkable craftsmanship have been greatly admired for both period and contemporary films. Her credits range from Insurgent (2015), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Poseidon (2006), Batman and Robin (1997), The Way Back (2010), plus dozens more.
Previous recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Make-Up Artists are Rick Baker, Montague “Monty” Westmore, Bob Schiffer, John Chambers, Jack Pierce, Daniel Striepeke and Dick Smith. Previous recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Stylists are Kathryn Blondell, Sydney Guilaroff, Vivienne Walker, Paul LeBlanc, Colleen Callaghan and Gail Ryan.
In addition to presenting one Lifetime Achievement Award in each discipline, awards will be given in more than fifteen different categories, with a special Distinguished Artisan Award for an actor or actress who was a distinguished creative partner in the process of making memorable characters throughout their career, to be announced in the near future.