AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup

The AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television."^[1] The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films.^[2] The award was first introduced in 2016 for the 6th AACTA Awards.^[3]

AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup
Country	Australia
Presented by	Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA)
First award	2016
Currently held by	Cleverman (2016)
Website	http://www.aacta.org

Feature films, documentaries and television programs are eligible for Best Hair and Makeup. A minimum of two candidates may be nominated in this category. To be considered, the production must: be broadcast and theatrically released in Australia during the award's eligibility period (for television programs and feature films or feature-length documentaries, respectably); have been wholly created in Australia.^[4]

Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington received the inaugural award for their work on Cleverman.^[5]

Nominees and winners

Year	Film/program	Network	Recipient
2016 (6th)
	Cleverman	ABC	Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington
	A Place to Call Home	Foxtel	Wizzy Molineaux
	Gods of Egypt	—	Lesley Vanderwalt, Lara Jade Birch and Adam Johansen
	Hacksaw Ridge	—	Shane Thomas, Larry Van Duynhoven and Noriko Watanabe
2017 (7th)
	Cleverman	ABC	Katherine Brown, Troy Follington, Simon Joseph
	Blue Murder: Killer Cop	Seven Network	Nikki Gooley, Sheldon Wade
	Hounds of Love	—	Hayley Atherton, Kate Anderson
	Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child	—	Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Melissa Chew
2018 (8th)
	Ladies in Black	Lumila Films	Anna Gray, Beth Halsted, Jen Lamphee
	Cargo	Causeway Films	Larry Van Duynhoven, Beverley Freeman, Helen Magelaki
	Upgrade	Goalpost Pictures, Blumhouse Productions	Larry Van Duynhoven, Chiara Tripodi
	Winchester	Blacklab Entertainment Pty Ltd	Steve Boyle, Tess Natoli
2019 (9th)
	Lambs of God	Lingo Pictures	Zeljka Stanin, Paul Pattison, Cheryl Williams
	The King	Plan B Entertainment	Alessandro Bertolazzi
	Nekromancer	Guerilla Films	Angela Conte, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou, Rosemary Saffioti
	The Nightingale	Causeway Films	Nikki Gooley, Larry Van Duynhoven, Cassie O'Brien
2020 (10th)
	True History of the Kelly Gang	Film Victoria	Kirsten Veysey
	I Am Woman	Goalpost Pictures	Nikki Gooley, Wendy de Waal, Cassie O’Brien
	Operation Buffalo	Porchlight Films	Sheldon Wade, Kerryn Flewell-Smith, Cheryl Williams
	Preacher: Episode 8: Fear of the Lord	Point Grey Pictures	Chiara Tripodi, Larry Van Duynhoven, Toni Ffrench
	Relic	Film Victoria	Angela Conte, Larry Van Duynhoven, Bec Taylor
2021 (11th)
	Australian Gangster	Roadshow Rough Diamond	Sheldon Wade
	Mortal Kombat	New Line Cinema	Nikki Gooley
	Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries	Every Cloud Productions	Lynn Wheeler
	New Gold Mountain	Goalpost Television	Cheryl Williams, Helen Magelaki & Ian Loughnan
	Nitram	Stan	Fiona Rees-Jones