Tara McDonald

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Tara McDonald

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Tara McDonald is an Irish, UK-based makeup designer and Emmy Award winner. In 2023, Tara received an Emmy for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup, along with a BAFTA nomination for B…

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Tara McDonald is an Irish, UK-based makeup designer and Emmy Award winner. In 2023, Tara received an Emmy for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup, along with a BAFTA nomination for Best Hair & Makeup Design and a Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild nomination for Best Period and/or Character Makeup, all for her work on the hit Netflix series Wednesday. The makeup team also went on to win Best Makeup at the Online Film and Television Association Awards.

Filmography

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  1. 2026
    & Sons

    Movie Makeup Artist

  2. 2024
    JOY

    Movie Makeup Designer

  3. 2023
    What's Love Got to Do with It?

    Movie Makeup Artist

  4. 2022
    The Phantom of the Open

    Movie Makeup Artist

  5. 2020
    Blithe Spirit

    Movie Hairstylist

  6. 2020
    Roadkill

    TV show Makeup & Hair

  7. 2019
    Greed

    Movie Hair Designer

  8. 2018
    King of Thieves

    Movie Hair Designer

  9. 2018
    Monsters at Large

    Movie Ashley

  10. 2016
    Close to the Enemy

    TV show Makeup Artist

  11. 2016
    Dad's Army

    Movie Makeup Artist

  12. 2013
    The Last Days on Mars

    Movie Makeup Designer

  13. 2012
    The Poison Tree

    TV show Makeup & Hair

  14. 2011
    Submarine

    Movie Makeup Designer

  15. 2009
    Freefall

    Movie Makeup Artist

  16. 2008
    The Other Man

    Movie Makeup Artist

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  1. 2007
    It's a Free World...

    Movie Makeup Designer

  2. 2007
    Stardust

    Movie Makeup Artist

  3. 2007
    M.I. High

    TV show Makeup Designer

  4. 2005
    Goal!

    Movie Hairstylist

  5. 2005
    My Summer of Love

    Movie Makeup & Hair

  6. 2005
    Like Father Like Son

    Movie Makeup Designer

  7. 2004
    Hustle

    TV show Makeup Artist