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Beatrice De Alba

Beatrice De Alba

Oscar and BAFTA Winning Film Hair Stylist and Make-up Artist


Beatrice Marie De Alba (/d ˈælbə/ day AL-bə, Spanish: [de ˈalβa]; August 10, 1964) is an Academy Award winning Mexican-American hair stylist and make-up artist.

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Biography

Beatrice De Alba was born in Los Angeles and is of Mexican-American ethnicity. She began her career as a make-up artist in Los Angeles, California working in both film and television. She soon gravitated toward wigs and period hair design. As the Hair Department Head on the film Frida (2002), she won an Academy Award[1] and a BAFTA Award. She has also been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for the made-for-television film Liz & Dick (2012).

She was the series' department head hairstylist for the 2012-2013 Starz show Magic City.[2]

In 2016, she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]

She created Matthew McConaughey's long-haired blond wig for the 2019 movie The Beach Bum.[4][5]

Burglary Victim

On 15 October 2023, De Alba shot and wounded a man trying to enter her home.[6]

Selected filmography


References

  1. "The 75th Academy Awards (2003) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  2. Taffy Brodesser-Akner (23 March 2012). "Assuming the Right Locks for the Part". Nytimes.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  3. Tracy Brown (29 June 2016). "Here are all 683 people invited to join the academy". Latimes.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. Samantha Sasso (29 March 2019). "Purple Shampoo & Salt Spray: How Matthew McConaughey Became A Beach Bum". Refinery29.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  5. Lindsay Weinberg (3 April 2019). "'Beach Bum' Hairstylist on Perfecting Matthew McConaughey's Wild Wig — With Help From Zac Efron". Hollywoodreporter.com. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  6. Sharon (October 17, 2023). "Hollywood Hills Woman Shoots Intruder With Shotgun". Canyon News. Hollywood Hills. Retrieved October 17, 2023.



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