The makeup and hairstyling team for The Eyes of Tammy Faye — Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh — have taken the Oscar in the category.
Dowds acted as the makeup department head, Raleigh was in charge of special makeup effects, and Ingram was head of the hair department.
This is the first Oscar nomination and win for the three.The trio emerged victorious for the epic, garish, and very 80s transformation of actress Jessica Chastain into the infamous televangelist Tammy Faye Baker, and styling the cast to look authentic to the time period the story takes place in.
The three did win at the BAFTA’s but they were considered the front-runners the film having won for makeup and hair at the BAFTA Awards.
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