Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorMa Rainey’s Black Bottom” hair department head Mia Neal is on course to make Oscar history by being the first Black woman to be nominated in the makeup and hair category.
She will make Oscar history if she wins.Neal, who worked on last year’s “Uncut Gems,” will be recognized at the Variety Artisans Awards at the Santa Barbara Film Festival for her work.You go in and you do a job and this never crosses your mind.
We all felt like we were making something special for sure, but I had no idea.There was so much work to be done, that you don’t have that moment.
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