Michèle Burke (29 December 1949 – 26 September 2025) was an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist.
Michèle Burke | |
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| Born | 29 December 1949 Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland |
| Died | 26 September 2025 (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Make-up artist |
| Years active | 1980–2025 |
| Website | micheleburke |
Life and career
editBurke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973, and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a makeup artist.[1]
She held both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality. Burke died on 26 September 2025, at the age of 75.[2]
Honours and awards
editBurke won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981) – whereby she was also the first female to win an Oscar in this category – and the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).[3][4][5]
References
edit- ↑ "IFTA Academy | Irish Film & Television Academy | Irish Film & Television Awards". ifta.ie. Retrieved 29 November 2025.
- ↑ Goodfellow, Melanie (1 October 2025). "Michèle Burke Dies: Oscar-winning 'Bram Stoker's Dracula' & Tom Cruise Makeup Artist Was 75". Deadline. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ↑ "In Converstation with .... Oscar winning Make-up Artist Michele Burke". www.ifta.ie.
- ↑ "SHORT BIO ‹ Michele Burke". micheleburke.com. 31 May 2014.
- ↑ "Michele Burke Make-up Artist - EF Creative Studios". emmafarrellmakeup.com.
External links
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