Siân Grigg is a Welsh make-up artist. She is best known for her blockbusters and critically acclaimed feature film projects such as ''

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'' (1998), '' The Aviator'' (2004), ''

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2012). Grigg is a BAFTA award winner. At the

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she won the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair for her work on ''The Aviator''. In 2016, she received another nomination from BAFTA for Best Makeup and Hair and her first

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nomination at

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in the category of Best Makeup and Hairstyling for her work on the film '' The Revenant''. Her nomination was shared with Duncan Jarman and Robert Pandini. Grigg is a former pupil of

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf (''Taff Bank Welsh Language Comprehensive School'') is a Welsh-medium coeducational secondary school in Llandaff North, a district in the north of Cardiff, Wales; it is the largest of its kind in the country. Of the ...

, Cardiff Art College and the London College of Fashion, where she studied make-up and hair for film and television.

Selected filmography

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'' (1997) *''

'' (1998) *'' The Aviator'' (2004) *''

'' (2006) *''

'' (2010) *'' Never Let Me Go'' (2010) *'' A Little Bit of Heaven'' (2011) *'' Something Borrowed'' (2011) *''

J. Edgar ''J. Edgar'' is a 2011 American biographical drama film based on the career of FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. Written by Dustin Lance Black, the film focuses on Hoover's life from the 1919 Palme ...

(2011) *''

'' (2012) *'' Ex Machina'' (2015) *'' The Revenant'' (2015) *'' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (2015) *'' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grigg, Sian Living people Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design Alumni of the London College of Fashion Best Makeup BAFTA Award winners British make-up artists People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf Mass media people from Cardiff Welsh artists Year of birth missing (living people)