Irene Napier is a film and television make-up designer from

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Education

Napier trained in hairdressing at the Central College of Commerce, qualifying in 1974.

Career

Later in 1974, Napier joined

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as a trainee make-up artist and remained there for 13 years, eventually gaining the position of make-up designer before leaving in 1987 to become a

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. While at STV she worked on news, entertainment, current affairs and drama programmes including ''Garnet Way, House on the Hill,

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'' and ''

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''. She was make-up designer on the feature film version of Jimmy Boyle's autobiography ''

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''.

Freelance

In the early years of her freelance career, Napier specialised in high-profile TV drama and low-budget films, notably ''Tickets for the Zoo'', ''A Life of Stuff'', '' Regeneration'', ''

'', ''Finney'', ''

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'' and the television adaptation of Iain Banks's bestselling '' Crow Road''.

London

In the mid-1990s Napier began working in London on larger-scale television drama, most notably as make-up designer on the BBC's flagship hospital soap, ''

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''. She was also designer on '' Down to Earth'', '' The Inspector Linley Mysteries'', ITV's highly successful '' Bad Girls'' and the BBC's 2007 summer drama ''

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''. During this time she periodically returned to Scotland in order to spend more time at home while working on ''Quite Ugly One Morning'', ''2000 Acres of Sky'' and the hugely popular '' Monarch of the Glen''.

Awards

In 2000 Irene received a Scottish BAFTA award for outstanding achievement in her field.

External links

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Irene Napier on the British Film Institute website
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