# AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup

The AACTA Award for Best Hair and Makeup is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to "identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television." The award is presented at the annual AACTA Awards, which hand out accolades for achievements in feature film, television, documentaries and short films. The award was first introduced in 2016 for the 6th AACTA Awards.
Feature films, documentaries and television programs are eligible for Best Hair and Makeup. A minimum of two candidates may be nominated in this category. To be considered, the production must: be broadcast and theatrically released in Australia during the award's eligibility period (for television programs and feature films or feature-length documentaries, respectably); have been wholly created in Australia.
Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington received the inaugural award for their work on Cleverman.

## Nominees and winners

| Year | Film/program | Network | Recipient |
| 2016 (6th) |
| 2016 (6th) | Cleverman | ABC | Kath Brown, Simon Joseph and Troy Follington |
| 2016 (6th) | A Place to Call Home | Foxtel | Wizzy Molineaux |
| 2016 (6th) | Gods of Egypt | — | Lesley Vanderwalt, Lara Jade Birch and Adam Johansen |
| 2016 (6th) | Hacksaw Ridge | — | Shane Thomas, Larry Van Duynhoven and Noriko Watanabe |
| 2017 (7th) |
| 2017 (7th) | Cleverman | ABC | Katherine Brown, Troy Follington, Simon Joseph |
| 2017 (7th) | Blue Murder: Killer Cop | Seven Network | Nikki Gooley, Sheldon Wade |
| 2017 (7th) | Hounds of Love | — | Hayley Atherton, Kate Anderson |
| 2017 (7th) | Science Fiction Volume One: The Osiris Child | — | Jen Lamphee, Anna Gray, Melissa Chew |
| 2018 (8th) |
| 2018 (8th) | Ladies in Black | Lumila Films | Anna Gray, Beth Halsted, Jen Lamphee |
| 2018 (8th) | Cargo | Causeway Films | Larry Van Duynhoven, Beverley Freeman, Helen Magelaki |
| 2018 (8th) | Upgrade | Goalpost Pictures, Blumhouse Productions | Larry Van Duynhoven, Chiara Tripodi |
| 2018 (8th) | Winchester | Blacklab Entertainment Pty Ltd | Steve Boyle, Tess Natoli |
| 2019 (9th) |
| 2019 (9th) | Lambs of God | Lingo Pictures | Zeljka Stanin, Paul Pattison, Cheryl Williams |
| 2019 (9th) | The King | Plan B Entertainment | Alessandro Bertolazzi |
| 2019 (9th) | Nekromancer | Guerilla Films | Angela Conte, Paul Katte, Nick Nicolaou, Rosemary Saffioti |
| 2019 (9th) | The Nightingale | Causeway Films | Nikki Gooley, Larry Van Duynhoven, Cassie O'Brien |
| 2020 (10th) |
| 2020 (10th) | True History of the Kelly Gang | Film Victoria | Kirsten Veysey |
| 2020 (10th) | I Am Woman | Goalpost Pictures | Nikki Gooley, Wendy de Waal, Cassie O’Brien |
| 2020 (10th) | Operation Buffalo | Porchlight Films | Sheldon Wade, Kerryn Flewell-Smith, Cheryl Williams |
| 2020 (10th) | Preacher: Episode 8: Fear of the Lord | Point Grey Pictures | Chiara Tripodi, Larry Van Duynhoven, Toni Ffrench |
| 2020 (10th) | Relic | Film Victoria | Angela Conte, Larry Van Duynhoven, Bec Taylor |
| 2021 (11th) |
| 2021 (11th) | Australian Gangster | Roadshow Rough Diamond | Sheldon Wade |
| 2021 (11th) | Mortal Kombat | New Line Cinema | Nikki Gooley |
| 2021 (11th) | Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Every Cloud Productions | Lynn Wheeler |
| 2021 (11th) | New Gold Mountain | Goalpost Television | Cheryl Williams, Helen Magelaki & Ian Loughnan |
| 2021 (11th) | Nitram | Stan | Fiona Rees-Jones |