Julia L . Walker Julia L . Walker is a hair stylist who worked on several episodes of and as hair stylist for Whoopi Goldberg on . In she won an Emmy Award in the category Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series for her work on the episode which she shared with Joy Zapata , Candace Neal , Patricia Miller , Laura Connolly , Richard Sabre , and Josée Normand . Walker received two more Emmy Award nominations in 1998 in the category Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries , Movie or a Special for her work on the television movie " Cinderella " and in 2009 in the category Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie for her work on the television drama " Gifted Hands : The Ben Carson Story " . Walker worked as personal hair stylist for Whoopi Goldberg on most of her projects including the comedy " Jumpin ' Jack Flash " ( 1986 ) , the crime comedy " Burglar " ( 1987 ) , the crime comedy " Fatal Beauty " ( 1987 ) , the drama " Clara ' s Heart " ( 1988 ) , the television drama " Kiss Shot " ( 1989 ) , the comedy " Homer and Eddie " ( 1989 ) , the television series " Bagdad Café " ( 1990 - 1991 ) , the fantasy drama " Ghost " ( 1990 , with Dione Taylor ) , the drama " The Long Walk Home " ( 1990 ) , the comedy " Soapdish " ( 1991 , with Michael F . Blake ) , the comedy " Sister Act " ( 1992 , with Michael F . Blake ) , the talk show " The Whoopi Goldberg Show " ( 1992 ) , the comedy " Loaded Weapon 1 " ( 1993 ) , the comedy " Made in America " ( 1993 , with Candace Neal and Jake Garber ) , the comedy sequel " Sister Act 2 : Back in the Habit " ( 1993 , with Michael F . Blake and Nina Kent ) , the drama " Corrina , Corrina " ( 1994 ) , the drama " Boys on the Side " ( 1995 , with Candace Neal ) , the romance " Moonlight & Valentino " ( 1995 ) , the comedy " Theodore Rex " ( 1995 , with Jake Garber ) , the fantasy comedy " Bogus " ( 1996 ) , the comedy " The Associate " ( 1996 , with Greg Cannom and Keith VanderLaan ) , the drama " Ghosts of Mississippi " ( 1996 , with Hazel Catmull ) , the television musical " Cinderella " ( 1997 ) , the romance " How Stella Got Her Groove Back " ( 1998 ) , the television comedy " A Knight in Camelot " ( 1998 ) , the drama " The Deep End of the Ocean " ( 1999 , with Candace Neal ) , the fantasy adventure " The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns " ( 1999 ) , the drama " Girl , Interrupted " ( 1999 , with Kathrine Gordon ) , the fantasy comedy " The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle " ( 2000 , with Ken Diaz , Kim Santantonio , Jake Garber , and Mike Smithson ) , the short drama " The Golden Dreams " ( 2001 ) , the fantasy comedy " Monkeybone " ( 2001 , with Greg Cannom , Michael Mills , Craig Reardon , Brian Sipe , and Cristina Patterson Ceret ) , the comedy " Rat Race " ( 2001 ) , and the television drama " Good Fences " ( 2003 ) . She also worked as hair stylist for actor Richard Pryor ( 1984 - 1985 " Pryor ' s Place " and 1985 " Brewster ' s Millions " ) , Tommy Lee Jones ( 1997 " Volcano " ) , and Leon ( 2000 " Little Richard " ) . Other credits as hair stylist include the music comedy " The Blues Brothers " ( 1980 ) , the television series " Small & Frye " ( 1983 ) , " Fame " ( 1985 ) , and " Dallas " ( 1989 ) , the romance " Frankie & Johnny " ( 1991 ) , the drama " Amistad " ( 1997 ) , the crime comedy " Life " ( 1999 ) , the television series " All That " ( 2002 ) , " Las Vegas " ( 2003 ) and " The Unit " ( 2006 ) , the fantasy comedy " The Haunted Mansion " ( 2003 ) , the fantasy sequel " Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man ' s Chest " ( 2006 ) , and the comedy " Grown Ups " ( 2010 ) .