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

Saving Private Ryan ''Saving Private Ryan'' is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War II, it follows a group of soldiers, led by Captain John Miller ( Tom Hanks) ...

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

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'' (2006), ''

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'' (2010) and ''

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'' (2012). Grigg is a

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award winner. At the 58th British Academy Film Awards 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 is a Welsh medium education, 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 three Welsh-medium secondary ...

, Cardiff Art College and the

London College of Fashion The London College of Fashion is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, a public art university in London, England. The college offers undergraduate and postgraduate study, short courses, study-abroad courses and business t ...

, where she studied make-up and hair for film and television.

Selected filmography

*''

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'' (1997) *''

'' (1998) *''

28 Days Later ''28 Days Later'' (sometimes stylised with ellipsis as ''28 Days Later...'') is a 2002 post-apocalyptic horror film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland. It stars Cillian Murphy as a bicycle courier who awakens from a coma to d ...

'' (2002) *'' The Aviator'' (2004) *''

'' (2006) *''

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

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'' (2011) *''

J. Edgar ''J. Edgar'' is a 2011 American Biographical film, biographical drama film based on the career of Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, directed, produced and scored by Clint Eastwood. Written by Dustin Lance Black, the ...

(2011) *''

'' (2012) *'' Ex Machina'' (2015) *'' The Revenant'' (2015) *'' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (2015) *''

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ''Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood'' is a 2019 comedy-drama film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pict ...

'' (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 Welsh make-up artists People educated at Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf Mass media people from Cardiff 21st-century Welsh women artists Year of birth missing (living people)