She was born in Riverside , California in 1951. She grew up in Culver City and was fascinated by her neighbor Leo Lotito that was a Makeup Artist, which formed her wish for this field of work very early. She first was a Makeup Artist and responsible for the costumes of a rockband, thats how she met Special Effect Artist Steve Neill. The first films she worked on where small and not very well known, but her breakthrough as a Makeup Artist was with "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" in 1979. She then worked on a couple more Sci Fi Films and between 1983-86 as one of the Makeup Artists on the "A-Team" Set. Another good push for her Carrier was in 1987 when she worked on Joel Schumachers "The Lost Boys" and one year later in Tim Burtons "Beetlejuice" for wich she recieved an Oscar. Ever since then she workes nearly on all Tim Burtons Movies and was nominated several times for Oscars. Her next Oscar she recieved for her work on Mrs Doubtfire and another year later the third Oscar followed 1995 for Ed Wood.
Many films and nominations followed and she is still working on new films.
Films that she worked on :
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire(makeup department head, makeup designer) (filming)
2013The Host(makeup department head) (post-production)
