2025 MUAHS Awards: Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild honors ‘The Substance,' ‘Wicked,' ‘The Last Showgirl' — and ‘SNL'
The Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706) announced its 12th Annual MUAHS Awards in 23 film, TV, music, and theater categories on Saturday night, honoring top Oscar contenders The Substance and Wicked with a pair of awards apiece and The Last Showgirl with a single win in the five motion picture categories during ceremonies at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel that were livestreamed via YouTube and Vimeo. The Substance took home trophies for contemporary make-up and special make-up effects, while Wicked was cited for period/character make-up and period/character hair styling. Last Showgirl won for contemporary hair styling.
In television, no show was more dominant than Saturday Night Live. The sketch comedy series that's now celebrating its 50th season dominated the Television Special, One Hour or More Live Program Series category, earning four statuettes to lead all projects. Television series winners included Emily in Paris, Palm Royale, The Penguin, Abbott Elementary, and Bridgerton. The Jennifer Hudson Show won a pair of MUAHS honors for daytime TV.
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Special awards during the ceremony were bestowed on Oscar-winning and multiple Emmy-winning actress Allison Janney (the Distinguished Artisan Award) who is currently a regular on Palm Royale. The Emmy-winning make-up artist Todd McIntosh received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Make-Up, presented by Sarah Michelle Gellar (with whom he collaborated on Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV series). Hair stylist Peter Tothpal (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines) received the Lifetime Achievement Award for Hair Stylists. And the Vanguard Award went to the Research Council of Makeup Artists (RCMA Makeup), a pillar in the make-0up and hair styling community for more than 60 years.
Val Chmerkovskiy and wife Jenna Johnson of Dancing With the Stars fame served as the MUAHS Awards hosts. During the ceremony, in light of the devastating recent wildfires in Los Angeles, Local 706 raised funds for the to support the IATSE Walsh/Di Tolla/Spivak Foundation — which provides direct financial assistance to all IATSE union members impacted by natural disasters. IATSE President Matthew Loeb made an appearance to offer support for the union victims of the fires.
The full list of winners of the 12st Annual MUAHS Awards follows.
Best Contemporary Make-Up : Stéphanie Guillon
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up Wicked: Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbomio, Johanna Nielsen, Branka Vorkapic
Best Special Make-Up Effects The Substance: Pierre-Olivier Persin
Best Contemporary Hair Styling The Last Showgirl: Katy McClintock, Marc Boyle, Stephanie Hobgood
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling Wicked: Frances Hannon, Sarah Nuth, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes
Best Contemporary Make-Up Emily in Paris (Netflix): Aurelie Payen, Carole Nicolas, Fred Marin, Sarah Damen, Josephine Bouchereau
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up (Apple TV +): Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Marie Del Prete, Simone Almekias-Siegl, Marja Webster
Best Special Make-Up Effects The Penguin (HBO Max): Mike Marino, Michael Fontaine, Crystal Jurado, Diana Y. Choi, Claire Flewin
Best Contemporary Hair Styling Abbott Elementary (ABC): Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina Joseph, Johnny Lomeli, LaLisa Turner
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling Bridgerton (Netflix): Erika Okvist, Farida Ghwedar, Emma Rigby
Best Contemporary Make-Up Saturday Night Live' (NBC): Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Young Bek, Daniela Zivkovic
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up Saturday Night Live (NBC): Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Craig Lindberg, Rachel Pagani
Best Special Make-Up Effects Saturday Night Live (NBC): Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Brandon Grether, Amy Tagliamonti, Tom Denier Jr.
Best Contemporary Hair Styling Dancing with the Stars (ABC, Disney): Kimi Messina, Joe Matke, Marion Rogers, Amber Nicholle Maher, Florence Witherspoon
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling Saturday Night Live (NBC): Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga Thrasher, Joe Whitmeyer, Amanda Duffy Evans
Best Make-Up (Fox): Jen Fregozo, Adam Burrell
Best Hair Styling The Jennifer Hudson Show (Fox): Robear Landeros, Albert Morrison
Best Make-Up Danger Force (Nickelodeon): Michael Johnston, Brad Look, Kevin Westmore, Kim Perrodin, Kato DeStefan
Best Hair Styling Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix): Julie McHaffie, Dianne Holme, Codey Blair, Sandi Hall
Best Make-Up Secret – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Lifesaver: Scotia Boyd, Julie Hassett, Bianca Appice
Best Hair Styling : Pavy Olivarez, Taylor Tanaka-Suitt
California Regional Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling LA Opera's Madame Butterfly: Samantha Wiener, Maggie Clark, Brandi Strona, Nicole Rodrigues, Kelso Millett
Broadway and International Live Theater Production: Make-Up and Hair Styling (New Award) (Broadway): Kevin Thomas Garcia, Christine Hutcheson, Michael Duschl, Britt Griffith
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