Michèle Burke

Costume & Make-Up

Born: January 1, 1959 (66 years old)

Died: September 26, 2025

Place of birth: Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Biography

Michèle Burke (born 1959) is an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist. Burke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973 and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a make-up artist. She currently holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality. She has won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981), the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Source: Article "Michèle Burke" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography (29)

• He Who Made Monsters: The Life and Art of Jack Pierce (2008, ★ 8.4)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (1990, ★ 7.3)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006, ★ 6.8)
• Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992, ★ 7.4)
• Monster House (2006, ★ 6.7)
• As Good as It Gets (1997, ★ 7.4)
• Minority Report (2002, ★ 7.4)
• Interview with the Vampire (1994, ★ 7.4)
• Stepfather 2 (1989, ★ 5.5)
• Elizabethtown (2005, ★ 6.2)
• Knight and Day (2010, ★ 6.2)
• Quest for Fire (1981, ★ 7)
• Jerry Maguire (1996, ★ 7)
• Bad Dreams (1988, ★ 5.7)
• Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002, ★ 6)
• Spanglish (2004, ★ 6)
• Vanilla Sky (2001, ★ 6.8)
• Some Mother's Son (1996, ★ 6.8)
• Color of Night (1994, ★ 5.8)
• Oblivion (2013, ★ 6.7)
• Moll Flanders (1996, ★ 6.1)
• Gloria (1999, ★ 5.8)
• The Cell (2000, ★ 6.3)
• Terror Train (1980, ★ 5.7)
• Where the Day Takes You (1992, ★ 6.1)
• For the Boys (1991, ★ 6.3)
• Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999, ★ 6.3)
• Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1986, ★ 4.8)
• Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989, ★ 5.1)