Tara McDonald

Costume & Make-Up

Biography

Tara McDonald is an Irish, UK-based makeup designer and Emmy Award winner. In 2023, Tara received an Emmy for Outstanding Contemporary Makeup, along with a BAFTA nomination for Best Hair & Makeup Design and a Makeup Artists & Hair Stylists Guild nomination for Best Period and/or Character Makeup, all for her work on the hit Netflix series Wednesday. The makeup team also went on to win Best Makeup at the Online Film and Television Association Awards.

Filmography (22)

• Stardust (2007, ★ 7.3)
• Submarine (2011, ★ 7.4)
• Like Father Like Son (2005, ★ 6.2)
• My Summer of Love (2005, ★ 6.1)
• The Phantom of the Open (2022, ★ 6.8)
• Freefall (2009, ★ 6.1)
• Goal! (2005, ★ 6.8)
• Hustle (2004, ★ 7.7)
• Greed (2019, ★ 5.6)
• King of Thieves (2018, ★ 5.5)
• Blithe Spirit (2020, ★ 5.7)
• It's a Free World... (2007, ★ 6.6)
• Joy (2024, ★ 6.8)
• The Last Days on Mars (2013, ★ 5.5)
• Roadkill (2020, ★ 6.4)
• The Other Man (2008, ★ 5.4)
• What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023, ★ 6)
• The Poison Tree (2012, ★ 6.3)
• M.I. High (2007, ★ 6.1)
• Monsters at Large (2018, ★ 5.1)
• Dad's Army (2016, ★ 5)
• Close to the Enemy (2016, ★ 5.1)