Beatrice De Alba


Beatrice Marie De Alba is an Academy Award winning Mexican-American hair stylist and make-up artist.

Biography

Beatrice De Alba was born in Los Angeles and is of Mexican-American ethnicity. She began her career as a make-up artist in Los Angeles, California working in both film and television. She soon gravitated toward wigs and period hair design. As the Hair Department Head on the film Frida, she won an Academy Award for [Best Makeup and Hairstyling|Academy Award] and a BAFTA Award. She has also been nominated for a 65th Primetime [Creative Arts Emmy Awards|Primetime Emmy Award] for the made-for-television film Liz & Dick.
She was the series' department head hairstylist for the 2012-2013 Starz show Magic City.
In 2016, she was invited to join the Academy of [Motion Picture Arts and Sciences].
She created Matthew McConaughey's long-haired blond wig for the 2019 movie The Beach Bum.

Burglary Victim

On 15 October 2023, De Alba shot and wounded a man trying to enter her home.

Selected filmography