Michèle Burke
Costume & Make-Up
Born January 1, 1959 · Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland
Died September 26, 2025
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.
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1993
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1983
- Emmy Award
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2001 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 2000 · nominated
Show all 9 awards →
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1993 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1991 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1987 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Makeup and Hairstyling · 1983 · nominated
Filmography27 titles
Dracula
Minority Report
As Good as It Gets
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles
Cyrano de Bergerac
Jerry Maguire
Quest for Fire
Mission: Impossible III
Vanilla Sky
Some Mother's Son
Oblivion
Monster House
For the Boys
The Cell
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Knight and Day
Elizabethtown
Moll Flanders
Where the Day Takes You
Spanglish
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Gloria
Color of Night
Terror Train
Stepfather II: Make Room for Daddy
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold