2026 Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations List

The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild has revealed the nominations for its 2026 awards. Frankenstein, One Battle After Another, Sinners, Weapons and Wicked: For Good lead the film nominees with three nods apiece. All of those films, apart from Weapons, were listed on the Oscars’ shortlist for the makeup and hairstyling category.

On the TV side, Dancing With the Stars and Saturday Night Live scored four nominations each, including the SNL 50th anniversary special. Monster: The Ed Gein Story, Stranger Things and Abbott Elementary each received three nominations. Best contemporary make-up in a TV series, limited or movie for TV, has six nominations due to a tie in voting.

The MUAHS Awards honor achievements in the artistry and creativity of makeup artists and hairstylists across entertainment platforms. In addition to the competitive awards, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning makeup artist Greg Nelson and Oscar-nominated hairstylist Judy Alexander Cory will receive lifetime achievement awards. And Emmy-nominated makeup artist Michael Johnson will receive the Vanguard Award.

The 13th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards will take place on Saturday, Feb. 14 in Los Angeles.

A complete list of the 2026 MUAHS Awards nominees follows.

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Best Contemporary Make-Up
 
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Torsten Witte
 
Eddington (A24)                        
Colin Penman, Lisa Hansell
 
Jurassic World: Rebirth (Universal Pictures)
Jana Carboni, Charlie Hounslow, Nik Buck, Aisling Nairn, Lauren Baldwin
 
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max)
Heba Thorisdottir, Mandy Artusato
 
Superman (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max)
Alexei Dmitriew, LuAndra Whitehurst, Nicole Sortillon Amos, Amanda Sprunger
 
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
 
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Jordan Samuel, Oriana Rossi, Kristin Wayne, Patricia Keighran, Lizzi Lawson Zeiss
 
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max)         
Ken Diaz, Siân Richards, Ned Neidhardt, Allison laCour, Lana Mora
 
The Smashing Machine (A24)  
Felix Fox, Darah Wyant, Amanda Imeson, Harlow MacFarlane, Maiko Gomyo
 
Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures/ HBO Max)
Leo Satkovich,  Mark Ross, Jason Collins, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher, Brie Bastianson
 
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Frances Hannon, Alice Jones, Nuria Mbomio, Sarah Nuth
 
Best Special Make-Up Prosthetics
 
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Mike Hill, Megan Many
 
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures/ HBO Max)
Arjen Tuiten, Jessica Nelson
 
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures/ HBO Max)
Mike Fontaine, Bailey Domke, Kelsey Berk, Kevin Wasner, Cristina Patterson
 
Weapons (Warner Bros.Pictures/ HBO Max)
Jason Collins, Leo Satkovich, Mike McCarty, Mark Ross, Kaylee Kehne-Swisher
 
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Frances Hannon, Mark Coulier, Stephen Murphy, Susie Redfern
 
Best Contemporary Hair Styling
 
Ballad of a Small Player (Netflix)
Heike Merker, Alex Kwan
 
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Torsten Witte
 
Naked Gun (Paramount)
Joyce M. Gilliard, Nadia Sobh, Tomica Sarver
 
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures/ HBO Max)
Ahou Mofid, Gina Maria DeAngelis, Sacha Quarles
 
Superman (Warner Bros. Pictures/ HBO Max)
Peter Swords King,  Lindsay McAllister, Magnolia Lowe
 
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
 
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Cliona Furey, Tim Nolan, Laura Solari, Tori Binns, Katarina Chovanec
 
Marty Supreme (A24)      
Kay Georgiou, Jimmy Goode, Michael Buonincontro, Mitchell Beck
 
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max)
Shunika Terry-Jennings, Elizabeth Robinson, Tene Wilder, Jove Edmond, Sherri B. Hamilton
 
Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures/HBO Max)
 Melizah Wheat, Monty Schuth, Nashi Tumlinson
 
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Frances Hannon, Sim Camps, Gabor Kerekes, Laura Blount

TELEVISION SERIES – LIMITED OR MOVIE FOR TELEVISION
 
Best Contemporary Make-Up
 
Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu)
Constance Foe, Jenn Bennett, Carla Rosso-Neal, Brandy Allen, Nick Fischer
 
All’s Fair (Hulu)
Tierra Richards, Victor Del Castillo, Chloe Sens, Naima Jamal, Diana Shin
 
Emily in Paris (Netflix)
Aurélie Payen, Sarah Damen, Fred Marin, Fanny Maurer, Carole Nicolas
 
I Love LA (HBO Max)
Michelle Chung, Erin Rosenmann, Afton Storton
 
The Studio (Apple TV+)
Jorjee Douglass,  Gillian Whitlock, Robin Glaser, Cassie Lyons, James Freitas            
 
The White Lotus (HBO Max)
Rebecca Hickey, Michelle Kearns, Vicky Nugent, Wattana Garum      

Best Period and/or Character Make-Up
           
Chief of War (Apple TV+)
Christien David Tinsley, Hugo Villasenor, Bianca Appice, Carlton Coleman
 
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Corey Castellano, Heather Koontz
 
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Tricia Sawyer, Marissa Lafayette, Marie DelPrete, Rory Gaudio, Alyssa Goldberg
 
Stranger Things – Season 5 (Netflix)
Eryn Krueger Mekash,  Devin Morales, Mike Mekash, Jessica Gambardella, Benji Dove
 
Wednesday (Netflix)
Lynn Johnston, Elaine Hopkins, Dorothy Campbell, Helen Bailey, Nirvana Jalalvand
          
Best Special Make-Up Prosthetics
 
The Last of Us – Season 2 (HBO Max)
Barrie Gower, Mike Mekash, Duncan Jarman
 
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Corey Castellano, Mark Nieman, David Leroy Anderson, David Snyder
 
Star Trek: Section 31 (Paramount +)
Glenn Hetrick, Rocky Faulkner, Michele Hetrick, Nicola Bendrey
 
Stranger Things – Season 5 (Netflix)
Barrie Gower, Mike Mekash, Duncan Jarman
 
Wednesday (Netflix)
Tristan Versluis, Matthew Smith
 
Best Contemporary Hair Styling             
 
Abbott Elementary (ABC/Hulu)
Moira Frazier, Dustin Osborne, Christina Joseph, Charlotte Noon
 
All’s Fair (Hulu)
Valerie Jackson, Marisa Pinuelas, Suzette Boozer, Linda Flowers, Sharif Poston
 
Emily in Paris (Netflix)
Carole Nicolas, Mike Desir, Miharu Oshima, Jay Durimel, Julien Parizet
 
Nobody Wants This (Netflix)
Lauren Poole, Patrick Lising, Stephanie Rives

The Studio (Apple TV+)
Vanessa Price, Alexandra Ford, Lauren McKeever
  
Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
 
Chief of War (Apple TV+)
Analyn Cruz, Ralph Malani, Raquel Bianchini, Vanya Pell, Kathrine Sanchez
 
Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Netflix)
Barry Lee Moe, Erica Adams, George Guzman, Michele Arvizo, Randy Wilder
 
Palm Royale (Apple TV+)
Karen Bartek, Brittany Madrigal, Tiffany Bloom, Anna Quinn, Jill Crosby
 
Stranger Things – Season 5 (Netflix)
Sarah Hindsgaul, Katrina Suhre, Brynn Berg, Dena Gibson, Lanzel Smith Jr.
 
Wednesday (Netflix)
Francesco Pegoretti, Nirvana Jalalvand
 
TELEVISION SPECIAL, ONE HOUR OR MORE LIVE PROGRAM SERIES
 
Best Contemporary Make-Up
 
A Nonsense Christmas with Sabrina Carpenter (Netflix, OBB Pictures, At Last Productions)
Diana Oh, Vanessa Dionne, Alicia Carbajal, Carolina Gonzalez, Ashley Joy Beck
 
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Zena Green, Angela Moos, Alison Gladieux, Farah Bunch, Sarah Benjamin Hall
 
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louie Zakarian, Amy Tagliamonti, Jason Milani, Young Bek, Madison Bermudez
 
The Voice- Season 28 (NBC)
Darcy Gilmore, Marylin Lee Spiegel, Gina Ghiglieri, Kristene Bernard, Kristina Frisch
 
Wicked: One Wonderful Night (NBC) 
Bruce Grayson, Brielle McKenna, Levi Vieira, Sean Conklin
 
Best Period and/or Character Make-Up and/or Prosthetics
 
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Brian Sipe, Julie Socash, John Foster, Vance Hartwell, Donna Bard
 
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix)
Tonia Green, Tyson Fountaine, Jude Alcala, Gage Munster, Sean Conklin
 
Jimmy Kimmel Live (ABC)
Stephanie A. Fowler, Cindy Miguens
 
The Lion King at the Hollywood Bowl (Disney+)
Bruce Grayson, Brielle McKenna, Jill Cady, Tyson Fountaine, Ashley Roller
 
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Louie Zakarian, Jason Milani, Amy Tagliamonti, Joanna Pisani, Kim Webe

Best Contemporary Hair Styling
 
American Idol (ABC)
Dean Banowetz, Amber Nicholle Maher, Cory Rotenberg, Kathleen Leonard, Jerilynn Stephens
 
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Marion Rogers, Brittany Spaulding, Amber Nicholle Maher, Florence Witherspoon, Regina Rodriguez
 
The Jennifer Hudson Show (Warner Bros./ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, CW)
Robear Landeros, Albert Morrison
 
The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)
 Corey Morris, Kerry Joly, Brittany Hartman, Korynn Gonzales-Novotny
 
The Voice (NBC)
Jerilynn Stephens, Darbie Wieczorek, Bia Iftikhar, Candi Russell, Kathleen Leonard

Best Period and/or Character Hair Styling
 
Dancing with the Stars (ABC)
Marion Rogers, Brittany Spaulding, Amber Nicholle Maher, Florence Witherspoon, Regina Rodriguez
 
Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney (Netflix)
Dean Banowetz, LaLisa Turner, Cory Rotenberg, Cassie Russek, Amber Nicholle Maher
 
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Inga Thrasher, Chad Harlow, Katie Beatty
 
Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary Special (NBC)

Jodi Mancuso, Cara Hannah, Amanda Duffy Evans, Gina Ferrucci, Brittany Hartman
 
Wicked: One Wonderful Night (NBC)
Edward Morrison, Lillie Frierson-King, Tiffany Bloom, R’riyana Kline
 
CHILDREN AND TEEN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING
 
Best Make-Up
 
Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Disney +)
Tisa Howard, Emilio Ayinde Castro, Susan Reilly Lehane, Jeremy Selenfriend, Brian Spears
 
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Naomi Bakstad, Krista Seller, Ashley Forshaw, Megan Harkness
 
Skeleton Crew (Disney +)
Samantha Ward, Sonia Cabrera, Cristina Waltz, Alexei Dmitriew, Adina Sullivan
 
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
Melissa Sandora, Sarah Benjamin-Hall, Koji Ohmura
 
ZOMBIES 4: Dawn of the Vampires (Disney Channel)
Susie Glass, Cora Montalban, Claire Wollburg, Jessica Hunt

Best Hair Styling
 
Electric Broom (Disney Channel)
Brenda Blatt, Melanie Verkins, Melanie Ervin
 
Goosebumps: The Vanishing (Disney +)
Joshua First, Jenny Pendergraft, Lisa Thomas
 
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (Disney+)
Jeannie Chow, Jessica Glyn-Jones, Amanda Dawn Mitchell, Jindje Renz, Alysha McLoughlin
 
Skeleton Crew (Disney +)
Lane Friedman, Nanxy Tong-Heater, Richard DeAlba, Roxane Griffin
 
Wizards Beyond Waverly Place (Disney Channel)
 Dwayne Ross, Tamara Tripp
 
COMMERCIALS AND MUSIC VIDEOS
 
Best Make-Up
Ariana Grande – “Eternal Sunshine” (YouTube)
Justin Raleigh, Ozzy Alvarez, Liz Mendoza Kellogg, Olga Tarnovetska, Michael Anthony
 
BUBBA Burger: “Unbelievable” (Hulu)
Christopher Osorio, Rocco Gaglioti
 
Lady Gaga – “Abracadabra” (YouTube)
Sarah Tanno, Phuong Tran
 
Six Flags 2025 Haunt: “Come Out and Play” (Internet)
Hugo Villasenor, Roxanne Pike, Heather Galipo, John Wrightson
 
Walmart “WhoKnewVille” Top Brands (YouTube)
 Rachel Hoke, Jennifer Hanching, Erin Walters, Jessie Bishop

Best Hair Styling
 
Amazon Prime Day featuring LeBron James (multiple platforms)
Dominie Till, Akiko Matsumoto, Tranell DaMarr Ward, Christien Tinsley
 
Chapter III: PVP Time (YouTube)
Andrii Tkach, Tiphanie Baum, D’nelle Almanza
 
Discover x Stranger Things (S5) (Netflix/Fox Sports)
Sarah Hindsgaul, Cassie Russek, Ashley Jensen, Lyndsey J. Scott
 
Tyson™| Royal Jewels (multiple platforms)
Kimberly Carlson, Isata Allen, Ian Joseph
 
Walmart “WhoKnewVille” Holiday Campaign (multiple platforms)
Dean Banowetz, Amber Nicholle Maher, Johnny Lomeli, Maria Sandoval, Myo La
 
LIVE THEATRICAL PRODUCTIONS (Live Stage)
 
California Regional: Best Make-Up and Hair Styling
Ainadamar (LA Opera)
Samantha Wiener, Maggie Jean Clark, Brandi Strona, Nathalie Eidt, Nicole Rodrigues
 
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding (Mark Taper Forum)
Therese LeVasseur, April Tillies, Latoya Patton
 
The Monkey King (San Francisco Opera)
Jeanna Parham, Christina Martin, Erin Hennessy, Maur Sela
 
Rigoletto (LA Opera)
Samantha Wiener, Maggie Jean Clark, Brandi Strona, Nathalie Eidt, Jaclyn Nocerino
 
West Side Story (LA Opera)
Maggie Jean Clark, Kelso Millett, Brandi Strona, Delaney Doherty, Nicole Rodrigues

Broadway and International: Best Make-Up and Hair Styling
 
Bat Boy: The Musical (New York City Center)
Madison McLain, Bri Trischitta
 
Beetlejuice (Palace Theatre, NYC)   
Ryan Jackson, Pat Marcus
 
Death Becomes Her (The Lunt-Fontanne Theatre)
Mark Bailey Capalbo, Kelli Lennox, Raphael A. Santos, Colleen Syiek, Jakob Robson
 
Frankenstein (Segerstrom Center for the Arts)   
Lisa Ruth Zomer, Thomas Richards-Keyes, Timothy Santry
 
TINA – The Tina Turner Musical (International Tour)
Dimonica Carter, Kellen Eason, Liz Printz, Danielle Singletary