Tami Lane
Tami Lane | |
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Born | June 16, 1974 |
Occupation | prosthetic makeup artist |
Notable work |
Tami Lane (born June 16, 1974) is an American prosthetic makeup artist who won the Academy Award for Best Makeup for the 2005 film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. She received an additional Academy Award nomination for the 2012 film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.[1]
Life and career
Lane is a native of
As a college student, she had the opportunity to visit makeup effects company KNB EFX Group in
In 2004, she was the lead prosthetic artist for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, leading a team of 42 makeup and prosthetic experts.[4] For this movie, she and Howard Berger won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Makeup.[4] In 2013, she, Peter Swords King, and Rick Findlater,[1] were nominated for another Academy Award for Makeup, for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey.[3]
She appeared on the first episode of the NBC show Identity[5] with the identity of "Academy Award winner", but the contestant incorrectly identified Eve Plumb as the winner. Lane's identity was not revealed until the end of the show.[citation needed]
References
- ^ a b "Academy Awards Database". Beverly Hills, California: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois. Archived from the originalon 2006-03-26. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- ^ a b Nightengale, Laura (February 25, 2013). "Peoria native Tami Lane not unnoticed at Oscars for work in 'The Hobbit'". Peoria Journal Star. Peoria, Illinois: GateHouse Media. p. A1. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
- ^ a b c d "The Oscar goes to..." Bradley Hilltopics. 12 (2). Peoria, Illinois: Bradley University. Spring 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-11-22. Retrieved 2008-02-25.
- IMDb
External links
- Tami Lane at IMDb
- Behind the Scenes in Hollywood — short interview with Tami Lane by Dara Nai, August 31, 2008
- Video of 2005 Best Makeup Oscar at the Wayback Machine (archive index) (Windows Media Video format)