Morag Ross

Morag Ross is a leader in the field of on-screen make-up, who studied art and design at Glasgow School of Art and began her career working for BBC London.  Her numerous credits include the classic Derek Jarman films Caravaggio (1986), Aria (1987) and Edward II (1991).  Since she has affected many acclaimed make-up transformations, including the make up for Neil Jordan’s movie The Crying Game (1992) in which the male actor Jaye Davidson played someone who appeared to be female, and Sally Potter’s Orlando (1993), where Tilda Swinton plays a man for part of the movie. More recently she did the make-up and hair for Cate Blanchett to play Bob Dylan in Todd Haynes I’m Not There (2007).  Her numerous other credits include Charlotte Gray (2001), The Aviator (2004) and Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007). In 2008 she was awarded a BAFTA Scotland Award for Craft (In Memory of Robert McCann) and in 2004 she won the BAFTA Film Make-Up and Hair Award.