Tara McDonald is an Emmy Award winning Irish Makeup & Hair Designer based in the UK.

In 2023 Tara won an Emmy for ‘Outstanding Contemporary Makeup’ for her makeup designs on the hit Netflix show WEDNESDAY. She also received a BAFTA nomination in ‘Best Hair & Makeup Design’ and a Makeup Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Award nomination in ‘Best Period and/or Character Makeup’ for her work on the show. A further win was announced at The Online Film and Television Awards in ‘Best Makeup’ for the team.

Film credits include: & Sons (Premiering TIFF 50), JOY, What’s Love Got To Do With It?, The Phantom Of The Open, Blithe Spirit, Greed, Dad’s Army, Submarine, King Of Thieves, Ginger & Rosa and My Summer of Love.

Recent TV credits include The Death of Bunny Munro, Wednesday S1, Black Mirror: S6, Roadkill, Stephen Poliakoff’s Summer Of Rockets and Close To the Enemy.

Tara has recently wrapped on Kill Jackie. An 8 part Amazon Prime series shot in Bilbao and featuring Catherine Zeta Jones.

Tara is currently in prep on WAR- an 8 part series for HBO/ Sky Atlantic.

Tara is represented by United Agents.

75th Creative Arts

EMMY Awards

Winner of ‘Outstanding Contemporary Makeup’

Wednesday (Season 1)