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.
Tara is currently designing the hair and makeup on WAR S1 & S2 - a HBO/ SKY Atlantic contemporary legal drama starring Dominic West, Sienna Miller, Celia Imrie, Marisa Tomei, David Harewood and Kelly Macdonald.
Recent TV credits include Kill Jackie and 8 part Amazon Prime series shot in Bilbao and featuring Catherine Zeta Jones (release Autumn 2026), The Death of Bunny Munro, Wednesday S1, Black Mirror S6, Roadkill, Stephen Poliakoff’s Summer Of Rockets and Close To the Enemy.
Film credits include & Sons (release Autumn 2026), 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.
Tara is represented by United Agents.
75th Creative Arts
EMMY Awards
Winner of ‘Outstanding Contemporary Makeup’
Wednesday (Season 1)