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Margaret Prentice

  • Make-up Department
  • Special Effects
  • Visual Effects
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Margaret Prentice grew-up in a suburb of Los Angeles California. After graduation from high school, Margaret attended Pasadena City College in Pasadena California. There she took photography, art & cosmetology classes.

After graduation from college, Margaret began an apprenticeship under special make-up, and creature effects designer, Rob Bottin. Margaret worked in Rob's early shop becoming "One of the guys", starting off by tying hair onto a body suit on the low budget movie "Tanya's Island".

With Rob Bottin she worked on every aspect of creating special make-up and creature effects. Margaret learned fabrication, sculpting, casting, seaming, patching, cosmetic painting and hair punching. Also helping Rob on set setting up make-up effects. Later on in his studio she became Rob Bottin's head cosmetic painter, and on set applied prosthetic make-up effects.

Margaret Prentice has worked with Rob Bottin on such ground breaking films as; "The Howling", The Thing", "Legend" and "Total Recall". As well as many of Rob's other well known films, such as; "Twilight Zone: the Movie", "Basic Instinct", "Mission Imposable", "Se7en", and "Fight Club".

After working on the pilot, special make-up designer Rick Baker gave Margaret the daily task of applying prosthetic make-up as the special make-up artist who turned Ron Perlman into the romantic charter "Vincent" for the full run of the television series "Beauty and the Beast".

Margaret has also worked with Rick Baker applying special make-up on many of his projects, including; "Coming to America", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Men in Black II", "Click", and most recently "Men in Black 3".

Margaret Prentice has worked often with the film industry's top award winning special make-up and visual effects artists, including; Rob Bottin, Rick Baker, Stan Winston, Greg Cannom, Ve Neil and Randall William Cook, to mention just a few.

Margaret has applied special make-up and cosmetic paint for many Academy Award nominated and Oscar winning films, such as; "The fly", "Legend", "Beetlejuice, "Coming to America", Total Recall", "Star Trek VI", "Bicentennial Man", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "A Beautiful Mind", Click" and "Star Trek (2009)".

Margaret Prentice has 30 years working experience in film and television, in pre-production and on set. And is an active member of Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Local 706.
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    • Nominated for 5 Primetime Emmys
      • 7 nominations total

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    Known for

    Star Trek (2009)
    Star Trek
    7.9
    • Makeup Department
    • 2009
    Planet of the Apes (2001)
    Planet of the Apes
    5.7
    • Makeup Department
    • 2001
    Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible (1996)
    Mission: Impossible
    7.2
    • Makeup Department
    • 1996
    Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
    7.5
    • Makeup Department
    • 2013

    Credits

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    Makeup Department



    • David Howard Thornton in Screamboat (2025)
      Screamboat
      4.1
      • prosthetic makeup artist: Screamboat Willie
      • 2025
    • Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)
      Killers of the Flower Moon
      7.5
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2023
    • Will Smith in Emancipation (2022)
      Emancipation
      6.3
      • makeup artist
      • 2022
    • Bob Bergen, Jeff Bergman, Gabriel Iglesias, Fred Tatasciore, Eric Bauza, LeBron James, and Zendaya in Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
      Space Jam: A New Legacy
      4.5
      • makeup artist
      • 2021
    • Eddie Murphy, Wesley Snipes, Mike Epps, Craig Robinson, Keegan-Michael Key, Tituss Burgess, Toni Duclottni, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in Dolemite Is My Name (2019)
      Dolemite Is My Name
      7.2
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2019
    • Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union in L.A.'s Finest (2019)
      L.A.'s Finest
      6.2
      TV Series
      • makeup artist
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2019
    • Rupert Friend, Bella Heathcote, and Jack Reynor in Strange Angel (2018)
      Strange Angel
      7.0
      TV Series
      • additional makeup artist (uncredited)
      • 2018
    • Rob Lowe, Marcia Gay Harden, Luis Guzmán, and Boris Kodjoe in Code Black (2015)
      Code Black
      8.1
      TV Series
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 2018
    • Wonderful Pistachios: Venus de Milo on the Go
      Video
      • makeup artist
      • 2018
    • Spectrum: Parent Teacher Night
      Video
      • makeup artist (as Margaret Beserra-Prentice)
      • 2017
    • Westworld (2016)
      Westworld
      8.4
      TV Series
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2016
    • Nicholas Braun, Vanessa Hudgens, Josh Fadem, and Mackenzie Davis in Freaks of Nature (2015)
      Freaks of Nature
      5.9
      • additional makeup artist
      • 2015
    • Ron Perlman, Jimmy Smits, Katey Sagal, Drea de Matteo, Mark Boone Junior, Dayton Callie, Kim Coates, Rockmond Dunbar, Tommy Flanagan, Charlie Hunnam, Ryan Hurst, William Lucking, Michael Ornstein, Emilio Rivera, Theo Rossi, McNally Sagal, Winter Ave Zoli, Niko Nicotera, Maggie Siff, David Labrava, Chris Reed, Ryder Londo, and Rusty Coones in Sons of Anarchy (2008)
      Sons of Anarchy
      8.5
      TV Series
      • special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Wilmer Valderrama, Rocky Carroll, Gary Cole, Katrina Law, Sean Murray, Brian Dietzen, and Diona Reasonover in NCIS (2003)
      NCIS
      7.8
      TV Series
      • special makeup effects artist
      • 2014
    • The Haunted Hathaways (2013)
      The Haunted Hathaways
      5.4
      TV Series
      • key makeup artist
      • 2014

    Special Effects



    • David Howard Thornton in Screamboat (2025)
      Screamboat
      4.1
      • special effects makeup: Screamboat Willie
      • 2025
    • Laurence Fishburne, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans, Ioan Gruffudd, and Doug Jones in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007)
      Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
      5.6
      • paint department: Spectral Motion, Inc.
      • 2007
    • Ewan McGregor, Ryan Gosling, and Naomi Watts in Stay (2005)
      Stay
      6.7
      • lead painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
      • 2005
    • Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodríguez, Frances Conroy, Rachel Griffiths, Michael C. Hall, and Peter Krause in Six Feet Under (2001)
      Six Feet Under
      8.7
      TV Series
      • prosthetic effects
      • 2005
    • Marlon Wayans and Shawn Wayans in White Chicks (2004)
      White Chicks
      6.0
      • special effects prosthetics makeup artist
      • 2004
    • Sean Connery, Jason Flemyng, Tony Curran, Naseeruddin Shah, Stuart Townsend, Shane West, and Peta Wilson in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
      The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
      5.8
      • lead prosthetic artist: Steve Johnson's Edge FX
      • 2003
    • Deep Rising (1998)
      Deep Rising
      6.1
      • painter: Rob Bottin Studio
      • 1998
    • Syngenor (1990)
      Syngenor
      4.3
      • special effects (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1990
    • Arnold Schwarzenegger in Total Recall (1990)
      Total Recall
      7.5
      • effects crew: The Bottin Effects Crew (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1990
    • Jade Calegory in Mac and Me (1988)
      Mac and Me
      3.4
      • special visual effects: alien makeup (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1988
    • Juliette Cummins, Atanas Ilitch, and Heidi Kozak Haddad in Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)
      Slumber Party Massacre II
      4.7
      • special effects crew (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1987
    • Evil Dead II (1987)
      Evil Dead II
      7.6
      • detail and painting (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1987
    • Alien Predator (1986)
      Alien Predator
      3.9
      • special creature effects (as Margaret Bessara)
      • 1986
    • Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr. in Enemy Mine (1985)
      Enemy Mine
      6.9
      • creature technician: Chris Walas Inc. (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1985
    • Nancy Allen, Louise Fletcher, Wallace Shawn, and Michael Lerner in Strange Invaders (1983)
      Strange Invaders
      5.4
      • alien effects (as Margaret Bessara)
      • 1983

    Visual Effects



    • Michael Douglas and Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct (1992)
      Basic Instinct
      7.1
      • rob bottin visual effects crew: Los Angeles
      • 1992
    • Trick or Treat (1986)
      Trick or Treat
      5.9
      • speaker transformation assistant: Doug Beswick Productions, Inc. (as Margaret Beserra)
      • 1986

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      • Margaret Baserra-Prentice

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