Biography

Suzi is a multi-skilled Prosthetics Designer and technician who has worked in film, TV and theatre for 13 years. Originally from Sheffield, she is now based in London and has worked in various countries around the world.

Suzi trained at London College of Fashion graduating with a First Class BA (Hons) degree in Technical Effects for Performance, and furthered her sculpting skills completing courses at the London Atelier of Representational Art and The Sculpture School. From early in her career, she has worked for some of Europe's leading effects companies across all specialisms within prosthetics and creature effects setting herself apart as a particularly accomplished and versatile artist. She is the founder and lead creative of Red Girl and as such one of only a few women worldwide who run their own prosthetics and creature effects companies. Red Girl was established in 2017 and there she continues to perfect and further advance industry processes and materials through extensive self-study and technical development.

Suzi is an award winning and Oscar nominated Prosthetics Designer who has worked in film and TV for 15 years. She established her prosthetics company Red Girl in 2017, the first woman to do so in the UK. Originally from Sheffield, she is now based in London and has worked in various countries around the world. Precision and story-telling is at the heart of Suzi's work and her approach to prosthetic makeup. Prosthetics are there to enhance a performance, not smother it; this considered approach is evident across all of Red Girl's work. Suzi has been recognised for her work on Dame Helen Mirren in ‘Golda’ for which she received a nomination for Makeup & Hairstyling at the 96th Academy Awards, part of the first all-women team to do so for Prosthetics. In 2024, she also won the Royal Television Society Award for Best Makeup Design (Non-Scripted) for her work on ‘Secrets of the Neanderthals’. Over the years, Suzi has been a part of BAFTA winning and Oscar and Emmy award nominated teams, and has made prosthetics for actors including Willem Dafoe, Chris Evans, Anya Taylor-Joy, Gillian Anderson, Tom Hiddleston, David Tennant, Jared Leto, Timothy Spall, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Fassbender, Billie Piper, Matt Smith and Rebecca Ferguson as well as musicians Stormzy, Sam Smith and Slowthai. Her work can be seen on such films as Andrea Arnold's 'Bird', Guy Nattiv’s 'Golda', Ridley Scott's 'Alien: Covenant' and J.J. Abrams' 'Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens' as well as on TV productions including 'Silo' (Apple TV), 'Sex Education' (Netflix) and 'Doctor Who' (BBC).
- IMDb mini biography by: Suzi Battersby