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Freda Ellis

  • Makeup Department Head
  • Hair Department Head
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Freda Ellis
Hair and makeup Designer and Supervisor in Film and TV with over fifteen years experience. All about representation, uplifting talent on and off screen and telling stories that need to be told. Member of working group who successfully campaigned for the inclusion of all hair textures and types in formal education in the UK.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win total

    Known for

    Jenna Ortega in Wednesday (2022)
    Wednesday
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department
    Staz Nair in Virdee (2025)
    Virdee
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department
    Dreamers (2025)
    Dreamers
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Makeup Department
    Tamara Lawrance in The Long Song (2018)
    The Long Song
    7.3
    TV Mini Series
    • Makeup Department

    Credits

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    Makeup Department



    • This Is How It Goes
      • hair & makeup designer
      • Post-production
    • Alphas
      • uk underwater tank hair and makeup designer
      • Post-production
    • A Rare Breed
      • hair & makeup designer
      • Post-production
    • 47 Meters Down: The Wreck
      • hair & makeup designer
      • Completed



    • Dreamers (2025)
      Dreamers
      7.4
      TV Series
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2025
    • Staz Nair in Virdee (2025)
      Virdee
      6.4
      TV Series
      • hair designer
      • makeup designer
      • 2025
    • Alexander Arnold and Nahel Tzegai in Fine Dining (2024)
      Fine Dining
      Short
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2024
    • Daisy Ridley in Young Woman and the Sea (2024)
      Young Woman and the Sea
      7.5
      • hair & makeup supervisor
      • 2024
    • Lucia Keskin in Things You Should Have Done (2024)
      Things You Should Have Done
      7.2
      TV Series
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2024
    • Incompatible (2022)
      Incompatible
      8.2
      Short
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2022
    • Jenna Ortega in Wednesday (2022)
      Wednesday
      8.0
      TV Series
      • hair & makeup supervisor
      • 2022
    • Juliet Stevenson and Anthony Welsh in Walls Like Windows (2022)
      Walls Like Windows
      6.3
      Short
      • makeup artist: Anthony Welsh
      • personal hair: Anthony Welsh
      • 2022
    • Maxine Peake, Kieran Bew, Rakhee Thakrar, and Ben Batt in Rules of the Game (2022)
      Rules of the Game
      6.3
      TV Series
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2022
    • Jodie Turner-Smith in Anne Boleyn (2021)
      Anne Boleyn
      5.6
      TV Mini Series
      • hair & makeup artist
      • 2021
    • John Hannah, Scott Adkins, Tommy Flanagan, Elliot J. Langridge, and Sally Collett in The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud (2020)
      The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud
      4.7
      • hair designer
      • makeup designer
      • 2020
    • Gatecrash (2020)
      Gatecrash
      4.1
      • hair & makeup designer
      • 2020
    • Esmé Creed-Miles and Adam Bessa in Hanna (2019)
      Hanna
      7.6
      TV Series
      • hair & makeup supervisor
      • 2020
    • Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo in Come Away (2020)
      Come Away
      5.7
      • hair stylist: daily
      • makeup artist: daily
      • 2020
    • Mark Strong in Temple (2019)
      Temple
      7.0
      TV Series
      • additional hair and makeup artist: daily (uncredited)
      • 2019

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    • Alternative name
      • Freda Lil Ellis

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