J. Roy Helland

J. Roy Helland (born January 28, 1943 , Glendale , California , also Roy Hellend ) is a makeup artist who has been involved in around 60 film and television productions since the beginning of his career in the early 1980s. Since 1982 he has been responsible for the makeup and hairstyles of Meryl Streep in all of her films. At the 2012 Academy Awards , he and Mark Coulier won an Oscar for his work on Die Eiserne Lady in the category of Best Make-up and Best Hairstyles . This film brought him in 2012together with Coulier and Marese Langan for a British Academy Film Award in the category Best Mask . He has also received an Emmy for his work with Engel in America (2004) and was nominated for another British Academy Film Award in 2015 for Into the Woods . In addition to his work as a make-up artist, Helland also took on two acting roles in The Birdcage (1996) and Greetings from Hollywood (1990).

Filmography (selection)

• 1980: Richard's Things
• 1982: Sophie's Choice ( Sophie's Choice )
• 1982: Still of the Night ( Still of the Night )
• 1982: Alice at the Palace (TV movie)
• 1983: Silkwood
• 1984: Falling in Love ( Falling in Love )
• 1985: Out of Africa ( Out of Africa )
• 1986: Crimes of the Heart ( Crimes of the Heart )
• 1986, heartburn ( heartburn )
• 1986: American Playhouse (TV series)
• 1987: Spurge ( Ironweed )
• 1988: Working Girl ( Working Girl )
• 1988: A Cry in the Dark ( A Cry in the Dark )
• 1989: The devil ( She-Devil )
• 1990: Greetings from Hollywood ( Postcards from the Edge )
• 1991: Bugsy
• 1991: Regarding Henry ( Regarding Henry )
• 1991: Rendezvous in the afterlife ( Defending your life )
• 1992: Death Becomes Her ( Death Becomes Her )
• 1993: The Haunted House ( The House of the Spirits )
• 1994: The River Wild ( The River Wild )
• 1995: To Wong Foo, thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar
• 1995: The Bridges of Madison County ( The Bridges of Madison County )
• 1996: Marvin's Daughters ( Marvin's Room )
• 1996: The Birdcage - A Paradise for Shrill Birds ( The Birdcage )
• 1997:… First Do No Harm (TV movie)
• 1998: Family thing ( One True Thing )
• 1998: Tanz in die Freiheit ( Dancing at Lughnasa )
• 1998: With all might ( Primary Colors )
• 1998: Best Friends for Life (TV movie)
• 1999: Music of the Heart
• 2000: American Masters (TV documentary series)
• 2000: Good Vibrations - Sex vom Another Star ( What Planet Are You From? )
• 2001: Wit (TV movie)
• 2002: The Hours - From Eternity to Eternity ( The Hours )
• 2002: Adaptation - The Orchid Thief ( Adaptation )
• 2002: New York at the Movies (TV documentary film)
• 2002: Collected Stories (TV movie)
• 2003: Angels in America ( Angels in America , TV miniseries)
• 2004: Lemony Snicket - Mysterious events ( Lemony Snicket's A Series Of Unfortunate Events )
• 2004: The Manchurian Candidate ( The Manchurian Candidate )
• 2005: Couch Whispers - The first therapeutic love comedy ( Prime )
• 2006: The Devil Wears Prada ( The Devil Wears Prada )
• 2006: A Prairie Home Companion: Last Radio Show
• 2007: Lions for Lambs ( Lions for Lambs )
• 2007: Powerless ( rendition )
• 2007: Traces of a Life ( Evening )
• 2007: Dark Matter
• 2008: Question of Faith ( Doubt )
• 2008: Mamma Mia!
• 2009: If Love Was That Easy ( It's Complicated )
• 2009: Julie & Julia
• 2011: Die Eiserne Lady ( The Iron Lady )
• 2012: Like the first time ( Hope Springs )
• 2012: Web Therapy (TV series)
• 2013: In August in Osage County ( August: Osage County )
• 2014: Into the Woods
• 2014: Keepers of Memory - The Giver ( The Giver )
• 2015: Suffragettes - actions instead of words ( Suffragettes )

Web links

• J. Roy Helland in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ J. Roy Helland And Meryl Streep: An Oscar-Winning Business Partnership on thegrindstone.com (English)
2. ↑ The 84th Academy Awards | 2012 at oscar.org (English)
3. ↑ BAFTA Film | Make-Up and Hair 2012 at awards.bafta.org (English)
4. ↑ Emmy Awards 2004 at emmys.com (English)
5. ↑ BAFTA Film | Make-Up and Hair 2015 at awards.bafta.org (English)