Lisa Westcott, British Makeup Artist Who Won Oscar for ‘Les Misérables,’ Dies at 76

Lisa Westcott, the British makeup artist who won an Oscar for her work on 2012’s Les Misérables, has died, her husband told The Hollywood Reporter. She was 76.

Westcott died July 30 at her home in Oxford with her husband, Jeremy Ancock, and her twin children, George Ancock and Harriette Rothwell, with her. She was a staunch advocate for crew workers’ rights and fought fiercely for them to be upheld over the years, her family said.

She shared the Oscar for best makeup and hairstyling with Julie Dartnell for their efforts on the musical’s film adaptation that starred Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe and Anne Hathaway.

The pair were photographed accepting the prestigious prize from Jennifer Aniston and Channing Tatum 11 years ago, beaming as they posed for photos afterward.

Westcott also earned two consecutive Oscar nominations for Mrs Brown (1997), starring Judi Dench, Billy Connolly and Gerard Butler, and Shakespeare in Love (1998), with Gwyneth Paltrow and Joseph Fiennes, where she designed the look for almost all the characters and oversaw the makeup. Her other accolades included two BAFTA awards for The Madness of King George and Les Misérables.

In 2001, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her hairstyling work on The Last of the Blonde Bombshells, starring Dench and Ian Holm. She also served as makeup artist and hairstylist on Marvel’s Captain America: The First Avenger.

Among her other credits were Notes on a Scandal, Fred Claus, Miss Potter and Iris.