Biography
Emmy Award and Hollywood Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Award Winner, Jennifer Aspinall currently heads the Special Make up Department for HBO’s award-winning show “Westworld”.
Jennifer began her career at the age of 12, working for dinner theaters in Philadelphia, PA. At 18, looking to expand her opportunities she moved to New York City. In 1996, Quincy Jones and Fox TV brought Jennifer to Los Angeles to head up the Make-up Dept for a then new show, Mad TV. She is currently based in Los Angeles, CA.
Jennifer’s creativity and ability to adapt has allowed her to work in many mediums within the make-up industry. Over her 45-year career, she has designed and executed make up and make up effects for Television, Film, Print and Theater.
Her experience spans decades and includes doing make up for everything from fashion billboards for Times Square, straight make up for folks like The Rolling Stones, to designing Broadway shows such as “Victor/Victoria” with Julie Andrews, to heading departments and designing make up effects for long running sketch shows such as Saturday Night Live and Mad tv, to creating character make ups for award winning performers Vanessa Redgrave, David Bowie, Alex Borstein, to doing creature make up effects for movies like “Star Trek”, “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Captain Marvel”.
Jennifer is an Emmy winner with 23 Emmy Nominations. She has 6 Hollywood Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist Guild Awards with 8 Nominations, and an Ace Award Nomination. Jenifer has been featured in numerous magazines, including The Hollywood Reporter, Emmy Magazine, and Time, as well as make up centric Magazines like Fangoria and Make-up Artist Magazine. She has been recently featured in 2 books: The Leading Ladies of Make-up Effects and Monster Squad.
In addition to doing make up and make up effects, Ms. Aspinall enjoys creating with her companies Skin Saver, LLC. and Human Vases.
In 2013, Jennifer teamed up with RDL International Inc., a medically based dermatological company, to create a new, revolutionary skin protection lotion, Skin Saver Barrier Lotion. Skin Saver Barrier Lotion has become an industry standard and can be found in make-up kits around the world.
Jennifer also travels the world with Floral designer, Alison Franchi, creating Living Art instillations for their company Human Vases. The Human Vase is an original art concept in which a live model is adorned with layers of body paint, jewels, and a brilliant display of perfectly manipulated live flowers and organic materials. Their Human Vases have been seen on the red carpets of Hollywood, at celebrity birthday parties and events, and in the jungles of Indonesia and Africa.
Television
"Winning Time”
Co-Dept Head/Prosthetic Make up | HBO Productions, CA
"Westworld"
Make up Effects Dept Head/Make up Designer| HBO Productions, CA
"Pam and Tommy"
Key/Make up Designer for Pam | Hulu, CA
"Walk the Prank"
Dept. Head/Make up Effects | Disney, CA
"Weird City"
Dept. Head Make up | Hulu, CA
"The Oscars 2020"
Special Make up/Rebel Wilson Make up | ABC, CA
"Little Mermaid Live"
Special Make up/Make up Design | ABC, CA
"MADtv"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | FOX/QDE Productions, CA
"Hand of God" Pilot
Co Department Head | Amazon Productions, CA
"The Comedians"
Key Make up/Make up for Josh Gad | FX, CA
"Key and Peele"
Make up/Make up Effects | Comedy Central, CA
"Kroll Show"
Make up/Make up Effects | Comedy Central, CA
"ESPN"
Dept. Head/Prosthetics for Frank Caliendo | ESPN
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno"
Make-up Effects Supervisor/Make-up | NBC, CA
"Bones"
Make-up Effects | FOX
"Chocolate News"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Comedy Central Productions, CA
"Frank TV"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | TBS Productions, CA
"Gilmore Girls"
Prosthetics for Alex Borstein | Warner Brothers, CA
"Damon Wayans' The Underground"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Showtime Productions, CA
"Blue Collar TV"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Warner Brothers, CA
"The Jamie Kennedy Experiment"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Warner Brothers, CA
"Providence"
Make-up | NBC Productions, Rhode Island/CA
"The Re-Runn Show"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | NBC Productions, CA
"Saturday Night Live"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | NBC/Broadway Video, NY
"John Leguizamo's House of Buggin'"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | FOX/HBO Productions, NY
"Carol Leifer: Really Big Shoooo!"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Showtime Productions, NY
"Saturday Night Lives's Presidential Bash"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | NBC/Broadway Video, NY
"Toonces - The Cat that can Drive a Car"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | NBC/Broadway Video, NY
"All My Children"
Make-up Effects | ABC Productions, NY
"Cosby Mysteries"
Make-up Effects | NBC/Cosby Production, CA
"The David Copperfield Show"
Make-up Effects | D. Copperfield Productions, CA
"Gilmore Girls"
Prosthetics for Alex Borstein | Warner
Theater
"Victor/Victoria"
Make-up Design | Marquis Theater, Broadway
"Star Mites"
Make-up Design | Criterion Theater, Broadway
"Phantom of the Opera"
Phantom Prosthetics | Majestic Theater, Broadway
"Two Trains Running"
Prosthetic Designs | Walter Kerr Theater, Broadway
New York City Opera
Make-up Department
The Rolling Stones
Make up
Film
"Reagan"
Dept. Head/ Prosthetics for Dennis Quade, Penelope Ann Miller (Designed by Scott Wheeler) & Kevin Dillon | Dir. Sean McNamara
"Amsterdam"
Make up | Dir. David O Russell
"Sponge Bob Square Pants 3"
Dept. Head/Make up Effects | Dir. Tim Hill
"Captain Marvel"
Make up Effects| Dir. Anna Boded,Ryan Fleck
"The Laundromat"
Make up Effects| Dir. Steven Soderberg
"Once Upon A Time in Hollywood"
Make up| Dir. Quentin Tarantino
"Kong:Skull Island"
Make up/Make up Effects| Dir. Jordan Vogt-Roberts
"Guardians of the Galaxy"
Make up Effects | Dir. James Gunn
"Kids vs Monsters"
Make up Effects for Beet Man| Dir. Sultan Saeed Al Darmaki
"Star Trek"
Special Effects Make-up | Dir. J.J. Abrams
"Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull"
Make-up Effects | Dir. Steven Spielberg
"Cinderella Story"
Make-Up Design/Prosthetics for Jennifer Coolidge | Dir. Mark Rosman
"Thirteen Going on Thirty"
Age Make-up Effects (designed by Kevin Yager) | Dir. Gary Winick
"Dawg"
Make-up Design/Prosthetics for Alex Borstein | Dir. Victoria Hochberg
"Panic Room"
Make-up (NY Crew) | Dir. David Fincher
"The Mexican"
Make-up | Dir. Gore Verbinski
"Gone in 60 Seconds"
Make up | Dir. Dominic Sena
"Fight Club"
Make-up Effects for Background | Dir. David Fincher
"The Tic Code"
Dept. Head | Dir. Gary Winick
"Basquiat"
Dept. Head/Prosthetics for David Bowie | Dir. Julian Schnabel
"Money Train"
Dept. Head Second Unit NY | Dir. Joe Ruben
"Roommates"
Age Make-up Effects (Designed by Bob Laden) | Dir. Peter Yates
"To Wong Foo"
Special Painted Make-ups | Dir. Beeban Keedran
"Nutcracker"
Age/Character Make-up Effects | Dir. Emile Ardolino
"The Ambulance"
Key Make-up/Make-up Effects for Eric Roberts | Dir. Larry Cohen
"Last Day in the Life of Brian Darling"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Dir. Daniel Taplitz
"The Toxic Advenger"
Dept. Head/Make-up Effects | Dir Lloyd Kaufmen, Michael Hertz
Guest Lectures/ Classes
West Chester University West Chester, PA
Stage Make up Class
Actor’s Make up Studio NYC, NY
(Founder/Co Owner)
Make up Effects Classes
(Life Casting, Mold Making, Sculpting, Fabrication, Foam Rubber, Painting, Blood)
Theatrical Painting Technique Classes
Parsons School of Design NYC, NY
Make up Design Class
Make up Designery Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lecturer
Make up Designery NYC, NY
Guest Lecturer
IMATS Los Angeles, CA
Character Make up Class
IMATS Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lecturer
IMATS NYC, NY
Guest Lecturer
IMATS London, UK
Guest Lecturer
IATSE Local 706 Los Angeles, CA
Bald Cap Class
Make up Artist Network Los Angeles, CA
Character Make up Class
MAC Cosmetics Los Angeles, CA
Character Make up Class
MAC Cosmetics NYC, NY
Character Make up Class
Joe Blasco School Los Angeles, CA
Guest Lecturer
Liberty Science Center Jersey City, NJ
Special Effects Make up for Kids Class
Ms. Aspinall has been featured in the following publications:
