Michèle Burke

Costume & Make-Up

Born 1959-01-01 · Kildare Town, Co. Kildare, Ireland · Died 2025-09-26

Michèle Burke (born 1959) is an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist. Burke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973 and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a make-up artist. She currently holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality. She has won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981), the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). Source: Article "Michèle Burke" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.