Vanessa White

Hair and Make-up Designer

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Biography

Vanessa trained at the BBC Makeup department, where she honed her craft for 9 years.

She received a BAFTA in 2005 and has been nominated 3 further times since, shortlisted for two Emmy Awards and has won 7 RTS award to date.  Vanessa has helped create some of the UK’s finest comedy and drama characters and she is equally at home with prosthetics, dramatic and glamour make up.

Producers and Actors find Vanessa a joy to work with as she makes a massive contribution, bringing her expertise and enthusiasm to every project.

“Having worked with Vanessa on All is True and This England, I can attest to her deftness of skill, the clarity of her creative vision, and her attuned professional process. Both dramas required a wide range of complex hair and make-up designs, which Vanessa successfully delivered. She is an effective collaborator and approaches any challenges that arise with calm collectedness and sensitivity. Vanessa’s warm demeanour, dedicated approach and breadth of experience make her an asset on any set and creative team.”  – Kenneth Branagh

Credits

Film

Production Company Notes
GIANT
2025 		AGC Studios

Make-up, Hair and Prosthetic Design for Pierce Brosnan
Dir: Rowan Athale
Prods: Stuart Ford, Mark Lane, Kevin Sampson, Ross Williams
*Premiering at BFI London Film Festival 2025
THE LAST RIFLEMAN
2022 		Wee Buns / Ingenious Media / Singer Studios

Hair and Make-up Designer to Pierce Brosnan
Dir: Terry Loane
Prods: Katy Jackson & John Leslie
CHRISTMAS CAROLE
2022 		Sky Studios

Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon
Prod: Gareth Edwards
Starring Suranne Jones

THE NAN MOVIE
2022 		Warner Bros.

Dir: Josie Rourke
Prod: Damian Jones
Starring Catherine Tate, Katherine Parkinson & Matthew Horne

ALL IS TRUE
2018 		TKBC / Sony Pictures Classics

Dir: Kenneth Branagh
Prods: Kenneth Branagh, Ted Gagliano, Judy Hofflund, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas
Starring Kenneth Branagh, Judi Dench & Ian McKellen

ALAN PARTRIDGE
2013 		Baby Cow Films / StudioCanal

Dir: Declan Lowney
Prods: Kevin Loader & Henry Normal
Starring Steve Coogan

THE HARRY HILL MOVIE
2013 		Entertainment Film Distributors

Dir: Steve Bendelack
Prod: Robert Jones
Starring Harry Hill & Julie Walters

GRAVITY
2013 		Warner Bros.

Special Effects Hair & Makeup Designer
Dir: Alfonso Cuarón
Prods: Alfonso Cuarón & David Heyman
Starring Sandra Bullock & George Clooney

BRIDGET JONES'S DIARY
2001 		Miramax

Additional Photography
Dir: Sharon Maguire
Prod: Tim Bevan, Jonathan Cavendish & Eric Fellner
IN YOUR DREAMS
1996 		BBC

Dir:Simon Cellan Jones
Prod: Elinor Day
Starring Thandiwe Newton and Oliver Milburn

Television

Production Company Notes
BILL'S INCLUDED
2026 		Baby Cow Productions / BBC

Dir: Dave Lambert

Prods: Lauriel Martin, Tom Basden & Rupert Majendie
ANN DROID
2026 		Boffola Pictures / Witchcraft Industries / BBC One

Dir: TBC
Prod: Pippa Brown
HOW ARE YOU? IT'S ALAN PARTRIDGE
2025 		Baby Cow Productions / BBC

Dir: Steve Coogan
Prod: Joe Fraser
(with Steve Coogan)
BRIAN AND MAGGIE
2025 		Baby Cow Productions

Dir: Stephen Frears
Prod: Dan Winch
Starring Harriet Walter & Steve Coogan
Nominated: RTS Awards 2025 for Best Make Up Design – Scripted

LUDWIG
2024 		Big Talk / BBC One

Dir: Robert McKillop & Jill Robertson
Prod: Georgie Fallon
Starring David Mitchell & Anna Maxwell Martin
Winner: International Emmy Awards 2025 for Best Comedy
Nominated: BAFTA TV Awards 2025 for Best Scripted Comedy

CHANGING ENDS
2023 		ITV

Dir: Dave Lambert
Writing: Simon Carlyle & Alan Carr
Starring Alan Carr

MOTHERLAND CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
2023 		Merman / BBC One

Dir: Simon Hynd
Prod: Caroline Norris
Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, Lucy Punch, Paul Ready

THIS ENGLAND
2022 		Revolution Films / Freemantle / Sky

Dirs: Julian Jarrold & Michael Winterbottom
Prods: Josh Hyams, Melissa Parmenter & Anthony Wilcox
Starring Kenneth Branagh

MARRIAGE
2022 		The Forge / BBC One

Dir: Stefan Golaszewski
Prod: Lyndsay Robinson
Starring Sean Bean & Nicola Walker

HARD CELL
2022 		Leopard Pictures / Netflix

Dirs: Catherine Tate & James Kayler
Prod: Jennie Fava
Starring Catherine Tate

MOTHERLAND SERIES 3
2021 		Merman / BBC

Dirs: Simon Hynd
Prod: Caroline Norris
Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, Lucy Punch, Paul Ready and Tanya Moody

SOON GONE: A WINDRUSH CHRONICLE
2019 		Douglas Road Productions / BBC4 / The Young Vic

Dir: Christiana Ebohon, Dionne Edwards, Destiny Ekaragha and Tinge Krishnan
MAMMA MIA COMIC RELIEF SPOOF
2019 		BBC

Dir: Ed Bye
URBAN MYTH: THE DALI AND THE COOPER
2018 		Iain Forsyth | Jane Pollard

Dir: Iain Forsyth & Jane Pollard
Prods: Krishnendu Majumdar and Richard Yee
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2018 Winner for Best Make Up Design in Entertainment and Non-Drama

SALLY4EVER
2018 		HBO / Sky One /

Dir: Julia Davis
Prod: Philip Clarke
TRACEY ULLMAN'S SHOW
2016 – 2018 		BBC / HBO

Dirs: Dominic Brigstocke and Nick Collett
Prod: Caroline Norris
as Hair, Makeup & Prosthetic Designer
BAFTA Television Awards 2017 Nominee for Best Makeup and Hair Design
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2016 Winner for Best Make Up Design in Entertainment and Non-Drama

UPSTART CROW SERIES 2 & 3
2018 		BBC Comedy

Dir: Richard Boden
Prod: Gareth Edwards
as Hair, Makeup & Prosthetic Designer

MOTHERLAND
2016 		Merman / Delightful Industries / BBC Two

Dirs: Graham Linehan & Juliet May
Prod: Richard Boden
Starring Anna Maxwell Martin, Diane Morgan, Lucy Punch and Paul Ready

RED DWARF SEASON 11 & 12
2016 – 2017 		Baby Cow Productions / Dave

Dir: Doug Naylor
Prods: Richard Naylor & Kerry Waddell
NURSE
2015 		BBC

Dir: Ian Fitzgibbon
Prod: Tilusha Ghelani & Paul Whitehouse
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2015 Winner for Best Make Up Design in Entertainment and Non-Drama

HUNDERBY SERIES 1 & 2
2012 – 2015 		Baby Cow Productions

Dir: Tony Dow
Prod: John: Rushton
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2013 Winner for Best Make Up Design in Entertainment and Non-Drama

COUNT ARTHUR STRONG
2013 		Komedia Entertainment

Dir: Graham Linehan
Prod: Richard Boden
ALAN PARTRIDGE ON OPEN BOOKS WITH MARTIN BRYCE
2012 		Baby Cow Productions / Sky Atlantic

Dir: Declan Lowney
Prod: Dave Lambert
LITTLE CRACKERS
2010 		Tiger Aspect Productions

Dir: Harry Hill
Prod: Charlie Leech
MID MORNING MATTERS WITH ALAN PARTRIDGE
2010 		Baby Cow Productions

Dir: Neil Gibbons, Rob Gibbons, Ted Dowd
Prod:Ted Dowd, Dave Lambert
AFTER YOU'VE GONE
2007 		BBC

Dirs: Tony Dow & Ed Bye
Prod: Rosemary McGowan
JEKYLL
2007 		Hartswood Films / BBC

Dir: Matt Lipsey, Douglas Mackinnon
Prod: Elaine Cameron, Jeffrey Taylor
THE CATHERINE TATE SHOW
2004 – 2006 		Tiger Aspect Productions

Dir: Gordon Anderson, Christine Gernon
Prods: Geoffrey Perkins, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise, Geoff Posne
BAFTA Television Awards 2007 Nominee for Best Makeup and Hair Design
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2004 Nominee for Best Make Up Design in Entertainment and Non-Drama

TITTYBANGBANG
2005 		Pett Productions

Dir: Bob Mortimer and Angie de Chastelai Smith
Prod: Lisa Clark
HELP
2005 		BBC

Dir: Declan Lowney
Prod: Jane Berthoud
BAFTA Television Awards 2005 Winner for Best Makeup and Hair Design
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2005 Winner for Best Make Up Design in a Drama

NIGHTY NIGHT
2004 		Baby Cow Productions

Dir: Tony Dow, Dewi Humphreys
Prod: Alison MacPhail, Ted Dowd
THE MIGHTY BOOSH
Series 1 Episode 4
2003 		Baby Cow Production

Dir: Paul King , Steve Bendelack
Prod: Alison MacPhail & Ted Dowd
Series 1 Episode 4

ANGLIAN LIVES: ALAN PARTRIDGE
2003 		TalkBack Productions / BBC

Dir: Adam Tandy
Prod: Billy Sneddon
FRENCH AND SAUNDERS Celebrity Christmas Puddings

1987 		BBC

Dir: Tristram Shapeero
Prod: Jon Rolph
CRUSE OF THE GODS
2002 		Baby Cow Productions

Dir: Declan Lowney
Prod: Alison MacPhail
I'M ALAN PARTRIDGE
Series 2 Episodes 1 & 3
2002 		TalkBack Productions

Dir: Armando Iannucci, Tristram Shapeero
Prod: Armando Iannucci
JONATHAN CREEK SERIES 2 & 3
1998 – 2001 		BBC

Dir: Sandy Johnson, Keith Washington
Prod: Verity Lambert
DR. TERRIBLE'S HOUSES OF HORRIBLE
2001 		Baby Cow Productions / BBC

Dir : Matt Lipsey
Prod: Alison MacPhail
HUMAN REMAINS
2000 		Baby Cow Productions / BBC

Dir: Matt Lipsey
Prod: Alison MacPhail
RTS Craft & Design Awards 2001 Winner for Best Make Up Design in a Drama

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
1999 		BBC

Dir: Susan Belbin, Christine Gernon
Prods: Susan Belbin, Jonathan Paul Llewellyn, Esta Charkham
THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMAN
1999 		BBC

Dir: Steve Bendelack
Prods: Sarah Smith
BAFTA Television Awards 2001 Nominee for Best Makeup and Hair Design

DUCK PATROL
1998 		ITV- Independent Television

Dir: Sylvie Boden
Prods: Humphrey Barclay, Jamie Rix, Jan Etherington
IN THE RED
1998 		BBC

Dir: Marcus Mortimer
Prod: Sarah Smith

Documentaries

Production Company Notes
THE LENNY HENRY BIRTHDAY SHOW
2018 		BBC One / Douglas Road Productions

Dir: Dominic Brigstocke
Prod: John Rushton
MORECOMBE & WISE: THE WHOLE STORY
2013 		BBC

Dir: Andy Humphries
Prod: Andy Humphries

Short Films

Production Company Notes
MY WRONGS 8245-8249 AND 117
2002 		Warp Films

Dir: Christopher Morris
Prod: Mark Herbert

Theatre

Production Company Notes
THE UPSTART CROW
2020 		Gielgud Theatre

Dir: Sean Folley

Commercials

Production Company Notes
AVIVA (17 COMMERCIALS CHARACTERS WITH PAUL WHITEHOUSE)
2011 – 2018 		HSI London

Dir: Declan Lowney
Prod: Simon Monhemius
BETFAIR 'THE AMBASSADORS BALL'
2011 		Tantrum

Dir: Matt Lipsey/Simon Wigglesworth
VIRGIN ATLANTIC UPPER CLASS WRIGHT BROTHERS
2010 		Tomboy

Dir: Mark Myload
YORKIE 'NOT FOR GIRLS'
2006 		Georgeous Films

Dir: Chris Palmer
KRONENBURG 1664 BEER
2003 		Georgeous Films

Dir: Chris Palmer
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