- Sarita Allison began her career as a makeup artist working on various fashion shows, magazine covers, editorials, album covers, TV commercials and music videos. During this period, Sarita worked for the likes of Bjork, Issey Miyake, Vivienne Westwood and Alexander Mcqueen. Her first feature prosthetic work was for Judge Dredd (1995) where Sarita worked for industry veteran Nick Dudman. Sarita was then subsequently invited to join Dudman's teams in both Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999) and The Mummy (1999). Touching the Void (2003) was a pivotal point in Sarita's career. A true story about two climbers and their perilous journey in the Peruvian Andes. It required realistic frostbit/exposure makeup reflecting the extreme weather conditions in the Alps. In 2004, Touching the Void went on to win the Alex Korda award for Best British Film. Along the way, Sarita worked on various TV Movies (Stella Street, Surrealissimo The Scandalous Success of Salvador Dali, Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures, and Fooling Hitler, TV Series (Skins, Nearly Famous and Scallywagga) various feature films (Churchill: The Hollywood Years, The Upside of Anger, The Disappearance of Alice Creed and The Infidel). In 2011, Sarita joined an all-female special effects makeup team to work on Jennifer Lawrence's character Mystique in X Men: First Class (2011). That same year Sarita re-teamed with Nick Dudman on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011). Sarita once again with Makeup Effects Consultant Nick Dudman on putting together a team of animatronics and makeup effects experts to refurbish and curate the Harry Potter creations housed at Leavesden Studios for the Warner Bros The Making of Harry Potter tour in London. Sarita worked on the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Then went back to television with Mr. Selfridge (2013). Universal's short Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts (2014) and The Hogwarts Express for Orlando's Theme Park. Sarita re-teamed with Nick Dudman to work on Penny Dreadful (2014) where she took the position as Key Prosthetic Makeup Artist. Season one won the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Best Makeup and Hair Design and scored an Emmy nomination for the season's finale. Sarita is working on the third season of Penny Dreadful which will air in the Spring of 2016.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Sarita Allison
- Worked on Alexander Mcqueen's Spring/Summer 1997 fashion show.
- Was part of an all-female special effects makeup team who worked on Jennifer Lawrence's character Mystique in X Men: First Class (2011). Lawrence's full-body Mystique look took six hours to apply daily.
- Carried products and materials in a rucksack and pockets and walked for at least 50 minutes to get to filming locations during the filming of Touching the Void (2003) in the French, Italian and Swiss Alps at high altitude in severe weather conditions.
- Was part of the prosthetics team for the Gringotts Bank sequence in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II (2011).
- Worked for ten months to organise and curate The Making of Harry Potter Warner Bros Studio Tour in London. Her role consisted of hiring crew, organising the workshop and delivering everything on budget.
- "Moving from fashion makeup design into feature film meant I really had to prove myself - Star Wars gave me a great opportunity to display my skills and commitment" - on her transition from working in fashion to feature films
- "Dredd was a fantastic challenge and I had excellent feedback from Nick. It was a great initiation!" - on her work on Judge Dredd (1995)
- Working at altitude in freezing conditions was a huge learning curve where every day was a challenge!" - on working on Touching the Void
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