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2012 List of Make-up-Oscar Contenders Narrowed to Seven

BELOW: Glenn Close as Albert Nobbs

ABOVE: ©A.M.P.A.S. BELOW: 'Albert Nobbs' photo courtesy of Roadside Attractions

Posted: Tuesday January 17, 2012

Updated Jan. 16 with the names of the artists.

On Jan. 9, the Makeup Artists and Hairstylists Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the long list of films in contention for this year's Achievement in Makeup Oscar. Make-Up Artistmagazine highlighted all of these films in Issues 92, 93 and 94 and on makeupmag.com. Here are the hopefuls:

Albert Nobbs (right)
     Matthew Mungle
     Lynn Johnston
     Martial Corneville

Anonymous
     Björn Rehbein
     Heike Merker

The Artist
     Julie Hewett
     Cydney Cornell

Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque (A Heroic Life)
     David Martí
     Fabienne Bressan

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II
     Nick Dudman
     Amanda Knight
     Lisa Tomblin

Hugo
     Morag Ross

The Iron Lady
     J. Roy Helland
     Mark Coulier

All members of the Makeup Branch will view 10-minute excerpts from each film and vote to nominate three finalists for Oscar consideration at the annual bake-off on Jan. 21. The awards nominations will be announced live Jan. 24. at 5:30 a.m. PST. Return here for the latest coverage of the 2012 Achievement in Makeup Oscar race.

Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth I in Anonymous. Photo © 2011 Columbia TriStar Marketing Group, Inc.	Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo in The Artist. Photo courtesy of The Weinstein Company
Doug Jones as La Gueule in Gainsbourg: Vie héroïque (A Heroic Life). Photo courtesy of DDT Efectos Especiales and Music Box Films	Goblin make-up from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II. Photo courtesy of Nick Dudman and Warner Bros. © 2011
Christopher Lee as Monsieur Labisse in Hugo. Photo by Jaap Buitendjik, © GK Films, LLC	Meryl Streep as Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady. Photo © 2011 The Weinstein Company

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