Tami Lane
Encyclopedia
Tami Lane is an American
prosthetic makeup
artist. She was educated in Peoria, Illinois
, where she attended Woodruff High School and graduated from Bradley University
in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Art and emphasis in Graphic Design
. She was also a member of Alpha Chi Omega
-Zeta Eta chapter there. As a student she had the opportunity to visit makeup effects company KNB EFX Group in Los Angeles
; after graduation she worked for KNB EFX with part-owner Howard Berger for four years before heading out on her own.
She is best known for her work in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, for which she and won the 2005 Academy Award for Makeup
for leading a team of 42 makeup and prosthetic experts. She has also done work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
(her first Academy Award nomination), The Green Mile
and Superman Returns
.
She appeared on the first episode of the NBC
show Identity
with the identity of "Academy Award winner", but the contestant incorrectly identified Eve Plumb
as the winner. Lane's identity was not revealed until the end of the show.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
prosthetic makeup
Prosthetic makeup
Prosthetic makeup is the process of using prosthetic sculpting, molding and casting techniques to create advanced cosmetic effects...
artist. She was educated in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...
, where she attended Woodruff High School and graduated from Bradley University
Bradley University
Bradley University, founded in 1897, is a private, co-educational university located in Peoria, Illinois. It is a small institution with an enrollment of approximately 6,100 undergraduate and postgraduate students and a full-time faculty of approximately 350....
in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Art and emphasis in Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
. She was also a member of Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Chi Omega is a women's fraternity founded on October 15, 1885. Currently, there are 135 chapters of Alpha Chi Omega at colleges and universities across the United States and more than 200,000 lifetime members...
-Zeta Eta chapter there. As a student she had the opportunity to visit makeup effects company KNB EFX Group in Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
; after graduation she worked for KNB EFX with part-owner Howard Berger for four years before heading out on her own.
She is best known for her work in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, for which she and won the 2005 Academy Award for Makeup
Academy Award for Makeup
The Academy Award for Best Makeup is the Oscar given to the best achievement in makeup for film. Usually, only three films are nominated each year rather than five as in most categories...
for leading a team of 42 makeup and prosthetic experts. She has also done work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
The Lord of the Rings is an epic film trilogy consisting of three fantasy adventure films based on the three-volume book of the same name by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. The films are The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers and The Return of the King .The films were directed by Peter...
(her first Academy Award nomination), The Green Mile
The Green Mile (film)
The Green Mile is a 1999 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and adapted by him from the 1996 Stephen King novel of the same name...
and Superman Returns
Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
.
She appeared on the first episode of the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
show Identity
Identity (game show)
Identity is a reality/game show, hosted by Penn Jillette and produced by Reveille where contestants could win money by matching 12 strangers one-by-one to phrases about their identities.-Format:A contestant is introduced to twelve strangers...
with the identity of "Academy Award winner", but the contestant incorrectly identified Eve Plumb
Eve Plumb
Eve Aline Plumb is an American actress and painter. She is best known for her portrayal of Jan Brady in the iconic television sitcom The Brady Bunch.-Early career:...
as the winner. Lane's identity was not revealed until the end of the show.
External links
- "Best. Lesbian. Week. Ever." by Sarah Warn
- Video of Best Makeup Oscar (Windows Media VideoWindows Media Video'Windows Media Video is a video compression format for several proprietary codecs developed by Microsoft. The original video format, known as WMV, was originally designed for Internet streaming applications, as a competitor to RealVideo. The other formats, such as WMV Screen and WMV Image, cater...
format) - "Peoria native wins Oscar"