Nadia Stacey, who studied media make-up at York College in the city from 2004 to 2006, scooped the Best Makeup and Hairstyling gong at Sunday’s 96th Academy Awards Ceremony.
It was in recognition of her work as makeup, hair and prosthetics designer on the movie Poor Things, for which she also won a BAFTA last month.
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