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Ve Neill

Costume & Make-Up Born May 13, 1951 Riverside, California, U.S. 10 credits

Biography

Ve Neill (born Mary Flores) is an American Academy Award-winning makeup artist. She won three Academy Awards for the films Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Ed Wood; and has been nominated for eight Oscars total.

She has worked on the entire film franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean, and The Hunger Games. She has worked on The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2, as well as multiple Batman movies including Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin.

Other notable film work includes A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Hook, and Edward Scissorhands, Mars Attacks!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), Austin Powers in Goldmember, The Chronicles of Riddick, Constantine, Eragon, John Carter, The Host, and X-Men: Days of Future Past.

She served as one of the judges on the Syfy original series Face Off, which featured makeup artists competing for $100,000.

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Known for

Face Off

as Self - Judge

To Tell the Truth

as Self - Oscar- & Emmy-Winning Hollywood Makeup Artist
Film

Batman Forever

as Woman Using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)

Full filmography

  • Face Off (2011) as Self - Judge
  • To Tell the Truth (2016) as Self - Oscar- & Emmy-Winning Hollywood Makeup Artist
  • Batman Forever (1995) as Woman Using NygmaTech Box (uncredited)
  • Face Off: Game Face (2017) as Self - Judge
  • And the Oscar Goes To... (2014) as Self - Interviewee
  • The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2015) as Self - Makeup Department Head
  • Matilda's Movie Magic: The Making of 'Matilda' (2005) as Self
  • The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games (2012) as Self - Makeup Department Head
  • Making Apes: The Artists Who Changed Film (2019) as Self
  • Monster Girls (2025)