Full Bio

JACQUELINE BENSAID

MAKE-UP ARTIST & HAIR STYLIST

UNION MAKE UP ARTIST, LOCAL 798 / NYS LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST

Jacqueline@purplehairproductions.com                                      

 

                                                                                                                     FREELANCE CREDITS                                                                                                                                                                     

FILM: 

HOT AIR, SECOND ACT, MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN

TELEVISION:

DISCOVERY-EURO SPORT, 2018 WINTER OLYMPICS, PYEONG CHANG

POSE, ANTM season 23

NETWORKS:

A&E NETWORKS, BBC AMERICA, CBS SPORTS, MTV, VH1, TRU TV, E! NEWS, HISTORY CHANNEL, NICKELODEON

FASHION:

BETSEY JOHNSON, REEBOKxSANDRO, ROBERT GRAHAM

PRINT:

INKED, SEVENTEEN, REDBOOK, CMJ, MOJO

DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS:

COSMOPOLITAN, MARTHA STEWART, RACHEL RAY, ROLLING STONE, BILLBOARD

LIVE THEATRICAL:

ROCK OF AGES

RECORDING ARTISTS:

KEITH RICHARDS, BON JOVI, BIGGIE SMALLS, DAVE GAHAN, LIZ PHAIR, PAULA COLE, GROVER WASHINGTON JR, TONI BRAXTON, NATALIE MERCHANT

RECORD LABELS:

WARNER BROS, VIRGIN, ISLAND DEF JAM, SONY, ARISTA

                                                                                                                     CONTRACT WORK:

FUSE TV  (NYC)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               2002 - 2015

DEPARTMENT HEAD Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist for on-air hosts and celebrity talent.

Guest talent includes Dave Navarro, Tommy Lee, Slash, My Chemical Romance, Fallout Boy and Foo Fighters.

 * Worked with producers and executives to create overall on-air talent image

* Oversaw general management and maintenance of Make up & Hair Department.

 * Selected and trained additional artists and assistants.

PRISICILLA, QUEEN OF THE DESERT  Palace Theater (NYC)                                                                                                                                                             2011 - 2012

Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist

VH1 STUDIO (NYC)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       1994 - 1999

DEPARTMENT HEAD Make-up Artist & Hair Stylist for on-air hosts and celebrity talent.

Guest talent included George Harrison, Iggy Pop, Diana Ross, Susan Sarandon, Joan Jett and Marianne Faithful.