Sarah-Jane Pucci

SFX Makeup and Hair Artist

An all-rounder Prosthetics, Hair and Make-up Artist, SJ splits her time between working on set and backstage. With a passion for Theatre as well as Film and TV she works across the board specialising in SFX.

Having over 15 years experience Sarah has worked in notable theatres including The Barbican, ENO, The National and The Almeida; designing wigs and prosthetics for award winning shows.

Alongside this her film and TV work includes shows such as Bridgerton, Cursed and Stath Lets Flats, and movies such as Supergirl, Wicked and Antman & The Wasp: Quantumania.

SJ loves to teach and truly believes that we never stop learning in this field, and feels lucky to have a job that is so creative which most of the time, doesn’t even feel like work!

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