Gail Ryan

Gail Rowell-Ryan (born 11 January 1939) is a film and television hairdresser.

Biography

Gail Rowell-Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1939. She worked from 1974 to 2021. She has worked in films such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Taken, The Hunted, and Wrongfully Accused. She has worked with celebrities such as Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Penn, Leslie Nielsen, Ray Liotta, and Nick Nolte.^[1]^[2]

Rowell-Ryan married makeup artist Robert Ryan on March 4, 1989. The couple were divorced on January 16, 2002.^[2]

Won

2014 Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award - Hair Stylists Lifetime Achievement Award^[3]
2001 Academy Award, Best Makeup and Hairstyling - How the Grinch Stole Christmas^[4]
2001 Saturn Award, Best Make-up - How the Grinch Stole Christmas
2001 BAFTA Film Award, Best Make Up/Hair - How the Grinch Stole Christmas^[5]
2001 Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award - Best Innovative Hair Styling - How the Grinch Stole Christmas

Nominated

2018 70th Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special - Dancing with the Stars^[6]
2015 67th Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special - Dancing with the Stars^[7]
2014 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special - Dancing with the Stars^[8]
2013 65th Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special - Dancing with the Stars^[9]
2010 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special - The 82nd Annual Academy Awards^[10]
2000 27th Daytime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Achievement in Makeup - Donny & Marie (1998)
1999 51st Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special - The Rat Pack^[11]
1999 26th Daytime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Hairstyling - Donny & Marie
1994 46th Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special - The 66th Annual Academy Awards