Kat Morgan | Hair & Make Up Designer

Kat Morgan | Hair & Make Up Designer

(She/Her)

It’s long been the case that the hair and make up team are the unofficial therapists of any film and television set. The intimate nature of their work, coupled with being the first ones in and the last ones out, means they can be hugely influential for setting the right mood for the day. The make up truck is also often the choice destination for those who need to just hang out, decompress and have “a wee chit-chat”. That’s the kind of positive environment that Scottish hair and make up designer Kat Morgan wants to cultivate, where everyone feels safe, welcome and can enjoy a good work-life balance.

This goes beyond her own work, which spans a decade and more than 40 screen credits, including television series Outlander (2014-2017), I May Destroy You (2020) and This is Going to Hurt (2022), and the films Blue Jean (2022), Limbo (2020), and Girl (2023). It’s an industry issue she is very vocal about, and is keen to use her position now, as a head of department, to help bring about change.

In their own words...

“It’s important that we promote a good work-life balance, especially for women. I just don’t believe people have to give up parts of their lives for their job. The landscape is changing and that’s down to people like me, heads of department who can cultivate that for those who are up-and-coming.”

“It’s a lot to process that I am [a BAFTA Breakthrough]. I don’t know whether that’s imposter syndrome or not. I never imagined someone like me being somewhere like this. It does feel like validation of who I am, what I do and how I like to work... A lot of love and care went into the making of Blue Jean and the people who made it. It was the right way to do things and it translates on camera and to people all over the world who love it.”

Kat is currently working on star-in-the-making Laura Carreira’s debut feature for Sixteen Films.

Kat’s breakthrough credit is the scripted film Blue Jean

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