She won the Academy Award for Best Makeup for her work in Elizabeth (1998) and the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair for her work in Elizabeth and The Young Victoria (2009).
She was born in British India to an Armenian father and a French mother, moving to the United Kingdom at age 10.
[1] Shircore is a well-known expert in creating visuals for historical dramas, particularly those of the Elizabethan era.
She worked on high-profile film productions set in that period, including Elizabeth as well as its sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), and Mary Queen of Scots (2018).
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