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About
Bridget is a professional Hair and Makeup Artist working across film and television and is a member of BAFTA Connect. Based in Southwest England, she is available for projects nationwide.
She brings extensive experience across commercial, music video, and film productions, with a portfolio spanning both contemporary and period work.
With over three decades in the hair and beauty industry and training from the Peter Swords King School of Hair and Media Makeup, Bridget has contributed to a wide range of projects—from high end television to independent films—and has designed several award-winning short films.
Committed to staying current with fashion and makeup trends, she tailors each brief to the client’s needs and continues to work on a diverse range of creative projects.
ScreenSkills Training Passport
Bridget Gardiner has completed the following modules within the ScreenSkills Training Passport.
Production safety passport
Bridget Gardiner has completed the following production safety passport modules.
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Risk Management of Productions
Experience
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Hair & makeup Artist (Daily)
Working for Carol Cooper & Sarah Jane Marks on Mc Donald & Dodds. Modern day drama, creating hair, make up & male grooming for a Great Gatsby themed wedding & a Pakistani fusion wedding. A dream job to work for Carol, working in the crowd room for both wedding & I was lucky enough to be asked to do the fitting prior to the Pakistani fusion wedding
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Hair & Makeup Artist (Daily)
Working once again for Sam Easey, but this time as a hair & makeup artist in the crowd room for Industry . Modern day hair makeup & male grooming
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Hair & Makeup Artist
Working once again for Inma Azorin, but this time as a hair & makeup artist in the crowd room for A good girls guide to murder. A very busy day in the crowd room, creating natural looks for the morning's take & then changing it up in the afternoon to a New Years party look. Modern day hair, makeup & male grooming
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Hair & Makeup Designer
Girls Hugging their fathers. Atalanta was kind enough to ask me to join her on this beautiful project, starring Nathaniel Parker & Patsy Ferran.
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Hair & Makeup Artist (Daily)
A dream job, working in the crowd room of Dr Who. An opportunity to apply wigs, create period hairstyles for both men & women, for supervisor Scott Beswick & Designer Claire Williams
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Hair & Makeup Artist ( Daily)
Casualty - BBC TV Drama. I have recently had the honour of being asked by Kirstie Stanway to help out on Casualty. I have supporting a lovely team, under the supervision of Designer Vic Jackson. Working on an established & diverse cast to get them set ready & support continuity throughout the day
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Hair & Makeup Designer
An award winning moving & heart warming short. I was fortunate enough to be asked to design for this short; starring Cavan Clerkin, Harry Gilby, Oliver Huntingdon
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Hair & Makeup Artist (Dailies)
Casualty - BBC TV Drama. I have recently had the honour of being asked by Kirstie Stanway to help out on Casualty. I have supporting a lovely team, under the supervision of Designer Katy Tibballs. Working on an established & diverse cast to get them set ready & support continuity throughout the day
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Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Tiger Aspect- TV Series- Three Little Birds- I worked on establishing a new team of hairdressers & makeup artists, for new designers Sharon Miller & Kym Menzies Foster. The aim was enable the skilled team of hairdressers & makeup artists the skills required to make the transfer into working on a television production. This included researching & establishing period looks, photographing for continuity, setting up continuity apps, general set etiquette & paperwork required
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Hair & Makeup Artist (Dailies)
The Beaker Girls Series 2. Working under the direction of Rebecca Hall, as a hair & makeup artist, in the role of both dailies & as holiday/sickness cover, for both Rebecca & other members of her team. My job was to get performers onto set within the time frames given, to provide on set support with continuity. To work on principal actors, when providing cover & to work on SA's when providing work as a daily. This meant providing established hair & makeup looks & establishing looks, for all skin tones & hair types,(inclusive of men's barbering & afro hair styling).
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Hair & Makeup Artist
LB Feature Film- Christmas at the Holly Day Inn is a family-friendly, multi-generational romantic comedy about an over-achieving executive who quits her job just before Christmas and goes to her father's country inn to try to find some balance again. Starring Tamla Kari, Colin Baker, & Anita Dobson
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Hair & Makeup Designer
Wake - An Award Winning Short - Starring Alison Steadman, Mark Frost, Louisa Clein & Stuart Campbell A modern drama My job as designer was to contact all the cast prior to filming & check any specific requirements. Once contact had been made looks were discussed with the director & then the actor before mood board were drawn up. This job was working with a microbudget, so all purchases were discussed, prior to purchase. Prep time was given to establish looks & then timings were discussed & agreed for the filming schedule. Once looks were established for individuals, notes for continuity were given to my assistant; to allow her to follow up with on set continuity whilst I continued to work at base.
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Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Little Bone Lodge (LB) Feature Film Hair & Makeup Supervisor for a modern day thriller. Set during a vicious storm, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. Taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds dark secrets of its own. Starring Joely Richardson, Neil Linpow, Sadie Soverall, Harry Cadby.
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Key Hair & Makeup Artist
Key Hair & Makeup Artist for Asher Knight for his new music video for his single 'Survive'
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Hair & Makeup Trainee
Riches - ITV drama. Trainee (for designers Cynthia De La Rosa & Sharon Martin), working with textured hair, blocking up wigs, setting wigs, derigging wigs & makeup using hot towels, packing down for location moves, straight makeup & hair for SA's
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Makeup Artist
Music video: Ella Henderson: Brave Makeup Artist - straight makeup, continuity & deconstruction looks working on all skin tones 2021 London
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Hair & wig stylist
Theatre production: Bath Theatre Royal “The Good Life” Hair & Wig Artist - I was asked to come in & set up the cast ready for touring. My work included barbering, hair trims, wig blocking setting & dressing 2021 Bath
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Key Hair & Makeup Artist
The Sooty Show Key Hair & Makeup Artist- straight makeup, male grooming, SFX & continuity. Personal HMUA for Richard Cadell 2021 Exeter
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Key Hair & Makeup Artist
Music Video: The Stranglers: This Song Key Hair & Makeup Artist- continuity, male grooming for Stuart Pierce & character makeup for SA’s (Pakour team ) 2021 London
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Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Hair & Makeup Supervisor - supporting dailies for crowd days, continuity, modern day hair & makeup for Samantha Bond, modern day hair & makeup for all hair & skin types, main team & supporting SA’s, male grooming, deconstruction, dirty down, SFX (probondo & silicone pieces) & barbering
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Hair & Makeup
Theatre production "King Lear” Hair stylist- 1980’s hair styling & continuity 2021 Ludlow
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Key Hair & Makeup
Music Video: Scarlet Rebels: Storm Key Hair & Makeup Artist- male grooming, dirtying down & deconstruction makeup for male actor & male grooming for the band 2021 London
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Hair & Makeup Supervisor
Fear the Invisible Man Hair & Makeup Supervisor - supporting dailies for crowd days, continuity, period (Victorian) hair & makeup for main team & supporting SA’s, male grooming, deconstruction, dirty down, SFX 2021 Gloucester/ Wales/ Bristol
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Lecturer of Level 1 Hair & Beauty
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Lecturer of Level 1 Hair & Beauty & Level 2 & 3 Beauty Therapy
Education and training
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Completed Period Wig Styling
Training at the Wig room with Vincenza, covering a back to basics care, including wig blocking, washing, hair wrapping and wig styling session. Period wig styling for 1920's 1930's, 1940's and Late Victorian
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Coronavirus basic awareness on production training
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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HETV Skills Fund Spotlight Series - Masterclasses for the Hair and Make Up department
ScreenSkills Funded
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Deaf awareness training in association with Signpost Productions
ScreenSkills Funded
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Certificate of Achievement Afro and textured hair
A few days training on a one to one basis with Joy to finesse the art of working with Afro and textured hair
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
ScreenSkills Funded
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The guiding principles of departmental budgeting in high-end TV and film
ScreenSkills Funded
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Making the freelance life work for you
ScreenSkills Funded
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mental health awareness workshop for HETV Productions
ScreenSkills Funded
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Mentoring get together: reflecting and networking
ScreenSkills Funded
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The guiding principles of departmental budgeting in high-end TV and film
ScreenSkills Funded
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Leadership and management essentials for high-end television freelancers (closed booking)
ScreenSkills Funded
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The guiding principles of departmental budgeting in high-end TV and film
ScreenSkills Funded
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Addressing unconscious bias: basic awareness in the workplace
ScreenSkills Funded
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
ScreenSkills Funded
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Certificate Hair & Media Makeup
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Certificate Equality & Diversity
Certificates
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Diversity, equity and inclusion for the screen industries
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Safeguarding for all: basic awareness for the screen industries
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Getting into the screen industries
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Leadership and management essentials for high-end television freelancers (closed booking)
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Introduction to mental health awareness at work
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Risk Management of Productions
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Tackling harassment and bullying at work
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Mentoring for mentees
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