Mia Neal, a Jackson State University alumna, made history after becoming one of the first Black women to ever win the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar at the 93rd annual Academy Awards Sunday.
Neal, 41, headed the hair department and was a wig and hairstyle designer for the Netflix drama Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, which stars Viola Davis. Along with Jamika Wilson, the two became the first Black women to win the award since the category was created by the Academy in 1981. What a night, Neal wrote on Instagram Monday.
Neal and the rest of the movie s hair and make-up team also won the Critic s Choice Movie Award for the film in March.
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Mia Neal, a Jackson State University alumna, made history after becoming one of the first Black women to ever win the Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar at the 93rd annual Academy Awards Sunday.
Neal, 41, headed the hair department and was a wig and hairstyle designer for the Netflix drama Ma Rainey s Black Bottom, which stars Viola Davis. Along with Jamika Wilson, the two became the first Black women to win the award since the category was created by the Academy in 1981.
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L-R: Mia Neal, Jamika Wilson and Sergio Lopez-Rivera won the Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” (Image source: YouTube/Variety)
Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson made history at the 93rd Academy Awards on Sunday, April 25, 2021, when they became the first Black women to win a Best Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar for their work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.”
Neal, who was head of the hair department on the film, and Wilson, Viola Davis‘ personal hairstylist, first made history in March 2021 when they became the first Black women to be nominated for an Oscar in the category. They won along with Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Viola Davis’ personal makeup artist.
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