Michèle Burke

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| name = Michèle Burke

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| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1949}}

| birth_place = Kildare, County Kildare, Ireland

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| occupation = make-up artist

| yearsactive = 1980–present

|website = {{URL|micheleburke.com}}

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Michèle Burke (born 1949) is an Irish-born Academy Award-winning make-up artist.

Burke emigrated to Canada with her brother Mark in 1973, and first worked as a model in Montreal before becoming a make-up artist.{{citation needed|date=December 2021}}

She currently holds both Canadian and U.S. citizenship, in addition to her original Irish nationality.

Honors and awards

She has won numerous awards, including two Academy Awards for Best Makeup, the first time for Quest for Fire (1981), the second time for Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).{{cite web|url=http://www.ifta.ie/events/dts/micheleburke.php|title=In Converstation with .... Oscar winning Make-up Artist Michele Burke|website=www.ifta.ie}}{{cite web|url=http://micheleburke.com/short-bio/|title=SHORT BIO ‹ Michele Burke|website=micheleburke.com|date=31 May 2014 }}{{cite web|url=http://emmafarrellmakeup.com/artist-spotlight-michele-burke/|title=Michele Burke Make-up Artist - EF Creative Studios|website=emmafarrellmakeup.com}}{{cite web|url=http://ifta.ie/academy_members/mp/michelle_burke.html|title=IFTA Academy - Irish Film & Television Academy - Irish Film & Television Awards|website=ifta.ie}}{{cite web|url=http://lookthebusiness.ie/hollywood-make-artist-turned-passion-stellar-career/|title=How An Oscar-Winning Hollywood Make-Up Artist Turned Her Passion Into A Career — Look the Business|date=14 December 2016}}{{cite web| url = http://www2.us-irelandalliance.org/content/407/en/Arts%20&%20Culture/Connections/Michele%20Burke%20to%20be%20honored%20at%20Oscar%20Wilde.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140715152320/http://www.us-irelandalliance.org/content/407/en/Arts%20&%20Culture/Connections/Michele%20Burke%20to%20be%20honored%20at%20Oscar%20Wilde.html| archive-date = 2014-07-15| title = Michele Burke to be honored at Oscar Wilde {{!}} US-Ireland Alliance}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iftn.ie/crew/?act1=record&aid=73&rid=4281335&tpl=archnews&force=1|title=Talking Makeup With Michele Burke - The Irish Film & Television Network|website=www.iftn.ie}}{{cite web |title=MakeUp in ...™ - Thanks to Michele Burke, the work of a film makeup artist will no longer be a mystery to you! |url=https://makeup-in.com/07-makeup-in-en/losangeles-en/thanks-to-michele-burke-the-work-of-a-film-makeup-artist-will-no-longer-be-a-mystery-to-you/ |url-status=dead |website=makeup-in.com}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=June 2025}}