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Eryn Krueger Mekash

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Eryn Krueger Mekash

Eryn Krueger Mekash

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Eryn Krueger Mekash

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Eryn Krueger Mekash has over 35 years of television and film industry experience as a makeup artist and is diversified in beauty, makeup effects and design. Her credits cover a wide range of productions. She started her career in the special makeup effects field in Los Angeles.

Eryn has won 8 Emmys - 7 for makeup and 1 for producing- and 11 Artisan awards and well as 39 Emmy Nominations for outstanding makeup, prosthetic and non-prosthetic. She was nominated for an Academy Award on Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy" and was invited to be a member of AMPAS and BAFTA.

Eryn Krueger Mekash has over 35 years of television and film industry experience as a makeup artist and is diversified in beauty, makeup effects and design. Her credits cover a wide range of productions. She started her career in the special makeup effects field in Los Angeles.

Eryn has won 8 Emmys - 7 for makeup and 1 for producing- and 11 Artisan awards and well as 39 Emmy Nominations for outstanding makeup, prosthetic and non-prosthetic. She was nominated for an Academy Award on Ron Howard's "Hillbilly Elegy" and was invited to be a member of AMPAS and BAFTA.

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Awards & Nominations

39 Nominations | 8 Emmys
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) - 2022
Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) - 2021
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Ratched
  • "Pilot"
  • Netflix
  • 20th Television for Netflix
    •
Outstanding Period And/Or Character Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) - 2020
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Hollywood
  • "Outlaws"
  • Netflix
  • Netflix
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2019
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2019
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2018
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2018
Outstanding Limited Series - 2018
Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2018
Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2018
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2017
Outstanding Makeup for a Limited Series or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2017
  • Winner
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Makeup Designer
  • FEUD: Bette And Joan
  • FX Networks
  • Fox 21 Television Studios
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup for a Series, Limited Series, Movie, or Special - 2017
Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2016
  • Winner
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • American Horror Story: Hotel
  • FX Networks
  • 20th Century Fox Television, FX Productions
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2016
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or Special - 2016
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • American Horror Story: Hotel
  • FX Networks
  • 20th Century Fox Television, FX Productions
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Limited Series, Movie Or A Special - 2015
Outstanding Makeup For A Limited Series Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2015
Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2014
Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2014
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2014
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2014
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • The Normal Heart
  • HBO
  •
Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2013
Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2013
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Liz & Dick
  • Lifetime
  • Larry A. Thompson Productions for Lifetime
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2013
Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic) - 2013
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • The Oscars
  • ABC
  • Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Miniseries Or A Movie (Non-Prosthetic) - 2012
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • American Horror Story
  • FX Networks
  • Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2012
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • American Horror Story
  • FX Networks
  • Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2011
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Glee
  • "The Sue Sylvester Shuffle"
  • FOX
  • Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2011
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Glee
  • "The Rocky Horror Glee Show"
  • FOX
  • Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2010
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Glee
  • "The Power Of Madonna"
  • FOX
  • Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2010
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Glee
  • "Theatricality"
  • FOX
  • Ryan Murphy Productions in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Single-Camera Series (Non-Prosthetic) - 2009
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash, Department Head Makeup Artist
  • Nip/Tuck
  • "Gisele Baylock And Legend"
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2007
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • "Conor McNamara 2026"
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2006
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Series (non-prosthetic) - 2006
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Series (non-prosthetic) - 2005
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup For A Series, Miniseries, Movie Or A Special - 2005
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •
Outstanding Makeup For A Series (non-prosthetic) - 2004
  • Nominee
  • Eryn Krueger Mekash
  • Nip/Tuck
  • FX Networks
  • The Shephard/Robin Company, in association with Warner Bros. Television
    •

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The makeup team
Jillian Erickson, Mike Mekash, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Christopher Nelson, Lucy O'Reilly and Kim Ayers backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Fill 1
The makeup team
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The makeup team for The Assassination of Gianni Versace accepts their award at the 2018 Creative Arts Emmys.

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Silvina Knight and, from left, Robin Beauchesne, David Williams, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Tym Buacharern, Ana Lozano during night one of the Television Academy's 2018 Creative Arts Emmy Awards at the Microsoft Theater on Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018, in Los Angeles.

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Jillian Erickson, Mike Mekash, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Christopher Nelson, Lucy O'Reilly and Kim Ayers backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.
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Jillian Erickson, Mike Mekash, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Christopher Nelson, Lucy O'Reilly and Kim Ayers backstage at the 2015 Creative Arts Emmys.

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