Gail Rowell-Ryan (born 11 January 1939) is a film and television hairdresser.

Biography Gail Rowell-Ryan was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1939. She worked from 1974 to 2021. She has worked in films such as How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Taken, The Hunted, and Wrongfully Accused. She has worked with celebrities such as Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Dustin Hoffman, Sean Penn, Leslie Nielsen, Ray Liotta, and Nick Nolte.

Rowell-Ryan married makeup artist Robert Ryan on March 4, 1989. The couple were divorced on January 16, 2002.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result 1994 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Special The 66th Annual Academy Awards 1999 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special The Rat Pack 1999 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling Donny & Marie 2000 Academy Award Best Makeup and Hairstyling How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 BAFTA Award Best Make Up and Hair How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Saturn Award Best Make-up How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2000 Daytime Emmy Award Outstanding Achievement in Makeup Donny & Marie 2001 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award Best Innovative Hair Styling How the Grinch Stole Christmas 2010 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special The 82nd Annual Academy Awards 2013 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Dancing with the Stars 2014 Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Award Hair Stylists Lifetime Achievement Award — 2014 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Dancing with the Stars 2015 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Dancing with the Stars 2018 Primetime Emmy Award Outstanding Hairstyling for a Multi-Camera Series or Special Dancing with the Stars

References

External links

"Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists: A Forum on Contemporary Technique"