Star Trek: Discovery wins big at the Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards

Star Trek: Discovery wins big at the Make-Up and Hair Stylists Guild Awards
Star Trek: Discovery won big at the Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild ceremony

Star Trek: Discovery won big at the Make-up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild ceremony

FEBRUARY 24, 2022 - As you might recall while watching this space, Star Trek: Discovery was nominated for a Best Special Make-Up Effects award from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild (IATSE Local 706). The show was nominated alongside American Horror StoriesImpeachment: American Crime Story, The Witcher, and This Is Us.

The envelope, please….

And the winner is … Star Trek: Discovery! Represented by Glenn Hetrick, Rocky Faulkner, Nicola Bendrey, and Chris Burgoyne, DISCO received the award in the category of TV Series – Limited, Miniseries, or New Media Series. 

Doug Jones, as had been announced, received the inaugural Chair Award. As Jones’ Discovery co-star and captain, Sonequa Martin-Green, presented the award to Jones, he said, “I feel a little guilty receiving an award for basically sitting in a chair while you guys did all the work.”

Martin-Green had said that Jones “is a phenomenal actor, a true artist, a warrior, and a genius of the mind and body. He is a legend. And he is an angelic gem of a human being. I love him dearly.”

Also as expected, Emmy-winning hair stylist Joy Zapata, who worked on Star Trek: The Next GenerationGenerations, and Nemesis received a Lifetime Achievement Award.

For more on the 2022 MUAHS Guild Awards, including a link to the video of the proceedings, visit the MUAHS Guild. (While we're sure you'll be interested in watching the entire ceremony, the Trek-related portion begins at about the 3:00:00 mark....)

And to see the work of the artists of the MUAHS Guild and of all the other creatives behind and in front of the camera, Star Trek: Discovery is streaming now on Paramount+.

David is a contributing writer for Daily Star Trek News on the Roddenberry Podcast Network. He is a librarian, baseball fan, and book and movie buff. He has also written for American Libraries and Skeptical Inquirer. David also enjoys diverse music, but leans toward classical and jazz. He plays a mean radio.