Christine Allsopp
Costume & Make-Up
Biography
Christine Belinda Allsopp was born in London and raised in Farnham Common near Pinewood Studios. Her father was an architect, writer, surveyor and editor of the Estates Gazette. Her mother, Connie Reeve, was a leading make-up artist who supervised John Huston’s ‘Moulin Rouge’ and ‘Beat the Devil’, and ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ for Michael Powell. Her uncles Harold and Gerald Fletcher were make-up artists; Harold trained Connie, the first woman trained at Shepperton Studios in the early 1950s. Aunt Eileen was also a make-up artist and exhibited paintings at the Royal Academy. After private schooling at Dair House, Brigidine Convent and St. Helens and St. Katherine’s, her parents’ divorce led to state schools where she was bullied for sounding posh. She adopted an Oxfordshire accent to fit in. She attended secretarial college in Cheltenham, then joined Oxford University Press as a secretary, assisting Ron Heapy in Children’s Books. Sensing limited prospects without a degree, she left to pursue film make-up. Her mother had taken her on sets as a child. She began professionally in 1981 with body make-up on ‘Clash of the Titans’. She assisted on ‘The Draughtsman’s Contract’ with Lois Burwell, then trained under Stuart and Graham Freeborn on ‘Return of the Jedi’ and Tom Smith on ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’. Choosing actor work over creature effects, she joined ‘Never Say Never Again’, caring for Klaus Maria Brandauer and Kim Basinger’s body make-up. At 22 she Chiefed ‘Party Party’. She later assisted Peter Frampton and Paul Engelen. In 1985 she joined ‘Full Metal Jacket’ after two chiefs were fired. Stanley Kubrick kept her on as Co-Chief after a successful bullet-hit test; she did Matthew Modine’s make-up. She called the intense discipline her most enjoyable career experience, and Kubrick praised her work. She earned a BAFTA nomination in 1989. To secure her future she learned hairdressing, mastering full-head design and seamless make-up/hair integration.She created a flawless beehive wig for Maxine Peake on ‘The Falling’ with no visible lace. For the BAFTA-winning ‘The Fades’ she designed prosthetics-free zombie make-up and received an RTS nomination. She invented realistic wounds for black skin and the first fully wrapped Sikh beard on British television. As make-up designer on 2005’s ‘Casanova’ she brought fun and fashion twists. She has three BAFTA nominations and values harmonious creative teams. She helped launch a successful actor’s career and studied low-budget producing at the National Film and Television School. A full voting BAFTA member, she enjoys industry screenings and events.
Known For
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Red Dwarf
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.
1917
When Bond's latest assignment goes gravely wrong, agents around the world are exposed and MI6 headquarters is attacked. While M faces challenges to her authority and position from Gareth Mallory, the new Chairman of the Intelligence and Security Committee, it's up to Bond, aided only by field agent Eve, to locate the mastermind behind the attack.
Skyfall
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Full Metal Jacket
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
France, June 1944. On the eve of D-Day, some American paratroopers fall behind enemy lines after their aircraft crashes while on a mission to destroy a radio tower in a small village near the beaches of Normandy. After reaching their target, the surviving paratroopers realise that, in addition to fighting the Nazi troops that patrol the village, they also must fight against something else.
Overlord
A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.
Spider
Castle Dux, Bohemia, 1798. Casanova, now a penniless librarian in his seventies, tells Edith, a young kitchen maid in the castle, his remarkable life story, and about falling in love with Henriette.
Casanova
Sheena's parents are killed while on Safari. She is raised by the mystical witch woman of an African tribe. When her foster mother is framed for the murder of a political leader, Sheena and a newsman, Vic Casey, are forced to flee while pursued by the mercenaries hired by the real killer, who hopes to assume power. Sheena's ability to talk to the animals and knowledge of jungle lore give them a chance against the high tech weapons of the mercenaries.
Sheena
Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.
Heaven's Gate
Seventeen-year old Paul can see the spirits of the dead. When one of these restless spirits crosses back into the living world, he is forced into a fight to prevent the apocalypse.
The Fades
A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.
Incendiary
The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Lady Jane
England, 1969. The fascinating Abbie and the troubled Lydia are great friends. After an unexpected tragedy occurs in the strict girls' school they attend, a mysterious epidemic of fainting breaks out that threatens the mental sanity and beliefs of the tormented people involved, both teachers and students.
The Falling
R. Neville, a brash young draftsman, is hired to make a dozen landscape illustrations at the estate of Mr Herbert and his wife Virginia. Aside from monetary compensation, the arrangement includes a sexual liaison offered to Neville by Virginia while her estranged husband is away. But when the murdered body of Mr Herbert is discovered at the estate, mysterious clues found in Neville's drawings point to the identity of the killer.
The Draughtsman's Contract
A suburban couple decide to spice up their lives by swinging with another couple.
Swinging with the Finkels
Joseph, the favored son of Jacob, is betrayed by his jealous brothers, sold into slavery, and driven to Egypt. Though beset with adversity, Joseph perseveres through wit and faith and becomes the Governor of Egypt, second only to the Pharaoh.
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Biographer Margaret Lea travels to the isolated rural mansion of the famous writer Vida Winter, who asks her to write her biography. Although initially she is reluctant, as Vida is known for constantly distorting the facts of her life, Margaret soon becomes fascinated with the story of a dark childhood, a disturbing tale that leads her to finally confront the traumas of her own past.
The Thirteenth Tale
A light hearted look at future Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's rise from research chemist in 1949 to becoming MP for Finchley in 1959, encompassing her early relationship and marriage to oil millionaire Denis Thatcher.
Margaret Thatcher: The Long Walk to Finchley
A chef seeks reconciliation with her brother by helping him run a decaying resort and health spa.