Eileen Buggy facts for kids

Eileen Buggy is an Irish hairstylist. She creates amazing hairstyles for actors in movies and TV shows. She has worked in the film industry since 1993.

Eileen has won special awards called Irish Film & Television Academy Awards (IFTAs). She won for her work on the TV show Ripper Street and the movie The Green Knight. She has also been nominated for many other IFTAs.

What She Does: Her Career

Eileen Buggy has worked with famous actors like Anne Hathaway and Martin Sheen. Martin Sheen even thanked her for giving him a perm (a curly hairstyle) in his 2011 movie Stella Days.

She has been nominated for many awards for her hair and makeup work.

• In 2009, she was nominated for an IFTA for the show George Gently.
• She was nominated again in 2010 for Zonad and in 2012 for Stella Days.
• In 2012, she even received a nomination for an Oscar for the movie Albert Nobbs. An Oscar is one of the biggest awards in the film world!
• She was also nominated for a British Academy Television Craft Award in 2013 for Ripper Street.
• In 2020, she got another IFTA nomination for Vita & Virginia.
• Her big win came in 2022 when she won the Makeup & Hair category at the 18th IFTA awards for her work on The Green Knight.

Eileen's job involves making sure actors' hair looks perfect for their roles. This can mean creating hairstyles from different time periods or making them look like specific characters.

Her Life Outside Work

Eileen Buggy is the sister of the actor Niall Buggy. She lives in Drumcondra, Dublin, which is a part of Dublin, Ireland. She is married and has four children.

Some of Her Work

Eileen Buggy has worked on many movies and TV shows. Here are a few examples:

• In the Name of the Father (1993) - This was one of her first jobs.
• Angela's Ashes (1999)
• King Arthur (2004)
• The Lobster (2015)
• Love & Friendship (2016)
• Ripper Street (TV series, 2012–2016) - She was the hair designer for this show.
• Miss Scarlet and the Duke (TV series, 2020)

She often works as a "Hair Designer," which means she plans and creates all the hairstyles for the actors in a film or TV show.