Mathu Andersen

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Mathu Andersen
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  • Make-up artist
  • costume designer
  • photographer

Mathu Andersen is a make-up artist, [1] costume designer, [2] and photographer. [3] Andersen has collaborated with RuPaul [4] and was previously in a relationship with fashion designer Zaldy. [5]

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Career

Andersen has a background in fashion and textile design. [6] He and RuPaul collaborated for many years, until the show's ninth season; Andersen initially did RuPaul's hair and make-up, and later directed challenges and became a creative producer of Drag Race. [7] [8] He was a guest judge on season two's "Here Comes the Bride" (2010), and he was a special guest on the fourth season's "The Final Three" (2012), the fifth season's "The Final Three, Hunty" (2013), the sixth season's "Sissy That Walk" (2014), and the seventh season's (2015) premiere episode ("Born Naked") and twelfth episode ("And the Rest Is Drag"). Andersen was nominated in the Outstanding Makeup for a Variety, Nonfiction or Reality Program category at the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2015 for his work on "ShakesQueer", the seventh season's third episode.[ citation needed ] The reasons for his departure from the show are unknown. [9]

Personal life

Andersen is originally from Australia. He moved to New York in 1986 and, according to Queerty , "teamed up with Zaldy Goco and became a fixture of NYC nightlife". [6] Andersen moved to Los Angeles in 2002. [6]

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