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Michelle Ahern . . . Michelle Ahern has been working in the film, television, video and print business as a make-up artist for over 10 years. She was trained early on by Bobbi Brown of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics. "I work with all brands of products but I do favor the over all modern, clean and classic look that is typically seen from Bobbi Brown- though I do like to throw in a little rock and roll edge whenever it makes sense to." Michelle has worked with George Clooney, Diane Sawyer, Tori Spelling, Bjork, SoundGarden, Pearl Jam, Alex Rodriguez, Arianna Huffington, Ozzy Osbourne, Courtney Love, Bill Gates and many more famous faces. Some of these can be seen credited on IMDB @ ( linked here ) Licensed as an esthetician, Michelle knows a lot about skin, skin care and anti-aging techniques. A veteran of the set, Michelle has worked in the wardrobe department as the Stylist and always comes prepared to prep any wardrobe that needs it. She has also Set Dressed many "aspirational" homes and offices for various Microsoft projects. Michelle's work is meticulous and she is very intuitive with people; from the director and client- to the talent and crew. She handles challenges with a natural ease and is a pleasure to work with. Michelle has been featured in People Magazine and on Entertainment Tonight. She's been a guest on Howard Stern and has written published articles about her profession for Seattle's Weekly newspaper "The Stranger" as well as for Seattle Magazine. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Michelle now lives and works in Los Angeles. (Beverly Hills/West Hollywood) Click here for backstage and behind the scenes photos.
Famous faces and Projects include: Diane Sawyer ... "Good Morning America" George Clooney ... "ER" Bill Gates ... Film, Video, Stills Ozzy Osbourne ... "The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno." Bjork ... "Dancer in the Dark" Catherine Deneuve ... "Dancer in the Dark" Paul Allen ... Film, Video, Stills Tori Spelling ... Tori's makeup artist - feature film "Cthulhu" Julianna Margulies ... "ER" Sen. John Edwards ... CNN Ann Rice ... Northwest Afternoon Jeff Bezos (Amazon) ... Newsweek Howard Schultz ... CNN "360" Anderson Cooper ... CNN "360" Maria Cantwell ... NBC Nightly News w/ Brian Williams Aaron Brown ... CNN "Newsnight with Aaron Brown" Anne Bremner ... CNN, MSNBC, FOX, COURT TV, Good Morning America, Arianna Huffington ... CNN MSNBC, FOX Patricia Cornwell ... Northwest Afternoon Chris Connolly ... "20/20" Alex Rodriguez ... Home Depot television commercials and print Randy Johnson ... Home Depot television commercials and print Sam Perkins ... Seattle Super Sonics television promos Gary Payton ... Sonics Promo	Mark Cuban ... television Jeri Rice ... ABC Monday Night Football commercial Julia Sweeney ... PSA Ron Reagan ... MSNBC, CNN, FOX Nat. Drug Czar Gen. Barry McCafferty Ret. ... television Rickie Lee Jones ... Evening Magazine Patrick James Corporation ... wardrobe stylist Mike Rowe ... Host, Discovery Channel "Deadliest Catch" ... Season Finale, Discovery Channel RL Burnside ... EMP documentary film Chris Cornell... magazine cover (Japan) Queensrÿche ... magazine cover (Japan) Layne Staley (Alice In Chains) ... Courtney Love ... live event Jack Endino ... Music Video Smoosh ... Rockergirl magazine Sir Mix-a-Lot ... print Brandi Carlile ... Columbia Records - photo shoot John Wesley Harding ... Album cover Lewis Black ... documentary film Tommy Chong ... documentary film MTV Corp. ... various Scotty Crane ... NY Times, People Magazine, Entertainment Tonight, Access Hollywood, 20/20 Warren Etheridge ... movie / doc Pete Droge ... music video The Posies ... album cover and music video
Michelle loves working freelance as a make-up and wardrobe stylist and in her free time she enjoys painting and writing short stories. She has also acted in films and has been in a few television spots as well. See IMDB listing @ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1128876/ If she was stranded on a desert island and could only have one album to listen to, it would be "Taking Tiger Mountain" by Brian Eno.