
About
Frédérique Arguello
Overview
Frédérique Arguello — Award-winning Hair Designer in International Cinema
Frédérique Arguello is a French hair designer and department head who has worked for over two decades between Paris and Hollywood.
Trained at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in Los Angeles, she started as Artistic Director at Sebastian International France before transitioning into film and TV.
Her credits include:
🎬 The Gray Man, Taken 2, See You Up There, Transporter 3, The Eddy, Lupin, Arthur and the Invisibles, The Last Panthers, Unleashed, District 13, Hitman, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Substance.
In 2025, she received two major awards for her work on The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat:
🏆 BAFTA Award (Best Hair and Makeup)
🏆 Critics Choice Award
She was also at the center of an Oscars controversy when her name was omitted from the nominee list, despite leading the hair department.
Known for
Costume & Make-Up |
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2024 | The Substance | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 69 Fair |
2024 | The Substance | Costume & Make-Up | Hair Department Head | 69 Fair |
2022 | Maestro(s) | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 58 Average |
2022 | The Gray Man | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 68 Fair |
2020 | The Eddy | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 67 Fair |
2019 | Meet the Malawas | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 54 Average |
2019 | La Belle Époque | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 68 Fair |
2018 | The Romanoffs | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 66 Fair |
2018 | The White Crow | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 61 Fair |
2017 | See You Up There | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 72 Good |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 59 Average |
2016 | Our Kind of Traitor | Costume & Make-Up | Key Makeup Artist | 59 Average |
2015 | Thanks to my Friends | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 57 Average |
2015 | Cerise | Costume & Make-Up | Hair Department Head | 58 Average |
2014 | Taken 3 | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 62 Fair |
2014 | Number One Fan | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 59 Average |
2014 | My Summer in Provence | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 60 Fair |
2013 | 9 Month Stretch | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 61 Fair |
2012 | Capital | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 59 Average |
2012 | Taken 2 | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 63 Fair |
2011 | Monte Carlo | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 64 Fair |
2011 | One Day | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 72 Good |
2010 | The Tourist | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 61 Fair |
2010 | Black Heaven | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 57 Average |
2009 | The Villain | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 59 Average |
2008 | Transporter 3 | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 60 Fair |
2008 | Final Arrangements | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 58 Average |
2007 | Hitman | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 60 Fair |
2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Costume & Make-Up | Key Makeup Artist | 63 Fair |
2007 | Mr. Bean's Holiday | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 63 Fair |
2007 | Taxi 4 | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 56 Average |
2006 | Arthur and the Invisibles | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 63 Fair |
2006 | Red Needles | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 58 Average |
2005 | Pierre Richard, l'art du déséquilibre | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 58 Average |
2005 | Unleashed | Costume & Make-Up | Hair Department Head | 67 Fair |
2004 | District B13 | Costume & Make-Up | Key Hair Stylist | 66 Fair |
2004 | Arsène Lupin | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 56 Average |
2003 | France Boutique | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 58 Average |
2003 | Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 59 Average |
2002 | Samouraïs | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 58 Average |
2001 | Change My Life | Costume & Make-Up | Makeup Artist | 58 Average |
2001 | Vidocq | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 58 Average |
1991 | Company Business | Costume & Make-Up | Hairstylist | 57 Average |