Template:Realworld Joy Zapata (born 1951 is an Emmy Award-winning hairstylist who worked as on Star Trek: The Next Generation, first as a key hairstylist during the first season and later as hair designer for seasons five, six, and seven. She was also a key hair stylist on films Star Trek Generations and Star Trek Nemesis.
Zapata's hairstyling helped TNG win an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Hairstyling for a Series (for the episode "Time's Arrow, Part II"). Her work also helped earn the show two additional Emmy nominations in the same category (for "Cost of Living" and "Firstborn").
Zapata began her career in hairstyling on Greg A. Larson's classic science fiction series Battlestar Galactica. Her early film work includes When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder? (1979) and Under the Rainbow, working with Star Trek make-up artist Fred Phillips.
Since then, she has headed the make-up department for such films as Innerspace (1987, starring Robert Picardo and featuring Wendy Schaal, William Schallert, Henry Gibson, Mark L. Taylor, Dick Miller, Kenneth Tobey, Andrea Martin, and Richard McGonagle), Rain Man (1988), Born on the Fourth of July (1989, featuring Reg E. Cathey, Bob Gunton, Ed Lauter, and Mark Moses), Independence Day (1996, featuring Brent Spiner, Bill Smitrovich, Frank Novak, Leland Orser, Raphael Sbarge, Tim Kelleher, Randy Oglesby, Erick Avari, and Tracey Walter and working with Norma Lee and Candace Neal), Blade (1998), The General's Daughter (1999, featuring James Cromwell), and Galaxy Quest (1999). She was also a key hairstylist on films such as Sunset (1988, starring Malcolm McDowell), L.A. Story (1991, featuring Iman and Patrick Stewart), Apollo 13 (1995, featuring David Andrews, Clint Howard, Max Grodénchik, Brett Cullen, Andy Milder, and Brian Markinson).
In addition, Zapata was the head of the hair department on the series Magnum, P.I.. She later became a key hairstylist for Mad About You, winning a Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Award for her work on that show's final episode ("The Final Frontier"). She won a second award from the guild for her work on the 2001 film Legally Blonde. She also earned her fourth Emmy Award nomination for the 2002 TV movie Path to War (which features Cliff de Young, Albert Hall, Bruce McGill, and Randy Oglesby). Other recent credits include Jonathan Frakes' Clockstoppers (2002), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), and Good Night, and Good Luck (2005). Most recently, she was a key hairstylist on the hit 2007 film Transformers, written by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci.
Since 1996, Zapata has been Academy Award-winning actor Jack Nicholson's personal hairstylist. She has worked with Nicholson on such films as Mars Attacks! (1996), As Good As It Gets (1997), About Schmidt (2002), Something's Gotta Give (2003), and, most recently, The Departed (2007).
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- IMDb Resume for Joy Zapata