With over 20 years of experience in visual media as a successful makeup and special effects artist, tattoo coverage and face & body art painter, Kathleen Szopa can bring exquisite artistry with a high level of professionalism and expertise to whatever your particular project may be.
She is an extremely creative individual with a dazzling spirit and a work ethic that won’t quit.
Kathleen lives in the Nashville, TN area, but is also willing to travel.
MOVIES
Ray - Key Makeup Artist
Men of Honor - 2nd Makeup Artist
Pearl Harbor - Additional Makeup Artist for Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cradle to the Grave - Additional Makeup Artist
Coach Carter - Additional Makeup Artist
Timeline - Makeup Artist for Gerard Butler Audition
Best of the Best: Without Warning - Key Makeup Artist
True Lies - M.E.L. (Effects Lab)
Star Trek: Nemesis - Additional Makeup Artist
Star Trek: First Contact - Additional Makeup Artist
Swordfish - Additional Makeup Artist
Rat Race - Additional Makeup Artist for Cuba Gooding Jr.
Murder At 1600 - M.E.L. Special Effects Makeup Artist
Nursie – Department Head – Winner: Best Horror/Suspense Movie at New Orleans Media Experience
Monkeybone - Additional Special Effects Makeup Artist
Time Under Fire - Additional Special Effects Makeup Artist for Bryan Cranston
The Brothers - Additional Makeup Artist
Clockstoppers - Additional Makeup Artist
Sol Goode - Department Head
Chasing Destiny - Department Head
Killer Bud - Department Head
Frozen Impact - Department Head
Da Game of Life - Department Head
I’m Not Ashamed (in post-production) - Additional Makeup Artist/Hairstylist
TELEVISION
Angel - Key Makeup Artist - Season 4
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - 2 Episodes Additional/Special FX Makeup
S-Club 7 (2 Seasons) - Department Head
Star Trek: Voyager - Additional Special Effects Makeup Artist
Best Damn Sports Show Period - Additional Special Effects Makeup
Power Rangers Time Force - Additional Makeup / Special FX Makeup
Express Yourself - Additional Special Effects Makeup
TV PROMOS / SPECIALS
TNT Drama Is... OSCARS - Key Makeup Artist/Hairstylist
N'Sync: Red Carpet Special for "Bigger Than Live" Premier - Key Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
FOXTalent Graphics Campaign - Makeup Artist/Hairstylist
FOX On Air Promos, Fall Season 1999 - Makeup Artist/Hairstylist
FOXImage Launch Shoot - Makeup Artist/Hairstylist
This Week With George Stephanopoulos - Paul Ryan, V.P. Candidate: Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
Wimbledon Promo Shoot - Makeup Artist / Hairstylist
S-Club 7 in Hollywood Special - Department Head
MUSIC VIDEOS
Eminem: My Name Is, The Real Slim Shady, Stan (feat. Dido,) Role Model, Guilty Conscience (feat. Dr. Dre) - Key Makeup Artist
Jewel: Hands - Additional Makeup Artist
Korn: Falling Away - Key Makeup Artist
J Lo: Alive - Additional Makeup Artist
Will Smith: Just the Two of Us - Additional Makeup Artist
Snoop Dogg: B- Please, Santa Claus Goes Straight to the Ghetto - Key Makeup Artist
Lara Fabian: I Am Who I Am - Additional Makeup Artist
Tal Bachman: She’s So High - Key Makeup Artist
Tracy Bonham: Behind Every Good Woman - Key Makeup Artist
Pharoahe Monch: Got You - Key Make Artist
TQ: Better Days - Key Makeup Artist
Ginuwine: So Anxious - Key Makeup Artist
Ras Kass with Ice-T, Mack 10, Dr. Dre: Ghetto Fabulous - Key Makeup Artist
S Club 7: S Club Party, Two in a Million, All in Love is Fair, Natural, Bring it All Back - Key Makeup Artist
TRU: Hoody Hooo - Key Makeup Artist
Soopafly: Like it or Not - Key Makeup Artist
Bad Azz w/ Snoop Dogg: We Be Puttin’ It Down - Key Makeup Artist
Forbidden: Let it Rain - Key Makeup Artist
Sway and Tech: The Anthem - Key Makeup Artist
Lil’ Italy: Ghetto Fame - Key Makeup Artist
Jagged Edge: Keys to the Range - Key Makeup Artist
Tash & Raekwon: Rap Life - Key Makeup Artist
COMMERCIALS
McDonald’s Commercial - Headquarters Production
Pepsi/Mirinda - Palomar – “Genie”
Coca-Cola International – GMS – Radio “Shiva/Cyclops/Centaur”
Mattel - Giraldi Suarez Production - “Be Anything Series”
Charles Schwab – BBDO – (2000)
Bayer Aspirin - Giraldi Suarez Productions – “Tennis,” “Jogger,” “Basketball”
Purina O.N.E. – Steifel & Co. Job #200-825
MoneyGram – Celsius Films Job #201
Fox Sports Net “Gametime” “NBA Metal”
-with Shaquille O’Neal
The Good Guys – Boneyard Productions - “Green Aliens”
Downy - Dublin Productions - “New Year’s,” “Hypnotist,” “Sunrise,” “Fortune Teller”
TNT Sports – DDB Productions – “Dragnet”
TNT Sports – Storyville Pictures, Inc.,“Wimbledon”
-with Venus and Serena Williams, Monica Selles
National Campaign Against Youth Violence - Giraldi Suarez Productions
Harlequin Novels – Brentwood Pictures
Toyota – Print Ad – Myron Beck Studios
LA Times - Print Ad– Myron Beck Studios
Heald College – MobMedia
Acevedo Optical Lab – The Impact Media Group
Cancer Care - Terry Cantrell Productions
Pelco In-House Production – Customer relations videos and magazine printwork
USAA Magazine – Pace Communications – “Military Spouse”
The Terraces @ San Joaquin Gardens – Jad Ryherd Studios
Herbalife – “Weekend of Leadership”
Bioness - Black Diamond Productions
Valle Verde – Santa Barbara – Jad Ryherd Studios
Rosewood Senior Living Community – Jad Ryherd Studios
Black Oak Casino Resort - Black Diamond Productions
What Might Have Been – Terry Cantrell Productions - “Religious Educational”
MAKEUP TEACHER: Cinema Makeup School - Los Angeles, CA
IATSE LOCAL 706: Member (Honorable Withdrawal)