Wins for best make up and sound spare UK’s blushes at Oscars

Mike Hill (left) was one of the UK’s few successes at the 2026 Academy Awards, winning the Oscar for best make up and hairstyling along with Cliona Furey and Jordan Samuel, for the film Frankenstein (Jordan Strauss/AP) - (AP)

Wins in the categories for best make up and best sound spared the UK’s blushes at this year’s Academy Awards, on an otherwise poor night for British talent.

The UK failed to take home any of acting Oscars up for grabs – the fifth year in a row this has happened and the longest gap of its kind so far this century.