Known for Costume & Make-Up
Frances Hounsom is a British makeup and hair designer. She studied fine art at Central Saint Martins before specialising in makeup and hair design at the London College of Fashion. Early in her career, she worked in supporting roles—assisting more established artists, observing their methods, and gradually building her own opportunities through persistence and networking. Over time, she expanded her skills to include wig-making, prosthetic application, tattoo work, and elaborate hairstyling techniques like braiding, extensions, and facial hair design. Hounsom has contributed to both film and television projects worldwide. Some of credits include Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023), The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024), and Black Bag (2025), among others. She is also credited on the Netflix series The Letter for the King (2020), where she was responsible for hair, makeup, and prosthetics design. In 2021, Frances Hounsom won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Hairstyling for a Drama or Daytime Fiction Program for her work on The Letter for the King (2020). She is represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) and is based in the UK and New York.
Filmography
50 films, 18 shows


The Christophers
2026 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
The estranged children of a once-famous artist hire a forger to complete his unfinished works so they can be "discovered" and sold after his death.


Deep Cover
2025 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.


The Ballad of Wallis Island
2025 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.


Black Bag
2025 · 1h 34m
country: United States
When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his marriage, or his country.


Doctor Jekyll
2023 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
Recluse Dr. Nina Jekyll befriends with her newly hired help, Rob. They must work together to prevent Hyde from destroying her life.


The Laureate
2023 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Set against the glamorous backdrop of Britain's roaring '20s, The Laureate tells the story of young British War Poet Robert Graves, who is married with four children when he meets and becomes romantically involved with Laura Riding, a writer from America. Defying the conventions of polite society, Riding moves in with Graves and his wife living as a menage a tois. Then with the arrival of strappingly handsome Irish poet Geoffrey Phibbs, the arrangement becomes a menage a quatre. But soon tensions and rivalries become so fraught that Graves is a suspect for attempted murder.


Magic Mike's Last Dance
2023 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?


Tall Dark and Handsome
2023 · 14m
country: United Kingdom
Varun discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men and can't shake it off.


A Midsummer Night's Dream
2022 · 1h 44m
country: United Kingdom
Young lovers living under an oppressive state-rule flee their home-city to change their lives, and end up changing the world. After all, love changes everything.


Fisherman's Friends: One and All
2022 · 1h 52m
country: United Kingdom
Following the unexpected success of the band’s debut album “No Hopers, Jokers and Rogues”, we re-join them almost a year later, struggling with the pressures, pitfalls and temptations of their newfound fame, second album syndrome, and performing on the pyramid stage at Glastonbury.


End of Term
2021 · 1h 36m
country: Unknown
A group of students are tormented by the lingering menace of Garth Stroman, an artist who had a disturbing vision fifty years prior. The pupils discover that true art can only be achieved through suffering and pain.


Passage of My Youth
2021 · 1h 37m
country: China
The warm and tearful stories that happened among elite students while studying abroad and in the event they experience an inspirational and pure love.


Waiting for Anya
2020 · 1h 49m
country: Belgium
During the harrows of WWII, Jo, a young shepherd along with the help of the widow Horcada, helps to smuggle Jewish children across the border from southern France into Spain.


Hurricane
2018 · 1h 47m
country: United Kingdom
Polish pilots overcome prejudice to fight against the Luftwaffe with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, in the hope of protecting both Great Britain and their own Poland from the German advance.


I Am Vengeance
2018 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
When ex-soldier turned mercenary, John Gold, learns of the murder of his best friend, he sets off on a mission to find out what happened. What he discovers is a sinister conspiracy and he sets about taking down those responsible one by one.


Mad to Be Normal
2017 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s.


Don't Knock Twice
2017 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
A mother desperate to reconnect with her troubled daughter becomes embroiled in the urban legend of a demonic witch.


Eliminators
2016 · 1h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A former US Federal Agent must abandon the witness protection program and come out of hiding when his London home is invaded in error due to a wrong address. When the event ends with multiple homicides, the news triggers those hunting him to send Europe's most dangerous assassin to kill him. Now on the run with his daughters life in jeopardy, a determined father must get her to safety before the people he's been hiding from tracks him down.


Rise of the Footsoldier: Part II
2015 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
On 6 December 1995, three Essex gang members were brutally murdered in cold blood. In early 1997, the perpetrator has yet to be brought to justice. An associate of the men, still mourning the loss of his friends, is convinced that it’s only a matter of time before he’s next.


Age Of Kill
2015 · 1h 25m
country: United Kingdom
A black ops sniper is blackmailed by a psychotic international terrorist into killing 6 unrelated people in 6 hours... but there is more to the victims than meets the eye.


Assassin
2015 · 1h 22m
country: United Kingdom
Ruthless killer for hire breaks the rules of his profession and falls for a beautiful young woman. Discovering the notorious gangland brothers had hired him to kill her father, his world breaks down and he must turn against his criminal employers and their gang to save the woman he loves.


Top Dog
2014 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
Hooligan boss Billy Evans has it all - a successful business, a beautiful family and respect on the terraces. But when he clashes with gangster Mickey over a backstreet proetection racket, Billy soon finds himself out of his depth as they look to finally settle the question - who is Top Dog?


Vendetta
2013 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
Special ops interrogation officer Jimmy Vickers tracks down a gang who slaughtered his parents while at the same time avoiding being tracked down by his old unit and the cops. With police closing in and his old unit on his trail, he has to evade capture long enough to complete his gruesome crusade.