theOscarSite Bio: Makeup artist who entered French film in 1971 with the 11-minute short film LE LABORATOIRE DE L'ANGOISSE. Some of Lavergne's other notable film makeup credits include Jean Aurel's ÊTES-VOUS FIANCÉE À UN MARIN GREC OU À UN PILOTE DE LIGNE? / ARE YOU ENGAGED TO A GREEK SAILOR OR AN AIRLINE PILOT? (also 1971), Pierre Granier-Deferre's LE TRAIN (1973), Roman Polanski's TESS (1979), François Truffaut's LE DERNIER MÉTRO / THE LAST METRO (1980), George Kaczender's biopic CHANEL SOLITAIRE (1981), Daniel Vigne's LE RETOUR DE MARTIN GUERRE / THE RETURN OF MARTIN GUERRE (1982), Claude Lelouch's UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME, 20 ANS DÉJÀ / A MAN AND A WOMAN: 20 YEARS LATER (1986), Polanski's FRANTIC and Agnieszka Holland's TO KILL A PRIEST (both 1988), and BITTER MOON (1992), DEATH AND THE MAIDEN (1994) and GAZON MAUDIT / FRENCH TWIST (1995).

Having worked with actor Christopher Lambert in TO KILL A PRIEST, Lavergne began an 8-year association with Lambert in 1996 with TASHUNGA / NORTH STAR. Other Lambert-Lavergne makeup credits include ADRENALIN: FEAR THE RUSH and HERCULE ET SHERLOCK (also 1996), NIRVANA, ARLETTE and MEAN GUNS (all 1997), FORTRESS 2, BEOWULF, RESURRECTION and GIDEON (all 1999), VERCINGÉTORIX / DRUIDS (2001) and À TON IMAGE (2004).

Lavergne's other recent credits include LE PACTE DES LOUPS / BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF and ABSOLUMENT FABULEUX / ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS (both 2001), 3 ZÉROS / SHOOTING STARS and LA MENTALE / THE CODE (both 2002), IL ÉTAIT UNE FOIS JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BACH, LE DIVORCE and "The Lion in Winter" (TV) (all 2003), L'EX-FEMME DE MA VIE / THE EX-WIFE OF MY LIFE (2004), OLIVER TWIST (2005), JACQUOU LE CROQUANT and LA MÔME / LA VIE EN ROSE (both 2007), and DISCO (2008).

· Best Achievement in Makeup 2007: LA MÔME (LA VIE EN ROSE) (w. Jan Archibald)