Frederique Arguello

About

Frédérique Arguello is a French hair designer and department head who has been working for over 20 years on high-profile film and television productions. Trained at the Vidal Sassoon Academy in Los Angeles, she began her career as Artistic Director at Sebastian International France before moving into the film industry. She has led hair departments on films such as The Substance, The Gray Man, Taken 2, See You Up There, Lupin, The Eddy, and Arthur and the Invisibles. In 2025, she received two major awards for her work on The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat: 🏆 BAFTA Award (Best Hair and Makeup) 🏆 Critics Choice Award (Best Hair and Makeup) She was also at the center of an Oscars controversy when her name was left off the official nominee list, despite her role as head of the hair department. ➡️ Learn more on her official Wikipedia page: 🔗 bit.ly/frederique-wikipedia ➡️ Learn more on her Medium pages: 🔗 https://medium.com/@frederiquearguello #HairDesigner #BAFTA #FilmIndustry #WomenInFilm #Makeup and Hair #awards #hairstylist

Experience

• Head Department Hair-Key Hairstylist at Netflix - Atlantique Productions - "The Eddy" - Damien Chazelle, Alan Pool,Houda Benyamina
  Apr 2019 - Present · 7 yrs 3 mos

• Head Department Hair-Key Hairstylist at THE SUBSTANCE
  2022 - 2024 · 2 yrs

• Head Department Head -Key Hairstylist at The Walking Dead :Daryl Dixon
  2023 - 2023 · Less than a year

• Key Hairstylist ( france) at The Gray Man
  2022 - 2022 · Less than a year

• Head Department Head-Key Hairstylist at MAESTRO(s)
  2022 - 2022 · Less than a year