Suzi Battersby

Prosthetics Designer

Suzi is a multi-skilled prosthetics designer and technician who has worked across film, TV and theatre for 10 years. She is the founder and lead creative at Red Girl, an innovative prosthetic makeup effects studio in North West London. She is based in London and works in many countries around the world.

Suzi trained at London College of Fashion graduating with First Class honours in BA (Hons) Technical Effects for Performance, and furthered her sculpting skills completing courses at the London Atelier of Representational Art and The Sculpture School. From early in her career, she has worked for some of Europe's leading effects companies across all specialisms within prosthetics and creature effects setting herself apart as a particularly accomplished and versatile artist. Through extensive self-study and technical development at her own company, Suzi continues to perfect and further advance industry processes and materials.

Over the years, Suzi has been a part of BAFTA winning and Oscar and Emmy award nominated teams, and has made prosthetics for actors including Gillian Anderson, Jared Leto, Timothy Spall, Geoffrey Rush, Michael Fassbender, Matt Smith, and Rebecca Ferguson. Her work can be seen on such films as Ridley Scott's “Alien: Covenant” and J.J. Abrams' “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” as well as on TV productions including “Holby City” and “Doctor Who” for the BBC, and National Geographic's biopic drama series “Genius.”

Working across a variety of productions in key roles has given Suzi a wealth of experience as an excellent problem-solver delivering high-quality results, often under pressure. As well as film and TV, she has created work for major stage productions for Shakespeare's Globe, English National Opera, the Royal Opera House and on Broadway, as well as for commercials, music videos and fashion shoots. Suzi has also been a guest lecturer for the MA in Shakespeare Studies at Shakespeare's Globe for the past 4 years.

Recently Suzi has been designing prosthetics for” Sex Education” (Season 3) and “Inside No.9” (Series 6), and has also been heading up the Prosthetics Department on “Holby City” (Series 22).