Who Is Brad Pitt's Makeup Artist Jean Black on 'Celebrity IOU?

Who is Brad Pitt's makeup artist Jean Black? The pair has been working in combination for many years, and Brad is giving thank you on HGTV's 'Celebrity IOU.'

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While Brad Pitt is absolute best known for his appeal, excellent appears to be like, and roles in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Fight Club, and Interview with a Vampire, there are numerous folks operating at the back of the scenes to lend a hand the actor get camera-ready.

Brad's many romantic relationships had been extremely publicized and scrutinized, however the Academy Award winner has been a part of one long-term partnership for decades — with makeup artist Jean Ann Black.  

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Jean has been doing Brad's makeup because the early '90s, and they've observed each other via their hardest moments — from health scares to breakups to habit. After three many years of operating in combination, Brad is giving again to Jean on HGTV's Celebrity IOU, a show where celebrities offer their loved ones the reward of a house renovation.

Who is Brad Pitt's makeup artist Jean Black? Read on to determine extra about Brad's confidante, including how they first started working together.

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Who is Brad Pitt's makeup artist Jean Ann Black? She's featured on 'Celebrity I.O.U.'

The Texas native has been a makeup artist on primary Hollywood productions because the '80s, and the film she used to be first credited on used to be 1984's Blood Simple. The film was a crime mystery via the Coen brothers that starred Frances McDormand and John Getz. 

She's additionally worked as a hairstylist on sets before. Some of her extra notable credits come with The Big Lebowski, Se7en, Dazed and Confused, and Fight Club.

One of Brad's first primary starring roles was once within the 1992 cartoonist comedy Cool World, which also starred Kim Basinger and Frank Sinatra. Jean later recalled in a 2017 characteristic to GQ about how she used to be hired to paintings on the movie with Brad, who was once then simply described as a "young actor."

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"In 1990 I got called to do a movie called Cool World and they told me that there was a young guy in it — a young actor —and his name was Brad Pitt," she said. "It started a long journey for us together."

"To have traveled the world with him… It's a whole life that I would never have thought possible," she continued. "It’s pretty unusual for someone like Brad, or someone in that position, to be so loyal."

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After Cool World, Brad persisted to work with Jean on a lot of his subsequent movies, although their next collaboration wasn't deliberate. When he was once solid in A River Runs Through It, Jean coincidentally used to be additionally hired to work on the movie when some other makeup artist left. Because Brad wasn't the A-lister he is now, he wasn't ready to request his own makeup artist. 

Once he changed into more known, Brad would constantly ask Jean to paintings with him. While they haven't been together on every film Brad's starred in, they have collaborated on 28 films. 

As for why they get along so smartly, Jean said that she and Brad have some basic similarities. 

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"Brad and I are both loners," she told GQ about how they've stayed pals for so long. She additionally shared that the two do get together outside of their professional duties, and that Jean spends extra time with Brad than along with her own family. 

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"I've spent more time with him and all these years than anyone else, including my family. When you're in a relationship like that you have to have it be sort of a family situation and also a professional situation as well. When I’m working with him I try to be as professional as possible, but it’s pretty obvious to people that he and I are quite close," she said to GQ. "He's there for me and I’m there for him...You know, it's beautiful. He's such a fantastic human being."

Now, Brad is showing Jean his appreciation on Celebrity I.O.U. by getting the Property Brothers aka Jonathan and Drew Scott to provide her a makeover on her Santa Monica storage. 

Brad's no longer the one A-lister who Jean has worked with multiple times.

While Jean has worked with Brad more than some other actor, she also has an in depth operating courting with Julia Roberts. Jean served as the makeup artist on Julia's Amazon Prime miniseries Homecoming, and on her motion pictures Wonder, Ben is Back, and Money Monster. 

She's also known for working closely with director David Fincher and the Coen brothers on many of their productions.

Celebrity I.O.U. airs on Mondays at 9 p.m. on HGTV. 

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