Tami Lane

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Tami Lane is a American prosthetic makeup artist. She was educated in Peoria, Illinois, where she attended Woodruff High School^[1] and graduated from Bradley University in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Art and emphasis in Graphic Design.^[2] She was also a member of Alpha Chi Omega-Zeta Eta chapter there. As a student she had the opportunity to visit makeup effects company KNB EFX Group in Los Angeles; after graduation she worked for KNB EFX with part-owner Howard Berger for four years before heading out on her own.^[2]

She is best known for her work in the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, for which she and won an Academy Award for leading a team of 42 makeup and prosthetic experts.^[2] She has also done work on The Lord of the Rings (her first Academy Award nomination)^{[citation needed]}, The Green Mile and Superman Returns.^[2]

She appeared on the first episode of the NBC show Identity^[3] with the identity of "Academy Award winner", but the contestant incorrectly identified Eve Plumb as the winner. Lane's identity was not revealed until the end of the show.^{[citation needed]}