Making Hair Tell The Story On Abbott Elementary With Head Of Hair Moira Frazier

Interview with Moira Frazier: With more than 20 years of experience in the beauty industry and more than 10 years of experience working in television and film, Moira Frazier is the 2x Emmy-nominated Hair Department Head of Abbott Elementary; and the Founder and CEO of the natural hair product line Fingaz Beauty and the Fingaz Beauty Academy. In addition to being the Head of Hair for film and TV productions, she is a personal Hair Stylist to the stars and has collaborated with A-list talent including Sheryl Lee Ralph, Nicole Byer and Quinta Brunson to create stunning and trend-setting looks for their red carpet appearances, photo shoots and more. Moira created Ralph’s trend-setting “bejeweled up do” (PEOPLE) at the 2022 Emmy Awards where Ralph won Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for Abbott Elementary. She also created Ralph’s iconic 2023 Super Bowl look, where Ralph performed a powerful rendition of “Lift Every Voice and Sing,” often referred to as the Black National Anthem. Moira is currently working with Spice Girls icon Mel B as her personal hair stylist for Season 20 of America’s Got Talent. In addition to her work as a personal hair stylist and wig designer extraordinaire, Moira is best known as the Hair Department Head of Abbott Elementary, for which she earned two Emmy nominations for Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling in 2023 and 2024. Her work on the show also earned her two Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild Awards (MUAHS Awards) for Best Contemporary Hair Styling. She received her first Hollywood Makeup Artist and Hair Stylist Guild nomination in 2022 for her work on Netflix’s Emmy-nominated Variety Special Nicole Byer: BBW (Big Beautiful Weirdo). Some of Moira’s previous credits include serving as a Hair Stylist on hit shows such as Fox’s The Masked Singer; Netflix’s Nailed It!; NBC’s Password starring Jimmy Fallon and Keke Palmer; and the premiere episode for Season 15 of RuPaul's Drag Race, where she created and designed RuPaul’s iconic wigs. In addition to her work in film and TV, Moira is the Founder and CEO of Fingaz Beauty which includes a range of high quality wigs and natural hair products such as her top selling Lace Lock Melting Spray and the Moisture Lock Hair Crème. She is a proud member of IATSE Local 706. Links: https://www.instagram.com/fingazbeauty/?hl=en https://www.instagram.com/fingazbeautyacademy/?hl=en https://lacelock.net/ Rate The Look: Brie Larson Meghann Fahy Smooth Hair Heidi D’Amelio News from TheTease.com: https://www.thetease.com/who-won-at-the-2025-north-american-hairdressing-awards-heres-the-full-list-of-winners/ https://www.thetease.com/sally-beauty-and-free-mom-hugs-are-teaming-up-again-to-celebrate-pride-month-at-local-festivals-and-parades-nationwide/ More from TheTease.com: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readthetease/ (readthetease) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/volumeupbythetease/ (volumeupbythetease) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyehlers/ / (KellyEhlers) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eljeffreycraig/ (eljeffreycraig) Web: https://www.thetease.com (TheTease.com) Email: [email protected] Credits: Volume Up is a Tease Media production. This episode was produced by Monica Hickey and Madeline Hickey. James Arbaje is our editor and audio engineer. Thank you to our creative team for putting together the graphics for this episode. Thank you to the team who helped create our theme song. Show them some love and check out their other work! Josh Landowski: https://www.instagram.com/josh_landowski/