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Nicole Mangrum (born November 16, 1974, in Chicago, Illinois) is a hairstylist based in the United States who has been nominated for three Make-Up Artists Hairstylists Guild Awards.[1] She is best known for being the personal hairstylist of Oprah Winfrey, since 2015.[2] Other notable celebrity clients of Mangrum's have included Michelle Obama, Gayle King, Mellody Hobson, Valerie Jarrett, Sanaa Lathan, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams amongst others.[3]
After attending beauty school, Mangrum began working as a hairstylist and opened a salon in downtown Chicago, which she ran for 14 years. When Oprah's former hairstylist Andre Walker was looking to retire, he was referred to Nicole Mangrum through a mutual friend. Oprah invited Mangrum to do her hair for several Super Soul Sunday episodes. After seven months, Nicole joined Oprah's team as her full-time hair stylist.[4]
For her work on the Super Soul Sunday series and Oprah Winfrey Presents: Becoming Michelle Obama, Mangrum has been nominated for three Make-Up Artists Hairstylists Guild Awards in 2017, 2018, and 2019.[5][6][7] Mangrum is credited with creating the pink and purple ponytail on the February 2018 cover of O, The Oprah Magazine.[8][9]
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