Cohl Katz is a hair stylist and makeup artist to the stars.
Her client list runs, literally, from A (Al Green, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Arnold Schwarzenegger) to Z (Zelda Williams).
With Barbara Bush, Bob Dylan, Cal Ripken, Cindy Crawford, Ellen DeGeneres, Hillary Clinton, Hilary Swank, Jerry Seinfeld, John McEnroe, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mary Tyler Moore, Mel Gibson, Mick Jagger, Muhammad Ali, Nicole Kidman, Ray Charles, Robin Williams, Rod Stewart, Rosie O’Donnell, Sting and Tom Cruise in between.
Cohl Katz (right) with her client and friend, Katie Couric.
She’s also a Westporter. Cohl loves everything about our town: the beach, the arts, the vibe, this blog.
Now she wants to give something back, in a fun, “06880”-related way.
She’s offering her talents — a haircut and makeup application for women, a haircut and style for men — to 3 winners of a contest she and I cooked up.
Below are 3 trivia questions. Each one is about a famous Westport or Weston resident. All of them have been (of course!) Cohl’s clients.
Email your answers — to 1, 2 or all 3 — to 06880blog@gmail.com.
We’ll put all the names in a (stylish) hat, and pull 3 winners. (To clarify: If you answer 1 question correctly, your name will go in 1 time. Two correct answers means you’ll be in the hat twice; 3 = 3.)
The deadline is this Tuesday (June 4, 11:59 p.m.).
Let the games begin!
Question #1: This former Westporter started out as a stockbroker. But that’s not where they gained the most fame.
Question #2: To prepare for his role as an emotionally destroyed soldier in a film that won him an Academy Award, this actor ate only bananas, water and rice for a month.
Question #3: This musician has co-written 14 songs on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the “500 Greatest Songs of All Time.”
Cohl Katz with Tracy Morgan. If you are one of our 3 contest winners, you could sit in that chair soon.
I’ve been a client of Cohl’s for years. I won’t let anyone else cut my hair! She is truly gifted and a wonderful human being.