11 Stars' Movie Hair Transformations

The celebrity hairdo's we love... and the ones we're glad were wigs!

By Bethany Verdone

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Jennifer Aniston

Often, celebrities will go to great lengths to channel the character they're playing in a movie. For example, to play her hilarious role as a sexually aggressive dentist in Horrible Bosses, Jennifer Aniston reportedly disagreed with studio executives over her hair color. "I'm the one who insisted on the dark hair," she recently explained, adding, "There was just no way I could be saying those words and not look somewhat different."

She got her wish and filmed the movie wearing a brunette wig, complete with bangs. Like Jennifer, other actresses have drastically changed their hair to get more into character. See 10 other stars who have undergone similar hair transformations for their craft now.

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Natalie Portman

For her role as a freedom fighter's kidnapped ally in V For Vendetta, Natalie Portman shot a scene in which her character gets her head shaved. The actress had no qualms about hitting the red carpet after filming wrapped; her shorn scalp only accentuated her gorgeous face.

 

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Rooney Mara

Rooney Mara starred in The Social Network just prior to chopping off her long, dark locks and bleaching her eyebrows for her role in this year's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. She also had to get her lip, brow, nose, and nipple pierced. Ouch.
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Halle Berry

Halle has had every hair length under the sun, and while playing a woman with multiple personality disorder in Frankie & Alice, she sported a curly Afro wig.

 

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Audrey Hepburn

Sabrina was actually the second film in a row in which Audrey Hepburn got her hair cut — the first was 1953's Roman Holiday. Both characters' hair was chopped as a sign of growth and maturity.
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Kirsten Dunst

Known for her sunny blond hair, Kirsten Dunst went bright red for her role as Mary Jane Watson in the Spider-Man trilogy.

 

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Emma Stone

Another actress who colored her hair for a Spider-Man role, Emma Stone hit the peroxide to play Gwen Stacy. Maybe she and Kirsten could have just switched roles?
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Demi Moore

While filming G.I. Jane in 1997, Demi Moore shaved her famous long locks and joined then-husband Bruce Willis on the red carpet as Hollywood's hottest bald couple.

 

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Kate Winslet

Kate's eccentric character in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind sported every hair color of the rainbow, from bright orange to blue, and even green. Her constantly changing hair reflected the fast pace of the film.
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Meryl Streep

While starring as boss-from-hell Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, Meryl Streep wore a silvery-gray laced-front wig designed by world-renowned wig hair stylist J. Roy Helland.

 

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Sienna Miller

To play troubled party girl Edie Sedgwick in 2006's Factory Girl, Sienna Miller chopped her blond locks into a stylish crop. The Bohemian-cool style lent even more street cred to her free-spirited, go-with-the-flow persona.
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