Yes, Anya Taylor-Joy wore multiple wigs to portray Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit, as the character's iconic red hair and various hairstyles throughout different ages and locations required wigs for quick changes and maintaining the distinct looks, making hair and makeup essential to the storytelling.
In an interview, Reilly revealed that she wears a wig to achieve Beth's signature hairstyle and color. Wigs and hairpieces for women are common in the entertainment industry, as hair and makeup teams work diligently to ensure the actors look their best on screen.
Because Paget cut her hair really short and to start growing her grey hairs and so they needed a wig.
It has even been said that her contracts specify that she will not alter her hair for a role and must wear a wig. This could be because in real life, she has messed with her hair so much (perhaps for roles past or being married to a straight iron enthusiast) that her hair is taking on its own wiglike qualities.
A merkin is a pubic wig used historically by sex workers to hide pubic lice or signs of syphilis (like hair loss from mercury treatments) and by courtesans to appear pure, while today they are used by actors for modesty in nude scenes and by individuals for aesthetic or novelty purposes, as seen in recent fashion trends. Essentially, it's a way to cover or create pubic hair for various reasons, from health concealment to fashion statements.
In a 2025 interview with The Kyle & Jackie O Show, Nicole acknowledged that she frequently dons wigs to avoid over-processing her natural hair in addition to using them for movie roles.
Theron and Hardy's feud on the Mad Max set was due to their different acting approaches, tensions eventually resolved during filming. Hardy's method acting style conflicted with Theron's cerebral approach, making their on-set dynamic tense and difficult to navigate.
Yes, in the first two movies. By the time it got to the last two movies, however, Jennifer Lawrence did end up cutting her hair into a pixie cut ended up wearing wigs for the last two movies of the Hunger Game Sequels.
From her sleek bobs and bouffant wigs in the 1960s to her signature curly Afro in the 1970s, Diana has consistently pushed the boundaries of style.
Prentiss was originally written as a lesbian and had a storyline where she woke up in bed next to a woman, which the creative team and Brewster were on board for, but CBS reportedly nixed the idea.
Jamie Lee Curtis wore a beautiful wig. We colored Abby Elliott's hair brown for the week, so big changes like that are super fun! I loved Episode Seven Forks, we had Olivia Colman who is literally the queen, and so amazing.
All of Beth's cigarette smoking. "I don't smoke, so all those cigarettes are the herbal cigarettes," Reilly told ET in an interview back in January 2022. "I hate them so much and he [Taylor Sheridan] has it in the script when she's smoking and when she takes a drag, it's all written.”
Meghan Markle shares childhood photos revealing her natural hair.
Her assistant found a parcel addressed to Beth, before she could stop her assistant from opening the box, it exploded killing her assistant instantly and sent Beth back in the blast which caused her multiple lacerations with permanent scarring and burns all over her back.
Expression of Identity and Confidence
For some women, a bald head is a way to express who they are. It's a bold look that screams confidence and self-acceptance. A shaved head shows that you are above the traditional beauty standards and want to show a unique style that's your own.
“Shaving my head and acting out were my ways of pushing back,” Spears adds in the book. After Spears, 41, was put in a court-ordered conservatorship in 2008, granting her father and a lawyer control over her financial and personal affairs, she says she was forbidden from keeping the new look.
Years after their toxic on-set feud nearly destroyed the Mad Max: Fury Road masterpiece, Tom Hardy publicly addressed his erratic behavior that led Charlize Theron to feel "threatened." In a stunning reversal of the typical "bad boy" narrative, Hardy issued a brutally honest apology, admitting he was "overwhelmed" by ...
A Brotherhood with Cillian Murphy: While their on- screen relationship was often tense and full of conflict, Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy's real-life bond was one of mutual respect and friendship. Hardy has stated that he and Murphy were "brothers" on set and that he loved the creative process of acting alongside him.
Charlize Theron experienced significant childhood trauma in South Africa, primarily witnessing her alcoholic father threaten her and her mother with a gun, leading her mother to shoot and kill him in self-defense when Theron was 15, an event that deeply impacted her life and led to therapy later on. She has spoken about overcoming this trauma, as well as the broader trauma of growing up with an abusive parent and during apartheid.
Dermal Fillers
So, people noticed when things looked a bit “different.” Her style transformations certainly kept some distracted, but there was no hiding the plumper cheeks and lips. Back in 2001, when she was 34 years old, it was rumoured that she had lip fillers because they looked plumper than before.
Yes, Nicole Kidman physically gave birth to her first biological daughter, Sunday Rose, in 2008, but her second biological daughter, Faith Margaret, was born via a gestational surrogate in 2010. She also has two adopted children, Isabella and Connor, from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise, making her a mother of four.
Nicole likely opts for wigs to protect her natural hair
Hollywood icon Nicole Kidman ranks among the celebrities who look gorgeous with their natural hair, but the star has opened up about the regrets she has when it comes to maintaining the health of her naturally curly tresses.