Amy Adams
Not everyone can pull off red hair, but Amy Adams certainly can. In fact, she does it so well you probably thought her tresses were natural, right? What makes Adams’ dye job so extraordinary is that — despite being known as one of Hollywood’s most in-demand redheads — she didn’t dye her hair this distinctive hue until she was 27 years old.
In 2004, then-blonde Adams was cast opposite Rob Lowe in the now-defunct TV series Vegas. However, there was a hitch. Another blonde had also been cast and, apparently, two blondes don’t make a right. Producers insisted one of the actresses would have to change their hair color. “She’s tan with these beautiful lioness green eyes and this mane of blonde hair,” Adams told Backstage in 2012. “And I looked at her and me, with my pale freckles, and thought, Gee, I wonder which one of us is going to go red!”
Not that Adams is complaining now. During a 2016 TimesTalk event, the actress admitted the dye job changed her career. “People began to see me in a different way, for different roles,” she said (via People).
