From an actress who worked as an office temp to get by, to one who cried everyday on set,
today we look at Actresses With Distinct Looks
Number 19.
Natalie Dormer Quirky yet beautiful, Natalie Dormer was Cressida
in two of the Hunger Game movies and most recently Margery Tyrell in no less that 26
episodes of Game of Thrones... well, someone had to love Geoffrey.
Her first major role, as Victoria in the movie Casonova with Heath Ledger, came just six
months after she completed acting school.
Although after that role she was out of work for 9 months and ended up working as a temp
in an office in order to pay her rent.
But she says it was the best things that could have happened to her early on in her career
because she realized you "can never get above yourself, or have a superiority complex"
Number 18.
Maggie Gyllenhaal As the daughter of filmmakers Stephen Gyllenhaal
and Naomi Achs, and older sister of Jake Gyllenhaal , Maggie was always going to be big.
You might know her from Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang, White House Down or from her time
in Theatre.
But did you know that she was once rejected for a film role on the basis thar she was
just "too old to play a love interest" – rude!
Number 17.
Chloë Sevigny Chloë Stevens Sevigny is an American actress,
musician, model, and fashion designer to the elite.
She was esteemed for her role in Boys Don't Cry in 1999 which was a drama about the murder
of a trans man.
She has also played a teenage girl from the poorer areas of New York who discovers she
is HIV-positive in the drama Kids.
For someone who was raised in a Roman Catholic household, she has a penchant for gritty roles
and social commentaries revolving around often unspoken subjects.
Number 16.
Amanda Seyfried Famous for her unique image Amanda Seyfried
has stood out against the pack in many of her rolls.
She was ditsy blonde in the 2004 hit Mean Girls, the beautifully toned Cosette in Le
Miserable and Louise in One Hundred Ways to Die in the West.
Ironically, Amanda Seyfried was accepted to Fordham University but never attended a single
one of her classes because she was playing her infamous dumb blonde roll in Mean Girls
at the time.
Number 15.
Sarah Jessica Parker Most known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw
on the HBO television series Sex and the City, the 5 foot 3 inch Sarah Jessica Parker is
an icon of the silver screen.
She's also pretty well known for her roles in the original Footloose and Girls Just Want
to Have Fun, firmly pinning herself as a go-to for romantic comedy and chick flick lovers.
Though she has it all now she grew up in relative povery with her seven siblings.
Number 14.
Linda Hunt Linda Hunt (whose actual name is Lydia Hunt)
made it big when playing a male character called Billy Kwan in The Year of Living Dangerously.
At 4 foot 9 she was a perfect choice to play the dwarf.
Before that she had a role as Mrs. Oxheart in Popeye, was in Kindergarten Cop and most
recently Solo: A Star Wars Story.
What many don't know is that she voiced Grandmother Willow in the Disney Pocahontas movie.
Number 13.
Lisa Kudrow There is a role that almost everyone knows
Lisa Kudrow for, and we all fell in love with her somewhat eccentric character, Phoebe Buffay
in Friends.
Kudrow already had a role as a waitress named Ursula in the show Mad About You which aired
at 8pm on NBC, and then she got the part in Friends which aired immediately after at 8:30pm
also on NBC.
The character Ursula, Phoebe's evil twin sister on Friends, was created because they need
to explain to audiences why they were seeing the same actress in two different shows one
right after the other.
Number 12.
Christine Baranski Known mostly for her role as Maryann Thorpe
in the sitcom Cybill until recent years it was a pleasant surprise when Baranski landed
another great sitcom role in The Big Bang Theory.
During an interview with CBS Watch magazine, she actually revealed that if she were a Good
Wife viewer (another show she featured in), she would have a crush on every male character
in the show.
Flirty!
Number 11.
Meryl Streep Beyond The Devil Wears Prada, Big Little Lies
and Web Therapy, Meryl Streep is particularly known for her versatility in roles and her
many, highly accurate accents.
Despite being nominated for 21 Academy Awards, she has only won three.
She actually has more nominations than any other female actress.
Meryl donated every single penny she earned from Iron Lady to the National Women's History
Museum, which she is the official spokeswoman for.
Number 10.
Lily Cole Known for a glamorous modelling career that
had her listed in 2009 by Vogue Paris as one of the top 30 models of the 2000s despite
starting in her teen years, Lily Cole has carved out a pretty solid acting career too.
She was the lead role in Elizabeth and star of The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, as
well as featuring in her own feature Lily Cole's Art Matters.
Cole maintained top grades in college while modeling, proving brains and beauty go together.
Number 9.
Juliette Lewis Often known for her roles in films with dark
themes like Cape Fear and Natural Born Killers, Juliette Lake Lewis has become well known
for her portrayals of offbeat characters.
She is one of five siblibgs but always wanted to stand out, which she did.
Since acting at 12 under her parent's supervision, she filed for emancipation at 15 so that would
legally be considered an adult si that she would not be affected by child labor laws,
or her parent's rules.
She won her case.
Number 8.
Rumer Willis Her full name is Rumer Glenn Willis and she
is an American actress and singer who has had hit roles in Hostage, The House Bunny,
Sorority Row and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Rumer Willis is the daughter of former Hollywood power couple, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis,
who appeared on Dancing With the Stars.
She didn't really need to carve out her own fame but she did regardless, suggested herself
for the role of her dad's kidnapped daughter in Hostage after reading the script.
He wasn't too keen at first, but as we've seen, she got her way!
Number 7.
Maya Rudolph Gaining fame in the 1990s as a member of an
alternative rock band called The Rentals, Maya Rudolph is now well known as an actress
and a comedian in films like Bridesmaids.
She great friends with David Spade, appearing with him in Grown Ups and being a regular
on Saturday Night Live.
She's been called a comedy Titan, being one of few female comedians to do so well.
Number 6.
Tori Spelling Tori, also known as Victoria, landed her first
major role as Donna Martin, on Beverly Hills, 90210.
Since then she has had a pretty lucrative career – and been through several scandals.
One of which was her partner's affair with then 28 year old Emily Goodhand while on location
shooting Chopped Canada.
Tori didn't take this lying down however and documented the aftermath of the scandal for
two seasons on Lifetime's hit series True Tori.
After all, she wasn't the one doing the dirty.
There have also been a fair few dramas over her excessive use of plastic surgery that
gives her the unusual look we know and love today.
Number 5.
Rachel Dratch Rachel Dratch is an American actress, comedian,
and writer who was in Just Go With It.
Like Maya Rudolph, she has been a regular on Saturday Night Live too.
She auditioned for Saturday Night Live and wasn't hired, but her perseverance paid off
as the show hired her the following year.
Number 4.
Hilary Swank Being a recipient of numerous accolades including
two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Critics' Choice Awards, and a Screen Actors
Guild Award, it's hard to imagine anyone wouldn't recognize the name Hilary Swank.
Just in case, here are a few roles she has been in; Million Dollar Baby, P.S I Love You,
The Hunt and The Next Karate Kid.
Despite that it seems her judgement on movie scripts isn't great.
She was quoted as saying about the heartbreaking P.S I Love You, "I took 'P.S.
I Love You' thinking it was going to be a little funny, and I ended up crying every
day on that film."
Big mistake, great movie.
You'd hardly know she is in her 40s, maybe its the tears as great moisturiser from filming
so many heart wrenching roles, more likely though it's because she took part in various
swimming and gymnastics competition in high school and has lived a healthy lifestyle ever
since.
Number 3.
Kristen Schaal [shawl] Kristen Schaal did pretty well known as the
voice of Louise Belcher on Bob's Burgers and Mabel Pines in Gravity Falls, but her charismatic
and unusually large smile mean that her looks are equally memorable.
She's definitely a quirky lady, but what did we expect from someone who was raised on a
cattle ranch and had llamas present at her wedding?
Number 2.
Uma Thurman It's impossible to hear the name Uma Thurman
without Kill Bill or Pulp Fiction springing to mind.
Her name is as unique as they come and apparently comes from being raised as a Buddhist because
of her father's wishes.
She even spent two years of her childhood in Almora, an Indo-Himalayan municipality
of spiritual teaching and holistic practice and had regular visits from the Dalai Lama
himself!
She doesn't retain the title of Buddhist but it's hard to avoid the connotation with her
name.
Fortunately, she doesn't mind, and it's not like she's called Ganden, Dechen and Mipam
– those are the names of her brothers.
Number 1.
Sandra Bernhard Since getting big in the 70s with her stand-up
comedy where she harshly critiqued celebrity culture and political figures, Sandra Bernhard
has very much become one herself – a celebrity, not a politician, although some argue that
she's both.
She has had many great roles, including the satire Plump Fiction.
She even has her own book, a feminist masterpiece with equal parts harsh truth and page turning
jokes.
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