Over the last few years, many celebrities have been making the bold beauty decision to shave their heads – going completely bald or wearing a buzz cut [1]. While some have gone under the clippers for roles in movies and TV shows, other stars have decided to get rid of their length in the name of style.
Ahead you'll see some of your favourite stars who have worn the daring look [2], as well as their reasons behind it.
Michaela Coel With a Shaved Head
Ahead of her role in Ahead So Long, Coel decided to shave her head because there wasn't a lot of representation in media of dark-skinned women with short hair being represented as a love interest. "When I was growing up I never saw no girls that looked like me doing romantic leads," the actress told BET [4]. "I was pretty determined to do it. And I knew when I get this job and I'm gonna shave my head and I'm going to turn up with no hair and they're gonna have to make it work."
Joey King With a Shaved Head
For her role in Hulu's The Act, King shaved her head to play a presumed-terminally ill child. She loved it so much, she shaved it a full three times. The actress told Allure that the cut didn't bother her [5]. "I've never really had an attachment to my hair. I couldn't care less what happens to it," King says.
Kate Hudson With a Shaved Head
Kate Hudson [6] shaved her head for a film. She told Jimmy Kimmel in 2017 that she was worried about how her head would look. "Oh! What is the shape of my head going to look like?" she told Kimmel she'd thought to herself. "I really started to panic." Luckily, her head looks great.
Halsey With a Shaved Head
Halsey is fearless when it comes to experimenting with her look and has worn her hair in braids, multi-colour hues, and shaven. Naturally, the beautiful star looks great in all of them.
Amandla Stenberg With a Shaved Head
Stenberg starred in a movie called Where Hands Touch about a biracial child in Nazi Germany, and shaved her head for the role. She joked in an Instagram caption [7] that the look made her feel aerodynamic.
Kristen Stewart With a Shaved Head
In 2017, Stewart buzzed her hair for a role in the film Underwater. Since then, she's mostly kept her look short, trying out different styles of pixies.
Natalie Portman With a Shaved Head
Natalie Portman [8] famously shaved off her hair for a role in V is For Vendettain 2005. She looked so good, we think she should revisit the look soon.
