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Anya Taylor-Joy may have played a passionate, chess-playing redhead on The Queen's Gambit, but the actress's true hair colour is actually closer to that of her character's in Emma. As good as Taylor-Joy looked with that short red bob as Beth Harmon, it was only a wig [2], and her natural hair colour is blonde [3].

Whether it's for a role or a red carpet event, wigs and hair extensions are a celebrity's best friend when it comes to switching up their look and experimenting with hair. Often when it looks like someone got a drastic haircut or colour change, it's simply a good wig. In addition to a handful of colourful wigs that Taylor-Joy has sported over the years (including a neon-purple number [4]), she's dyed her real hair shades of dark brown, caramel blonde, and auburn [5], but she always returns to her blonde roots after. See what Taylor-Joy looks like as a brunette ahead.

Image Source: Getty / Desiree Navarro [6]