Star movie makeovers

In Jackie, Natalie Portman portrays the First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy – and from the look of the poster, we’d say the production nailed every detail.

Natalie Portman isn’t the only actress to have taken on this iconic role. Complete with the bouffant hair and chic threads, Katie Holmes also looks identical to the late Jackie Kennedy Onassis (L). The actress transformed for the mini-series, The Kennedys After Camelot.

Lovable funnyman Jason Segel has taken a turn from his usual comedy route for his role in the David Foster Wallace biopic The End of the Tour. Playing the famed American author, Jason put on over 18kg by eating Hot Pockets. “By the end, I was running out of time. I had about two weeks left, so I put myself on a Hot Pocket diet, which was two Hot Pockets every three hours,” Jason said on Good Morning America. “It was horrible. I was eating like 12 Hot Pockets a day at that point. I was so sick of them.”

Nicole Kidman underwent a massive transformation for her role as Virginia Woolf, in The Hours. The makeup took three hours daily and relied heavily on a large prosthetic nose – something the Aussie actress loved! “I did enjoy being anonymous,” the star admitted during the press junket of the film. “It was fun to be able to go out of my trailer and not have anyone know me.”

Noomi Rapace scored the coveted role of Lisbeth for the best-selling film adaption of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Chatting to British talk show host Graham Norton, the actress revealed that she decided early on in her career to never let her personal vanity come in the way of a role. Taking her art so seriously, Noomi got most of the piercings required for the role, but drew the line when it came to the tattoos!

Charlize Theron won the 2003 Oscar for her phenomenal role as Aileen Wuornos in Monster. “I’m very proud of it. We couldn’t sell that movie to save our lives—we were going to sign a deal to just release it on video. A lot of people didn’t want to buy in to how horrific her story was,” the starlet shared during an interview with Esquire

Meryl Streep embodied infamous former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher for her role in The Iron Lady. Describing the the role as “grueling” it won her an Oscar (29 years after her first win) with the film also winning the Academy Award for Best Makeup and the BAFTA Award for Best Makeup and Hair.

Glenn Close landed an Oscar nomination after her portrayal of Albert Nobbs. During an interview, Glenn revealed, “I cried when I first saw myself as a man.”

Aussie actress Margot Robbie looked unrecognisable in her get-up for her role as super-villain Harley Quinn in the highly-anticipated Suicide Squad

Brad Pitt looked more like Grandpa Pitt on the set of his 2015 movie The Big Short while filming in New Orleans.

Eddie Redmayne adopted an entirely new look when he took on the part of Lili Elbe, the first-known person to have undergone gender reassignment surgery for The Danish Girl.

Johnny Depp sported a balding look and paunch to play crime boss Whitey Bulger for Black Mass.

Jim Carrey was sporting a whole new look for his role as The Hermit in The Bad Batch.