12 celebrities you didn't know were actually redheads (2024)

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Benedict Cumberbatch dyed his hair darker for his roles in "Sherlock" and "Dr. Strange," but his hair is naturally red.

Cumberbatch first dyed his hair darker for his role in the BBC adaptation of "Sherlock."

"It's been dyed quite a bit darker. I'm auburn and that's just not right for Sherlock. He's a creature of the night. He's got a dark, sociopathic side to him," he told Esquire in 2010.

Nicole Kidman has been a blonde for the past few years, but she got her start with her natural auburn hair.

Her hair is also naturally much curlier than it typically is now.

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Laura Prepon has had dark hair for years because of "Orange Is the New Black," but she rocked her red hair in "That '70s Show."

Prepon has also tried out being a blonde a few times, notably in "October Road," "Are You There, Chelsea?" and the last season of "That '70s Show."

Michael Fassbender frequently dyes his hair for roles.

In a 2011 interview with Pop Sugar, Fassbender explained that he doesn't particularly enjoy dyeing his hair other colors because, in his own words, gingers have more fun.

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Seth Green has had almost every hair color under the sun, but he's a natural ginger.

In "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" alone, Green rocked red, brown, and black hair across his various appearances on the show.

"At first I started dyeing my hair because I could never do it in high school," he told SF Gate in 2001. "I thought, 'What the hell?'"

Catherine O'Hara has been blonde during her run on "Schitt's Creek," but before that she kept her natural hue.

Before she was playing the Rose family matriarch Moira, O'Hara was well known for her roles in '80s and '90s films "Home Alone" and "Beetlejuice," in which she has her natural auburn hair.

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Ewan McGregor has dyed his hair darker for roles before, and he has even shaved his head for parts.

McGregor has dabbled withmanydifferent styles and colors throughout his decades-long career.

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Bridget Regan has switched back and forth between her natural red and dyed black hair.

Regan first dyed her hair for her role in the 2008 fantasy series "Legend of the Seeker."

"They dyed it once I moved to New Zealand and they chemically straightened it, and I was like, 'Who am I?' It was like a good week of catching myself in the mirror going 'Ha.' But it was definitely right for the role, and I knew that going into it," she told TV Equals in 2009.

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Lucas Hedges had naturally reddish hair growing up, but he dyed it for different roles.

Hedges revealed that he dyed his hair for the movie "Honey Boy," written by Shia LeBeouf.

"I had different colored contact lenses and they dyed my hair. I felt like I lost my mind a bit, but I felt a new kind of freedom," he told the Evening Standard in 2019.

Charles Dance rocks his gray hair these days, but he used to have red hair.

The screen legend has been acting since the '70s on TV and in movies, so it's no wonder we've seen the natural progression of his hair.

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Noel Fisher switches back and forth between his "Shameless" black hue and his natural red.

Fisher is most famous for his role as Mickey Milkovich on "Shameless," but he doesn't get to wear his natural shade.

"Actually, I am also a ginger. It's not quite the level of ['Shameless' costar Cam Monaghan's] but it's definitely got a whole lot of fire in it," Fisher told Logo in 2015.

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Bryce Dallas Howard has switched up her hair, but just like dad Ron Howard, she's a natural redhead.

You might've first gotten familiar with Howard when she was platinum blonde in "Spider-Man 3" — she played Gwen Stacy in the 2007 film.

However, she's a natural redhead, just like her father, director Ron Howard.

"I'm used to growing up in a family where we were all redheads," she said during a March appearance on "Conan." "We're not really built for planet Earth. We go outside once, and then we spend the next five years in the dermatologist's office getting things lasered off."