Any person who is in show business needs to look good all the time. A lot of effort goes into how they look every day. They do so much to meet the expectations of not only the media but also their fans, even when they are not working. No matter where they are, they make it to the newspapers for being less glamorous.
Gone are the days when actresses were simply glamorous accessories to a film that otherwise belonged to the ‘hero.’ It’s amazing to see how actresses today don’t shy away from portraying more real roles; characters that require more than just a dazzle of glamour.
Here are 60 times when actresses took up roles that made them look very different from their usual glamorous selves, and nailed it with powerful performances.
1. Priyanka Chopra in Mary Kom
2. Kangana Ranaut in Queen
3. Rani Mukherjee in Black
4. Sonam Kapoor in Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
5. Anushka Sharma in NH10
6. Shraddha Kapoor in Haider
7. Alia Bhatt in Highway
8. Katrina Kaif in Rajneeti
9. Priyanka Chopra in Barfi
10. Ameesha Patel in Mangal Pandey
11. Vidya Balan in Kahaani
12. Rani Mukherjee in Talaash
13. Kareena Kapoor in Refugee
14. Jeniffer Aniston in Cake
15. Sonakshi Sinha in Lootera
16. Charlize Theron in Monster
17. Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry
18. Angelina Jolie in Girl, Interrupted
19. Charlize Theron in The Burning Plain
20. Aishwarya Rai in Raincoat
21. Vidya Balan in No one killed Jessica
22. Tabu in Haider
23. Urmila Matondkar in Pinjar
24. Preity Zinta in Heroes
25. Bipasha Basu in Lamhaa
26. Shilpa Shetty in Life In a Metro
27. Karisma Kapoor in Fiza
28. Julia Roberts in The Normal Heart
29. Urmila Matondkar in Ek Haseena Thi
30. Soha Ali Khan in Rang De Basanti
31. Sandra Bullock in Gravity
32. Nargis Fakhri in Madaras Cafe
33. Kareena in Omkara
34. Mahi Gill in Dev D
35. Ayesha Takia in Dor
36. Frances McDormand in Fargo
37. Lupita Nyang’o in 12 Years A Slave
38. Oprah Winfrey in The Color Purple
39. Keira Knightley in Never Let Me Go
40. Naomi Watts in King Kong
41. Reese Witherspoon in Fear
42. Kate Winslet in Iris
43. Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich
44. Amy Adams in Catch Me If You Can
45. Anne Hathaway in Princess Diaries
46. Salma Hayek in Frida
47. Gwyneth Paltrow in Shallow Hal
48. Cameron Diaz in Being John Malkovich
49. Nicole Kidman in The Hours
50. Emma Stone in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past
51. Mariah Carey in Precious
52. Kajol in Dushman
53. Lisa Ray in Water
54. Lara Dutta in Billu Barber
55. Amrita Rao in Welcome To Sajjanpur
56. Kangana Ranaut in Tanu Weds Manu Returns
57. Deepika Padukone in Piku
58. Vidya Balan in Paa
59. Konkona Sen Sharma- Wake Up Sid!
60. Bhumi Pednekar- Dum Laga Ke Haisha
In terms of performance and dedication, these actresses have proved that they are no less than actors. Then, why does the film industry treat them differently ?