Transformation

Whoever said eyes are the windows to the soul never met someone like Ashley Judd. To understand what makes this ambitious actress tick, you'd be better off looking deep into her ... hairstyle. From the no-maintenance jailhouse crop she sported in Double Jeopardy to the revolving cast of wigs she donned in Eye of the Beholder, Judd's locks have had enough screen time to warrant their own SAG card. For her role in Someone Like You, Judd went all the way, lopping six inches off her long tresses, and for Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Judd's hair was primped and pumped into several different looks, including sixties-era curls. Of course, even a bad cut couldn't make this Southern beauty—who experiments with hairstyles as much off-camera as on- —look like a dud. "As we all know," says N.Y.C. stylist Mark Garrison, "Ashley could have no hair and she'd still be stunning."

1983: Judd comes from a family of entertainers. Her mother and sister are country singers Naomi and Wynonna Judd.