Transformation

Once upon a time, there was an actress with skin as white as snow and hair as black as ebony. Snow White? Well, not according to Rachel Weisz. "In real life I'm very unpolished," the star has said. "Dressing for the red carpet is fantasy time, but in my day-to-day life, I'm very grungy." In truth, the British beauty wears her high-contrast good looks with absolute ease. "Rachel's hair matches her personality," her hairstylist Mark Townsend has said. "It's not overdone, not super-fussed-over. And she's incredibly approachable and sweet." Not to mention talented—the actress picked up an Oscar for her role in The Constant Gardener and can be spotted next year in The Lovely Bones. Talk about a fairy tale!

1995: As a teenager, Weisz loved "bright, bright red lipstick and a lot of smudgy black eyeliner." As a budding star, she goes for a cleaner look.