Transformation

Michelle Williams made the ultimate transformation from Dawson's Creek heartbreaker to Oscar-nominated movie star. “She has found herself,” says Williams's makeup artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua. The actress plays up her porcelain complexion with delicate shades of pink, while framing her face with bedhead waves. Says hairstylist Laini Reeves, “Michelle is the perfect example of the very modern young lady."

1998: For a red-carpet event, the Dawson's Creek mimicked her bad-girl character: "She is all about the curling iron."