Can You Tell Which of These Stars Are Natural Redheads?

Test your knowledge of Hollywood's most famous redheads (it's harder than you think!)

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Emma Stone

Emma Stone with red hair wearing emerald green at a fashion show.
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Is Stone's hair naturally this fiery hue?

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Close-up of Emma Stone with blonde hair.
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Nope, she's naturally blonde! She first dyed her hair for her first big movie, Superbad (2007), and the color pretty much stuck — although she went back to blonde for her role as Gwen Stacy in the Spider-Man franchise.

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Julianne Moore

A red-headed Julianne Moore wearing a denim jacket.
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Is the Academy Award-winning actress really a redhead, or is it all just an act?!

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A smiling Julianne Moore, a natural redhead, at an awards show.
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Yep! Moore told Redbook in 2014 that she feels a kinship with other redheads. She said, "Whenever I see one on the street, I nod or say hello. I feel like there's a redhead collective — you notice each other."

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KJ Apa

KJ Apa with red hair wearing a pink sihrt.
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He plays Archie Andrews, one of the most famous fictional redheads, but is the Riverdale star a natural?

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A natural brunette, K.J. Apa, stands in front of a billboard for an award's show.
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The Kiwi actor is actually a brunette! Apa told KTLA Live Morning News that it took eight hours to get his hair (and eyebrows) the right color the first time it was dyed.

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Christina Hendricks

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Christina Hendricks with red hair.

Surely the Mad Men star is a true redhead, right?

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A photo of actress Christina Hendricks with blonde hair (her natural color) from her show, the Good Girls.
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Nope! Though she has been rocking her red hue for years, the Good Girls actress is naturally blonde. Hendricks has been dyeing her hair since she was just 10 years old.

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Sophie Turner

A red-headed Sophie Turner smiling at the camera.
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The Game of Thrones star's red hair was her character's signature look, but is it natural?

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Sophie Turner with blonde hair and fire-engine red lips at an awards show.
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Nope! Turner dyed her hair to play Sansa Stark, but she's a natural blonde.

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Florence Welch

Florence Welch wearing a gold dress and her signature red locks.
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The Florence + The Machine singer is known for her brilliant red locks, but was she born with them?

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Florence Welch with brown hair wearing a flannel shirt in front of a billboard for Jameson Irish Whiskey.
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No! Welch is actually a brunette! In June 2012, she told Marie Claire of her now red tresses, "I'm a lifer now. I've tried going back to brown, but I don't recognize myself."

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Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain with red hair wearing diamond earnings.

Is the Molly's Game actress gambling with our feelings, or is she really a redhead?

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Actress Jessica Chastain attends the "Manus x Machina: Fashion In An Age Of Technology" Costume Institute Gala at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 2, 2016 in New York City. (Photo by Images)
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It's all-natural, y'all! Chastain revealed to Refinery29 in August 2017 that she learned to love her unique hair color.

"As a child, I didn't want to be different — I wanted to look the same as everyone else because I didn't want to be singled out," she said. "I was ridiculed for having red hair; for having freckles. But whatever you are ridiculed about that makes you different is what you'll celebrate in the future. If I wanted to dye my hair, I could, but I realized that's who I am, and my differences [make me] special."

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Nicole Kidman

Nicole Kidman sitting with a glass of wine in a still shot for the television show, Big Little Lies.
Nicole Kidman in Big Little Lies (2019). Hilary Bronwyn Gayle/HBO

Is the Aussie actress an auburn girl?

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Nicole Kidman with her naturally curly and red hair stars into the camera.
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Yes! Kidman's hair is naturally curly and red, though she has worn it straight and blonde in recent years.

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Ewan McGregor

Ewan McGregor wearing all black here is a natural redhead.
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Is that red hair we see on McGregor's head the real deal?

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Ewan McGregor with short reddish hair.
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Sure is! Although the Scottish actor has dyed it before for a few roles, red's his natural color!

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Laura Prepon

Actress Laura Prepon with long, straight red hair.
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Prepon's long red hair was her signature while starring on That '70s Show, but was it the real deal?

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Laura Prepon with black hair wearing a black, white and silver evening dress.
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Yep! Though Prepon sported black hair during her stint on Netflix's Orange Is the New Black, the actress' hair is naturally red.

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Michael Fassbender

A red-headed Michael Fassbender wearing a gray sweater while attending a discussion about his film, "Assassin's Creed" with his cast mates (not pictured).
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It would be a Shame if Irish actor Fassbender's hair wasn't really red ...

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Michael Fassbender, a natural redhead, wearing a tuxedo at an undisclosed awards show.

But it is! Phew.

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Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow with red hair wearing a white shirt or dress with pink, red and purple flowers on it.
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The actress has sported red hair in recent years, but was she born with it?

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Brittany Snow

Brittany Snow with straight blonde hair.

Nope! In fact, she's a blonde. Snow told Yahoo! Style that her red hair is her least favorite look, saying, "I think my least favorite hair color was the hair color that I had in Pitch Perfect 2. They really wanted me to be dark red, and I wanted to be lighter like I was in the first movie, but they didn't want that. But I rocked some light red for a year after it faded."

Despite it not being her favorite hair color, Snow had red hair at her 2020 wedding to her now-estranged husband, Tyler Stanaland.

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Lindsay Lohan

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Lindsay Lohan at Saint Laurent's show during Paris Fashion Week in 2019. Swan Gallet/WWD/REX/Shutterstock

In 2004's Mean Girls, even Lohan's character, Cady Heron, was asked if her hair color was natural.

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Lindsay Lohan as a little girl at The Parent Trap premiere in Los Angeles.
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She's a natural! Here's little LiLo at the Parent Trap premiere in 1998.

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Madelaine Petsch

Madelaine Petsch sporting her all-natural red hair.
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Her Riverdale character Cheryl Blossom has bright scarlet hair, but does Petsch rock the same look when she's not filming?

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Madelaine Petsch wearing a green, black and white print dress.
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Yes! Petsch is a natural redhead. She told Flare in 2017, "My hair is very much real. If I dyed my hair, my mother would actually disown me."

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Debra Messing

Debra Messing at "Birthday Candles" Photocall wearing a bright pink satin garment.
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Are the Will & Grace star's locks truly red?

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Debra Messing saluting the camera while attending the premiere of McHale's Navy at Universal City Theme Park in 1997.
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No! Messing is actually a brunette.

"My hair has been every color," she told TODAY Style in 2018. "I'm not exactly sure what the real color is. I look back at my baby pictures, and I had dark brown hair. But by the time I was in kindergarten, I was a strawberry blonde. Like, really light red. As I got older, it became more auburn. So I have no idea."

She added, "To my fellow redheads — fake or real — I say, embrace it. I mean, you stand out. There are not a lot of us, so instead of trying to hide, open up."

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Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher wearing a fuchsia-colored ballgown with bare shoulders at the Golden Globes.
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Is Fisher's hair actually auburn?

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Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher in a candid shot. She is smiling at the camera.
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Yep! As you can see in this throwback with husband Sacha Baron Cohen, it's her true hue.

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Bryce Dallas Howard

Bryce Dallas Howard at an awards show wearing a black and silver gown.
Bryce Dallas Howard on Her Feature Directorial Debut, 'Dads'. Getty Images

Is the actress really a redhead, or is that color from a salon?

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Bryce Dallas Howard at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival wearing a black v-neck garment.
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It's natural! Bryce shares her hair color with her father, famed director Ron Howard.

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Cynthia Nixon

A red-headed Cynthia Nixon smiles at the Golden Globe Awards.
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When she starred as Miranda on Sex and the City, her character was known for her hair color. But is it Nixon's natural look?

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Cynthia Nixon with short blonde hair.
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Not so much! The actress and activist is actually blonde.

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Amy Adams

Amy Adams smiles at the camera wearing an off-the shoulder black and white gown.
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We've been Enchanted by Adams' red hair for years, but is her color natural?

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Amy Adams with long blonde hair in a side part wearing a lavender tank top or slip dress.
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Nope! Adams is a natural blonde. The actress once shared that changing her hair color actually transformed her career.

"Based on roles that I was getting called in for, people were responding to certain types of characters with me as a blonde, and the minute I went red, it was quirky and fun instead of flirtatious and dumb," she said during a New York Times-hosted TimesTalks event in 2016.

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Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts with wavy red hair smiling in 1990 at the Golden Globe Awards.
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The rom-com queen herself is known for her auburn locks, but is this Pretty Woman really a redhead?

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Julia Roberts with blonde wavy hair.
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Nope! Roberts went red for her first role in 1988's Mystic Pizza and stayed that way for quite some time, telling David Letterman in 1989, "My hair is naturally blonde — kind of a dark blonde."

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