28 female celebrities who have shaved their heads

Gabbi ShawMay 19, 2023, 01:07 IST

Florence Pugh at the 2023 Met Gala.Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Shaving your head is one of the biggest changes you can make to your look.
Florence Pugh debuted her newly shaved look at the Met Gala in May 2023.

Celebrities make headlines for changing up their looks all the time, but there is perhaps nothing more dramatic than when they shave their head.

Most recently, in May 2023, Florence Pugh debuted a shaved head beneath a towering Valentino headpiece at the 2023 Met Gala.

These 28 celebrities have found that shaving their heads can be liberating, life-changing, or just plain fun.

Florence Pugh debuted a newly shaved head at the 2023 Met Gala.

Pugh in 2023 and 2019.Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images; John Salangsang/Deadline/Penske Media/Getty Images

Natalie Portman shaved her head for her role in "V for Vendetta."

Portman in 2005 and 2018.Bo Valentine/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Vera Anderson/WireImage/Getty Images

Amandla Stenberg shaved her head for "Where Hands Touch," a controversial movie about Nazi Germany.

Stenberg in 2017 and 2022.Brandon Williams/WireImage/Getty Images; Taylor Hill/Getty Images

Karen Gillan buzzed off her famous red hair to play Nebula in the first "Guardians of the Galaxy" film. Now, she wears a bald cap.

Gillan in 2013 and 2019.Ethan Miller/Getty Images; Matt Winkelmeyer/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Jessie J shaved her head on live TV to support Comic Relief on Red Nose Day.

Jessie J in 2013 and 2017.Dave M. Benett/Getty Images; Jesse Grant/Getty Images for WE

Joey King shaved her head to play Gypsy Rose Blanchard in "The Act" — and for two other previous roles.

King in 2019 and 2020.Hulu; Rich Fury/MTV VMAs 2020/Getty Images for MTV

Keke Palmer had wanted to shave her head for a while before actually doing it.

Palmer in 2017 and 2023.Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Arturo Holmes/MG23/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Charlize Theron's shaved head was also for a role. She buzzed her head for "Mad Max: Fury Road."

Theron in 2013 and 2021.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images for Cinema For Peace; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images

In 2009, Solange Knowles tweeted that she shaved her head because she "wanted to be free from the bondage that Black women sometimes put on themselves with hair."

Knowles in 2009 and 2015.Jun Sato/WireImage/Getty Images; Mark Sullivan/WireImage/Getty Images

Cara Delevingne's shaved head was for the film "Life in a Year" in which she played a cancer patient.

Delevingne in 2017 and 2020.Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic/Getty Images; ABC/Getty Images

Demi Moore famously shaved her head for "GI Jane" in the late '90s.

Moore in 1996 and 2021.Frank Trapper/Corbis/Getty Images; Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for The Red Sea Film Festival

Jada Pinkett Smith has spoken about her hair journey and her struggles with alopecia, which led to shaving her head.

Smith in 2022 and 2014.Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez/WireImage/Getty Images

Halsey has frequently switched back and forth between a shaved head, her natural hair, and wigs.

Halsey in 2017 and 2019.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for BMI; Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Doja Cat also frequently changes up her hairstyle, including this platinum-blonde buzz cut.

Doja Cat in 2022.Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/Getty Images; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Kristen Stewart shaved her head to star in "Underwater."

Stewart in 2017 and 2022.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images; Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images

More people know Millie Bobby Brown with her shaved head in "Stranger Things" than without it.

Brown in 2016 and 2022.Netflix; Theo Wargo/Getty Images

Amber Rose is also famous for her shaved head — she is almost unrecognizable with long hair.

Rose in 2017.Prince Williams/WireImage/Getty Images; Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for NYLON

Sigourney Weaver buzzed her hair off for "Alien 3."

Weaver in 1991 and 2016.Rolf Konow/Sygma/Corbis/Getty Images; Anthony Harvey/Getty Images

Cynthia Nixon went totally bald to play a cancer patient in a play called "Wit."

Nixon in 2012 and 2019.Michael Stewart/WireImage/Getty Images; Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival

Cate Blanchett called shaving her head "so liberating."

Blanchett in 2000 and 2022.Online USA/Getty Images; Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Lupita Nyong'o shaved her head after cutting off her locks.

Nyong'o in 2023 and 2022.Christopher Polk/Variety/Getty Images; Bruce Glikas/WireImage/Getty Images

Toni Collette had to shave her head five times in order to play a cancer patient in "Miss You Already."

Collette in 2014 and 2023.David M. Benett/Getty Images; Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images

Sinead O'Connor's signature look is her buzzed head.

O'Connor in 1990 and 1998.Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Lionel FLUSIN/Gamma-Rapho/Getty Images

Evangeline Lilly shaved her head "just for fun."

Lilly in 2023 and 2019.Mike Marsland/WireImage/Getty Images; George Pimentel/Getty Images

Willow Smith called shaving her head "maybe the most radical thing I've done in the name of beauty."

Smith in 2022.Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic/Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Kate Hudson was nervous about the shape of her head after shaving her head for "Music."

Hudson in 2017 and 2022.Gotham/GC Images/Getty Images; Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix

Danai Gurira rocks a shaved head to play Okoye in "Black Panther."

Gurira in 2018 and 2023.John Shearer/Getty Images; Neilson Barnard/Getty Images for Gucci

Kellie Pickler shaved her head to show solidarity with her friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Pickler in 2012 and 2017.Frederick Breedon IV/Getty Images for ACM; Mike Coppola/WireImage/Getty Images

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