Diagnosed with alopecia at three-years-old, he began to wear a wig at 14-years-old, dealing with "emotional and psychological damage from cruel bullying in school." So, he wore the hairpiece throughout his career until finally deciding to go without it.
After having worn a hairpiece throughout his career – Turner was diagnosed with alopecia at age three, and began wearing a hairpiece at 14 years old in order to deal with the “emotional and psychological damage from cruel bullying in school” – he has finally decided to let it go.
Sansa was Turner's first television role. Turner's drama teacher encouraged her to audition for the part, and she dyed her blonde hair auburn for the role, although in season 7 she began wearing wigs.
As she moved forward in her music career and her devastating marriage to Ike Turner, she began imitating the hairstyles of other Motown stars. Photos from this era show Tina in glamorous up-dos, provided by wigs after a stylist ruined her natural hair by keeping straightening bleach on too long.
Jane Turner loves nothing better than a wig to help her get into character. The frizzy perm was the crowning jewel in her creation of foxy moron Kath Day-Knight in Kath & Kim. So playing Margaret Thatcher with her famous, immaculate helmet of hair has obvious appeal.
There is great authenticity to Nicole Kidman's character building and artistic process. A wig to her is part of finding the truth of a character. And instead of cutting and coloring her real hair - as often as she consistently works - she is protecting her natural hair health.
In conclusion, Raquel Welch is not only a Hollywood icon but also an advocate for women with hair loss. Her wig line has provided a natural and fashionable solution for women who suffer from hair loss, and her advocacy work has helped to remove the stigma around the condition.
Celebrities wearing wigs is more common than you may think. They wear wigs for many reasons. Wigs help with style changes and protect their natural hair. Stars like Jennifer Lopez and Lady Gaga use wigs for fashion and to deal with hair loss too.
At an age when most would retreat from the public eye, Tina Turner chose to embrace her appearance with confidence, opting for blepharoplasty to enhance her facial aesthetics.
For years, television personality and talk show host Oprah Winfrey wore wigs on film and for cover shoots for O Magazine. Some weighed up to 3.5-pounds! Though Oprah got her start as a journalist and media personality, she rapidly became a fashion icon as well.
It's safe to say that, with the overnight turnaround of her hair makeovers, Cher's hair changes are the result of some fabulous wigs.
“Well, for the first few seasons I was allowed to wash my hair because I was an aristocratic young girl. Towards season 5 they started asking me to not wash my hair and it was really disgusting,” Turner, 22, who plays Sansa Stark on the hit HBO show, told InStyle. She added, “[It was] really itchy!
Despite her small stature, Dolly Parton has always been larger than life. We aren't just talking about her huge amount of talent — she is also usually sporting one of her iconic wigs, which literally add a few inches to her height.
To celebrate the infamous wig she wore as a 911 operator in the 2013 thriller "The Call" — which, she explained on Instagram, fans have been "jokingly 'dragging' me [about] for years" — she held "special wig screenings" of the new film. Halle Berry and Van Hunt are seen in New York, Sept. 17, 2024.
Who knew hair was so important during the first season of The Brady Bunch? Henderson wore a wig during the first season because her hair had been cropped short to appear in the off-Broadway revival of South Pacific.
JLo, known for her long, flowing hair, does wear extensions or a wig for her performances, videos, and even social media posts.
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The biggest distraction for me personally, is the awful wig that Jodie Sweetin wears through the entire film.
Lady Gaga is known for her boldness, diversity, and unique style. She also often wears wigs and does not hide it.
Turner only shared her dyslexia diagnosis in 2005: “I finally got over my lifelong sense of inadequacy when Princess Beatrice, Queen Elizabeth's granddaughter discussed her dyslexia in a number of interviews... She said she wasn't able to count and had a hard time learning how to read.
Soon after her death, Angela Bassett remembered Turner and her portrayal of the singer in the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It. Bassett shared the last words Turner said to her in a tribute posted shortly after news of her death broke. “Her final words to me — for me — were, 'You never mimicked me.
The legendary singer, who died Wednesday, had two biological children, as well as two adopted sons from her tumultuous marriage with Ike Turner. Rock 'n' roll legend Tina Turner experienced steep highs and lows in her personal life, but some of her best memories came from being a mother.
She also debuted an entirely different hair color. But her jet black hair during the live Top 8 eliminations this season wasn't permanent; this long asymmetrical hairstyle was actually a wig, complete with face framing pieces and polished bangs.
In the film, Roberts played a world-famous world actress, and, in one of her roles, as an astronaut in the faux film Helix, she wore the bob wig. For some reason, Roberts hung onto the hairpiece, and elected to recycle it for her new role.
Sia has explained that she wears wigs to defend herself against the dark side of fame. She even wrote an op-ed for Billboard about her decision in 2013. "If anyone besides famous people knew what it was like to be a famous person, they would never want to be famous," Sia wrote for Billboard.