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25 celebrity redheads to inspiring your next trip to the salon

Get some hair inspiration from our favourite A-listers with fiery locks

By Sarah Ilston and Emma Henderson
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Red hair is the signifier for a bold, no-nonsense look. It's arguably become the most sought-after shade for hair makeovers in 2023 and the eye-catching shade is perfectly captured by the flame-haired ginger celebrities below.

Some are natural redheads like Madelaine Petsch, Jessica Chastain and Bryce Dallas-Howard, and some... not-so-natural. For example, did you know that many of your favourite and most iconic celebrity redheads, like Emma Stone, Tayra Banks, Sophie Turner and Christina Hendricks, are all actually naturally blonde? Despite being know for their fiery strands, all of these redheaded celebs have been secretly dyeing their real hair for years, after realising how much they suited being a redhead.

If you've been secretly wondering whether you'd suit dyeing your hair red, maybe our edit of the best ginger celebrities, from Lucy Boynton to Emma Roberts and Rhianna will persuade you to take the plunge and dye your hair strawberry blonde, crimson red, scarlet or copper at your next salon visit.

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Lucy Boynton

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Known for her signature platinum blonde bob, we had to take second glance when we saw the Modern Love star had dyed her hair red. The picture, which was posted by her hair and makeup team, shows the 27-year-old with a longer lob length than normal, on-trend curtain bangs and dyed a beautiful shade of copper.

Fans are loving her new autumnal look, with one commenting: "Yes to this hair!' while another wrote: 'This hair though! It’s beautiful."

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Emma Stone

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Emma Stone is the epitome of natural beauty, away from the stereotypical blonde, tanned A-lister – Emma, we salute you!

3

Ronke Adekoluejo

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British actress Ronke Adekoluejo, who you might recognise from TV's Doctor Who, matched her red braids to her outfit too.

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Christina Hendricks

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Scarlet bombshell Christina Hendricks, knows that nothing grabs attention quite like vivid red locks. Fitting perfectly with her sultry persona, the natural blonde has been dyeing her hair this colour since she was ten-years-old.

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Kelis

The Milkshake singer demonstrates how to style her locks, which she's dyed varying tones of red, brown and orange – and how it shouldn't stop you wearing clolours too!

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Zendaya

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Back in 2018 Zendaya sported a rusty red coloured wavy bob, and we're still big fans.

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Cynthia Nixon

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Best known for her enduring role as smart and sensible Miranda in The Sex And The City show and films, Cynthia Nixon has since opted for a darker and more firery red from her earlier lighter strawberry blonde-ish days.

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Ellie Bamber

British actress Ellie Bamber often toys between blonde, strawberry blonde and much darker red tones, but we love her current brassy choice.

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Madelaine Petsch

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Known as much for her flame-haired beauty as she is for her character of Cheryl Blossom on Riverdale, the 25-year-old actress proves that red truly is the most stunning of colours, regularly rocking some gothic black alongside her fiery mane.

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Rhianna

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Rhianna has dyed her her every tone possible of red, from bright pillarbox red to this glossy auburn shade from way back in 2015, which is our favourite of her many looks.

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Sophie Turner

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The Game Of Thrones beauty is actually naturally blonde, but she used to dye her hair while filming the series– a fiery auburn red to suit her fiery character on the show.

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Debra Messing

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Everyone's favourite redhead from sitcom Will and Grace has always worn her natural bold hair colour proudly on and off screen.

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Karen Gillan

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Scottish actress Karen Gillan's best known role was in the much-loved TV series, Doctor Who where she played Amy Pond and sported her nautral firey hair tone.

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Lindsay Lohan

Apart from a few brief periods of being brassy blonde, Lindsay has always shown off her natural hair colour and worn it super long.

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Jessica Chastain

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As known for her glossy, tousled red mane as she is for her Oscar nominated career, Jessica Chastain has classic glamour nailed with her gorgeous head of copper tones.

The starlet’s hairstylist, Renato Campora swears that the actress has never coloured her hair, meaning it is a perfect match for her exact skin tone.

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Marcia Cross

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The Desperate Housewives actress has taken a leaf out of Cynthia Nixon's book too, and swapped her lighter tone for a bright, bold and impressive red hue.

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Nicole Kidman

Pairing her fair complexion with a multitude of red, orange and blonde tones, we love Nicole Kidman's light strawberry blonde/ auburn hue the most.

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Amy Adams

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The Arrival star used to sport her natural blonde colour in earlier roles but in the past few years has switched it up permanently to this auburn shade, and we love the look.

Amy has been dyeing her hair since 2004 for a TV show called Dr. Vegas. And as luck would have it, she landed a shade that makes her unique and highly sought after by women worldwide. A colour that is sported best by fair skin tones with usually pale eyes; it is the perfect shade swap for a blonde seeking warmer tones.

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Bryce Dallas Howard

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The actress goes through varying shades of red, but we have to say our favourite is this bold hue.

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Lily Cole

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The model is famous for her natural unruly curls, as much as catwalk debuts.

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