19 Movie Stars That Can Play Almost Any Character on the Screen
Many actors are afraid to be associated with just one character. But even a great movie script and ingenious makeup are helpless if an actor or actress doesn’t have enough talent and charisma to portray different characters on screen.
Cate Blanchett
- Cinderella (2015) — the evil stepmother
- Thor: Ragnarok (2017) — the Asgardian goddess of death, Hela
- Don’t Look Up (2021) — a glamorous TV presenter
Eva Green
- Kingdom of Heaven (2005) — Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem
- Cracks (2009) — a mysterious teacher at an elite boarding school for girls, Miss G.
- Dark Shadows (2012) — a jealous witch, Angelique Bouchard
Matthew McConaughey
- Dallas Buyers Club (2013) — a terminally ill Texas cowboy, Ron Woodroof
- Interstellar (2014) — a farmer, widowed engineer, and former pilot, Joseph A. Cooper
- The Beach Bum (2019) — a weird poet, Moondog
Carrie-Anne Moss
- The Matrix (1999) — Trinity, a hacker and officer of the hovercraft, Nebuchadnezzar
- Fido (2006) — a housewife, Helen Robinson who comes across a zombie
- Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) — Claudia Wolf, the high priestess of the religious cult, the Order
Rami Malek
- Night at the Museum (2006) — The Egyptian pharaoh, Ahkmenrah
- Buster’s Mal Heart (2016) — a mountain man and a former concierge, Jonás Cueyatl
- Bohemian Rhapsody (2018) — Freddie Mercury, the frontman of Queen
Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Dolores Claiborne (1995) — Selena St. George, a New York journalist and the daughter of a housemaid accused of murder
- The Machinist (2004) — Stevie, the only friend of the main character
- The Hateful Eight (2015) — criminal Daisy Domergue
Matt Damon
- The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) — a witty swindler, Tom Ripley
- The Martian (2015) — astronaut Mark Watney
- The Last Duel (2021) — Knight Jean de Carrouges
Sharon Stone
- Total Recall (1990) — Lori, the main character’s false wife
- Last Dance (1996) — Cindy Liggett, a woman on death row
- Ratched (2020) — Lenore Osgood, an eccentric and cunning heiress
Geoffrey Rush
- Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) — Sir Francis Walsingham, principal secretary to Queen Elizabeth I of England
- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) — pirate captain Hector Barbossa
- The King’s Speech (2010) — Lionel Logue, an Australian speech and language therapist who helped King George VI manage his stammer
Ana de Armas
- Knock Knock (2015) — Bel
- The Night Clerk (2020) — Andrea Rivera
- Blonde (2022) — famous actress Marilyn Monroe
Kathy Bates
- Misery (1990) — fan of a famous writer, Annie Wilkes
- Titanic (1997) — Molly Brown, an American socialite and one of Titanic’s passengers
- American Horror Story (2011–2022) — satanic henchwoman Ms. Miriam Mead
Sarah Jessica Parker
- Hocus Pocus (1993) — Sarah Sanderson, one of the sister witches
- Ed Wood (1994) — actress Dolores Fuller
- Mars Attacks! (1996) — ambitious journalist Nathalie Lake
Julianne Moore
- Safe (1995) — housewife Carol White who is diagnosed with a strange disease
- Far from Heaven (2002) — a flustered housewife who faces a marital crisis when she learns her husband’s secret
- The Glorias (2020) — feminist icon Gloria Steinem
Milla Jovovich
- The Fifth Element (1997) — redhead alien Leeloo
- Joan of Arc (1999) — French warrior Joan of Arc
- Paradise Hills (2019) — the eccentric Duchess, Paradise Hills’ headmaster
Renée Zellweger
- Jerry Maguire (1996) — 26-year-old widow and single mother Dorothy Boyd
- Cold Mountain (2003) — active peasant Ruby Thewes
- Judy (2019) — American actress and singer Judy Garland
Matt Smith
- Doctor Who (2009-2013) — the famous doctor traveling through the time
- The Crown (2016-2017) — Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- House of the Dragon (2022 — till now) — rebellion prince Daemon Targaryen
Catherine O’Hara
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) — Kate McCallister, the mother of the inventive boy, Kevin, who is always left alone
- For Your Consideration (2006) — actress Marilyn Hack who finds out that she was probably nominated for an Oscar
- Schitt’s Creek (2015–2020) — Moira Rose, the wife of a billionaire who went broke
Frances McDormand
- Fargo (1996) — a fearless police officer, Marge Gunderson, who is 7 months pregnant
- Burn After Reading (2008) — Linda Litzke, a fitness club administrator who dreams about having plastic surgery
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017) — Mildred Hayes, a desperate mother who lost her daughter
Vivien Leigh
- Gone with the Wind (1939) — Scarlett O’Hara, a flirt and an heiress of a rich family who has to work through the terrors of the Civil War
- Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) — The Egyptian queen, Cleopatra
- Ship of Fools (1965) — a middle-aged rich woman
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