A good actor can turn themself into anybody. They need to be able to play a variety of roles, not just stick to one type of character. And these actresses nail their assignments with their transformations. They ditched their nice girl images and successfully turn from good guys to big bad villains when their roles call for it.
Their performances show us how charming or fearsome a villain can be. Yes, they’re the bad guys, but we just can’t have enough of them for some reason. So here are 15 actresses who turned from good guys to big bad villains on the silver screen. Kudos to these movie stars!
1. Emma Watson
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From the innocent Hermione Granger and the shy costume designer in My Week with Marilyn, Emma Watson ditched her good girl image to play the 2-faced schemer in Regression.
2. Emma Stone
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Emma Stone the brave pilot in Aloha. Her most recent role is Cruella, an aspiring fashion designer, who will later become a notorious and dangerous criminal.
3. Scarlett Johansson
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Scarlett Johansson gave a very touching performance as the strong single mother in Jojo Rabbit. However, she made quite a terrifying monster when she played the role of an alien male kidnapper in Under the Skin.
4. Charlize Theron
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Charlize Theron can play a charming state secretary like how she did in Long Shot. She could also portray one of the most notorious serial killers in history. Her role as Wuornos in Monster is as amazing as it’s frightening.
5. Salma Hayek
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In Fools Rush In, Salma Hayek is a lovely woman who is in love. For her role in From Dusk Till Dawn, she became the deadly queen of the vampires.
6. Mila Kunis
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Mila Kunis played the sweet doctor in The Angriest Man in Brooklyn. Her character in Oz the Great and Powerful fantasy still has her sweetness in the first part of the movie. However, her grief and anger soon turn her into a bitter and angry witch.
7. Carey Mulligan
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In An Education, Carey Mulligan played the naive Jenny. We wouldn’t call her role in Promising Young Woman a villain, because those bastards deserve everything she does to them, but she certainly is no innocent girl either.
8. Nicole Kidman
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In the epic adventure drama Australia, Nicole Kidman was assigned the role of a brave English lady. In The Beguiled, she played a vengeful hostess of the boarding house for women.
9. Elle Fanning
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This is kind of a reverse case. Before Elle Fanning was the sweet princess Aurora in Maleficent, she was a girl named Vampira in Twixt from 2011. The vibes are totally different, right?
10. Demi Moore
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Demi Moore’s portrayal of Demi Moorea woman in love with a blind man in Blind is good. She was also quite a cunning villain in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle.
11. Sophie Turner
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Sansa Stark from Game of Thrones and the bounty hunter in Josie are the total opposites of each other, but they share one common thing: They’re both played by Sophie Turner.
12. Emma Thompson
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Emma Thompson can play the lovely magical Nanny from Nanny McPhee. She can also nail the role of the cruel and selfish Baroness von Hellman in Cruella too.
13. Rebecca Ferguson
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In The Girl on the Train, Rebecca Ferguson played a distressed young mother. She quickly changed her demeanor in Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep, becoming the tough leader of a bandit group in this movie adaptation.
14. Alexandra Daddario
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Alexandra Daddario is the love interest of the main character in the White Collar series. In Why Women Kill, she played an impostor criminal.
15. Monica Bellucci
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Monica Bellucci played a romantic beauty in The Ages of Love. She still got her loveliness with her as the bloodthirsty queen in The Brothers Grimm, but you won’t like what she will become if her needs are not met.
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