Celebrities With Red Hair — See the List of Redheaded Stars

It’s their time to shine. May 26 is World Redhead Day, but we think ginger-haired people deserve to be celebrated year-round and decided to put together a gallery of a bunch of stars who have red hair naturally. You may be surprised to see some of the names that made it on the list — as well as those that don’t make the cut!

For instance, did you know that Emma Stone is not a natural redhead? It’s true! She actually has blonde hair, although she’s been known to dye it for roles. When she made an appearance at 2012’s WonderCon to talk about her role as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, she told MTV of her hair do-over for the film, “My natural hair is blonde, so it’s kind of nice. I looked in the mirror and said, ‘Oh my god, it’s me again! It’s been so long!'”

And while Christina Hendricks may seem like a redhead, she, too, is a natural blonde. She initially changed her hair to red from blonde for a shoot before she did Mad Men, according to Vogue UK. “People never believe that I do my hair color myself at home,” she said. “They say, ‘You don’t do your hair at home by yourself, do you?’ and I always reply and say ‘I honestly do!'” She added that the fictional character Anne Shirley — of L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables book series — was her red hair inspiration. (Understandable!)

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Meanwhile, did you know Benedict Cumberbatch is actually a redhead? His hair was dyed dark for his role in the BBC’s Sherlock and he frequently has black or brown hair for roles, but he is naturally ginger — although he would tell you otherwise.

“I’m auburn and there is a difference,” he told a Toronto Star reporter in September 2013. “I’ve got very good friends and relatives who are ginger and trust me, there’s a difference. And they ain’t ever gonna see the proof! … I have hair that is auburn. It’s got streaks of red in it, definitely. It’s also got streaks of bronze and lighter colors and darker brown colors.” Hey, whatever works for him!

See our gallery of several celebrities who have naturally red hair, below!

Michael Fassbender

Michael Fassbender told an interviewer in 2011, “I’m a ginger. And you know … there’s not much more fun you can get as a ginger. I think that’s why there’s a lot of resentment toward the ginger community.”

“Gingers have more fun,” his X-Men costar James McAvoy interjected.

“Yeah, well, they’re Vikings essentially, aren’t they?” Michael replied.

Jessica Chastain

Jessica Chastain told Refinery29 of her red locks in 2o17, “As a child, I didn’t want to be different — I wanted to look the same as everyone else because I didn’t want to be singled out. I was ridiculed for having red hair; for having freckles. But whatever you are ridiculed about that makes you different is what you’ll celebrate in the future. If I wanted to dye my hair, I could, but I realized that’s who I am, and my differences [make me] special.”

Isla Fisher

Isla Fisher told Men’s Journal of her red hair, “I got teased growing up in Australia and then in London, where people label you a ginger. It can make you feel like an outsider. I was the only redhead in my class, with people calling me carrottop or asking whether the carpet matches the drapes. Gingers are much more accepted in America than in England … Now I embrace it because it makes me unique.”

Reba McEntire

Reba McEntire has said of her red hair, according to Buzzfeed, “I love being a redhead because it’s different. Redheads are the minority of hair colors, and I like that. We’re special, we’re different, and we stand out in a crowd. And I love going to Ireland and Scotland, where I’ll see more redheaded people than here in the states. I always loved my hair because it came from momma … Anything that had to do with momma, that was OK with me. If I got kidded about having red hair at all, that was OK, because I was proud of it.”

Seth Green

Actor Seth Green has sported lots of different hair colors and told SFGate in August 2001 of dyeing it, “What started as an act of expressionism became a signature … At first, I started dyeing my hair, because I could never do it in high school. So I thought, ‘What the hell?’ Then everyone was like, ‘What’s with the hair?” But he was born a redhead!