Stars Who Swapped Their Genders For Film Roles

These stars went all out for these film roles and explored what it’s like to live as the opposite sex.

Elle Fanning in About Ray (2015)

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Glenn Close in Albert Nobbs (2011)

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Hilary Swank in Boys Don’t Cry (1999)

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Robin Williams in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

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Angelina Jolie in Salt (2010)

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John Travolta in Hairspray (2007)

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Dustin Hoffman in Tootsie (1982)

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Marlon and Shawn Wayans in White Chicks (2004)

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John Cameron Mitchell in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

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Liev Schreiber in Mixed Nuts (1994)

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Wesley Snipes, John Leguizamo and Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)

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Johnny Depp in Before Night Falls (2000)

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Amanda Bynes in She’s The Man (2006)

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Jared Leto in Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

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Guy Pierce and Hugo Weaving in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

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Cillian Murphy in Breakfast On Pluto (2005)

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Gael Garcia Bernal in Bad Education (2004)

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Tim Curry in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)

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Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan in I’m Not There. (2007)

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Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987)

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Adam Sandler in Jack and Jill (2014)

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Tyler Perry in Madea’s Witness Protection (2012)

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Willem Dafoe in The Boondock Saints (1999)

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Neil Patrick Harris in a stage production of Hedwig and The Angry Inch.

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Liev Schreiber again in Taking Woodstock (2009)

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Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare In Love (1998)

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Nathan Lane in The Birdcage (1996)

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Ving Rhames in Holiday Heart (200o)

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Martin Lawrence in Big Momma’s House (2000)

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