Via digg.com, I came across a list of the "Top 10 physical transformations for film." It recognizes some truly stunning instances of shape-shifting in the service of art, including these:

Hilary Swank in Boys Don't Cry

Charlize Theron in Monster

But, as usual, the list was mostly male-oriented. So here are some cinematic chameleons of the female variety. I'm including TV as well as film, and some of these are really evolutions over the span of a career, rather than transformations for a specific roles. But hairdos, makeup, wardrobe and weight changes have definitely helped these actresses play their parts. Here they are in no particular order.

1. Chloe Sevigny, If These Walls Could Talk 2 vs. Big Love … continue reading