10 Hollywood Icons With Beautiful Grey Hairstyles

Not only have Hollywood icons like Jane Fonda, Helen Mirren and Meryl Streep opted for a silver look in 2020, but younger celebs like Lady Gaga, Ciara, and Winnie Harlow have taken up the trend, dying their strands gray. Many actresses decided to give in to their natural color to make statements about the ageing process, while others use the white-haired look as a form of self expression and act of embodying who they are. The bottom line? Grey hair is beautiful, and so is being happy with exactly who you are at all stages of life. Here are celebrities who have said goodbye to hair dye to go grey for good.

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Then: Jane Fonda

Although Jane Fonda has rocked many hair colors over the years, the Grace and Frankie star is most known for her iconic blonde bob. Fonda launched her acting career in the 1960s with Tall Story, and the 82-year-old hasn't slowed down since.

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Now: Jane Fonda

Fonda recently said goodbye to her blonde locks at the 92nd Academy Awards.“Her goal color was a silver icy blonde to surprise everyone at the 2020 Oscars,” her colorist wrote in an Instagram post debuting Fonda's new look. She certainly achieved her goal, when the whole world stopped to appreciate her hair moment as she presented an Oscar to Parasite for Best Picture.

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Then: Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep rose to fame with the popular 1977 film Julia, and with 176 award wins under her belt now, the Little Women star is easily one of the most successful actresses of our time. During her early career, Streep had silky, golden blonde hair.

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Now: Meryl Streep

Fans got a taste of a gray-haired Streep with Devil Wears Prada, and the actress decided to embrace her natural locks in 2015. Today, Streep let's her gray shine, and boy does it suit her!

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Then: Lily Tomlin

Lily Tomlin has been making us laugh in films since the 60s, and we'll forever love her for her recent role in Netflix's longest series to date, Grace and Frankie. Tomlin has worn a gorgeous brown bob for years, with a classic blunt bang.

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Now: Lily Tomlin

Today, Tomlin is embracing her gray strands, as they blend perfectly with her natural brown base. And at 80 years old, the Emmy Award-winning actress looks stunning.

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Then: Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg got her start on Broadway in 1984, but the star's career has evolved over the years to encompass comedy, film, and television. Goldberg has long rocked brunette dreadlocks, although she has alternated with shorter and longer cuts over the years.

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Now: Whoopi Goldberg

In September 2019, Goldberg, 64, debuted gorgeous gray locks on air of The View in September 2019. The television host said she changed her color for an upcoming role in CBS's The Stand, where she plays an older woman who is around 108 years old. "People need to know that 100 is no longer what you think 100 used to be," she said on air of The View.

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Then: Helen Mirren

Dame Helen Mirren, 74, made her acting debut when she starred in Hamlet at age 13, and she rose to fame with notable roles in The Queen, Red, and Hitchcock. The British actress remains one of the few stars to achieve Triple Crown status, meaning she's won an Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories. Throughout most of her career she's worn short blonde hair.

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Now: Helen Mirren

Today, Mirren is full gray, and she's happy to be here. "You either die young or you get older. That’s the reality," she told Today in 2018. "All lives have their ups and downs. You have two choices. You have to embrace it and allow it to happen. It’s the natural rolling on of life. It happens to every single person on the planet. It’s just a part of being a human being." Mirren has three movies in the works for 2020, The Duke, The One and Only Ivan, and F9, so her career is far from over.

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Then: Jamie Lee Curtis

Jamie Lee Curtis made her film debut with the role of Laurie Strode in Halloween (1978). She starred in a number of successful films and television series like Freaky Friday and NCIS. In the '80s, Curtis struggled with a 10-year opioid addiction, which stemmed from painkillers following plastic surgery she had after a cameraman told her she had puffy eyes. Curtis sought help for her addiction in her early 40s, and she discovered a new perspective about her body image during her journey towards sobriety.

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Now: Jamie Lee Curtis

In 2008, the actress told AARP The Magazine that she feels "way better now" than she did in her 20s. "I actually think there's an incredible amount of self-knowledge that comes with getting older ... I'm stronger, I'm smarter in every way." She also said that her hair style over the years is a direct reflection of what she was going through. "I've etched out who I am through myriad haircut attempts, outfit attempts, beauty attempts, diet attempts," she said. "It's been an evolution. I've let my hair go gray ... I want to be a new version of the 70-year-old woman. Vital, strong, very physical, very agile."

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Then: Diane Keaton

Oscar Award-winning actress Diane Keaton has alternated between brunette and blonde throughout her career, which took off after she secured a role in the original cast of Broadway's Hair (1969-70). After starring in several of Woody Allen's critically acclaimed films, like The Godfather Series and Annie Hall, Keaton has become a household name.

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Now: Diane Keaton

The Book Club actress first debuted her gray Golden Globes in 2014, and she's kept her look natural ever since. After opening up in her book The Again about her choice to embrace the aging process, writing, "The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness."

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Then: Glenn Close

Glenn Close is well known for her roles as a psychotic mistress named Alex in Fatal Attraction (1987) and as a WWII nurse named Jenny in The World According to Garp (1982). The Oscar-nominated actress was a golden blonde most of her life.

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Now: Glenn Close

In 2019, Glenn Close first showed off her gray roots at the Golden Globes, but since, the actress has effortlessly embraced a full gray look. One year later at the 77th Golden Globe Awards, she paired a gorgeous, blue velvet gown with a silvery bob, and wow.

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Then: Blythe Danner

Blythe Danner, famous for her roles in Meet the Parents (2000) and The Tomorrow Man (2019), has worn luscious blonde curls for most of her years. The Emmy-winning actress is also mom to The Politician star Gwyneth Paltrow, and we can totally see where the Goop founder gets her beauty from!

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Now: Blythe Danner

Danner slowly transitioned out her blonde looks, letting her silver roots shine. Today, she has embraced her natural gray, and the actress glows.

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Then: Judi Dench

Dame Judi Dench has alternated between brown and blonde hair over the years, but the star is most associated with a blonde pixie cut. Dench, 85, has stared in a number of award-winning movies, such as Shakespeare in Love, and she's earned nominations for her work in Chocolat and Philomena.

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Now: Judi Dench

Today, the British actress has fully transitioned to gray, and she's embracing the aging process, especially in the bedroom. Dench told Radio Times that the need for intimacy doesn't ever "go away. To the older reader, I would say: 'Don’t give up.'"