E! points out that Rachel McAdams, 37, went platinum blonde ahead of the Oscars. We’re used to seeing her in a more golden blonde color, which seems to suit her coloring better than this white blonde color. She’s a beautiful woman either way I just think her hair looks bizarre this color. Maybe I’m not used to it yet.
Rachel was at a dinner Wednesday night at the Chateau Marmot celebrating Spotlight director Tom McCarthy. I just saw Spotlight yesterday when it came out for rental and I agree with Kaiser that it was incredible. My mom and I saw it together, she went to Catholic school and raised me Catholic (up to a point), and it was a sobering look at the Church. I really hope it wins Best Picture, it’s currently the favorite to win and I hope that sticks.
In terms of her fashion, she’s in a cobalt blue David Koma sheath dress with cut out shoulders. There’s something very… athletic about this dress, I think it’s the scoop neck paired with the thick shoulder straps. I feel like should like it but it comes off as plain despite the goofy side ruffle. She looks lovely as usual though and I hope she brings it at the Oscars, as she has so far this awards season. Maybe her hair color change is in preparation for a dramatic look Sunday!
E! also points us to this interview Rachel did with Today late last year in which she discussed her preparation to play journalist Sacha Pfeiffer. She listened to Pfeiffer on the radio, met with her several times and asked her many questions. McAdams turned in a great performance and you could tell she knew her stuff. I was also so impressed with Mark Ruffalo. I know he’s not going to win Best Supporting Actor, Stallone is pretty much a shoe-in, but he so expertly got convincingly upset and frustrated without ever overacting. The entire ensemble was just terrific in this film.
Here’s how McAdams’s hair looked before, at the Oscars luncheon (this dress is Prada and I dislike it).
After:
Hello Liev Schreiber:
Sam Smith!
Bonus Mark Ruffalo, with director Tom McCarthy:
More Liev Schreiber. He looks a little toasted. I hope Naomi Watts goes to the Oscars with him.
photos credit: WENN.com and Getty
it ages her a great deal.
This.
Agreed. She actually looks great as a redhead. She should go back to that, it was so fetch.
This!
Ages and washes her out. She’s so pretty it hardly matters though. I would really like the simple style of the dress except for the ruffle.
I think she pulls it off but I prefer her normal color. The best hair she ever had was as Regina George in “Mean Girls” tho.
I think she looks best as a brunette.
I agree. Physically she was best as Regina. She can’t help she has a large forehead, maybe whispy bangs would help. Her hair does, however, look better than it did with the black root thing going on. The gown tho, oh my.
Then the best hair she ever had was a wig.
Maybe that’s the answer for those in Hollywood who are folically challenged. Wig it. Most of them wear extensions anyway.
Whaaat the Reigna hair is a wig? My life-long hair inspiration has been a LIE? 😀
I always think of her as a gorgeous brunette because the first time I saw her on film was in Sherlock Holmes I (with Jude Law and Robert Downey, Jr).
I think she pulls it off well. Why not have some fun with haircolor while she still IS young?
Omg she is so pretty she would look good in any hair color or with absolutely no hair at all….
+ 1
For sure!
Absolutely!
Did she do this for a role?
She really needs to go back to her dark hair. The blond hair just doesn’t work for her. It washes her out so much. Makes her look older as well. I have the same problem. I cannot do blonde. It just doesn’t work for my skin tone. Her stylist really needs to give her a reality check. Other then that, I think she is a beautiful woman.
She’s beautiful, but I think she looks best as a brunette. I never noticed what a high forehead she has. This is not a flattering look for her.
She looks average. I say this every time I see her in any blond type color. You put richer color hair on her and she is a knockout and stands out.
She’s adorable but it’s too light.
Too light and the style is wrong for her face. I say this as someone who also has a large forehead—she needs to cover a bit of that up.
That being said, she is always gorgeous and I love her.
Not sure I’d call it platinum blonde – to me, platinum blonde is almost white, like Marilyn’s hair was. Rachel’s looks more like a very light ash blonde to me. I actually really like that colour – it’s the one I try to get for myself, but then I have very light, cool-toned skin and eyes. Rachel is fair, but she’s got a warmer tone to her skin, so the ash shade doesn’t suit her at all. She’s much better as a golden blonde.
I kind of like it. Probably because I’m sporting a similar color right now and getting a million compliments after a couple years of brassy-gold blonde that I hated. My colorist finally got it right!!!!
Ash blonde is the most difficult shade of blonde to get right. I colour my own hair at home, and have tried so many different brands which claim to be ‘ash’ but end up just a sort of boring, neutral blonde. The only one I’ve found which really works as an ash blonde is from L’Oreal Excellence. It’s so ashy there’s almost a green tinge to it. Sounds horrible but it actually looks great if your skin tone suits it.
There’s platinum in the highlights over the more golden tone. It’s just a very streaky/chunky look.
Too light, it ages her.
She is adorable as a red hair or a brunette.
this is funny to me because i used to have a similar colour to rachel, and went platinum a few days ago as well. we had the same idea basically. it’s nice to change sometimes, i liked the golden bonde but she suits ashy blonde too, imo.
the dress is a lovely colour, but i don’t love it.
Why why why does this beautiful woman insist on doing this to her hair? She is so much more lovely as a brunette or a red head! Rachel, no! No! LOL.
In my opinion it’s too ash.
She and Helen Mirran now have the same cut and color. And Helen wins the look (I may be biased b/c Helen always wins for me).
I agree , it works for Helen. I can’t tell why exactly blond hair works for Mirren but not for McAdams, they both have very pale skin, but it just doesn’t work for McAdams.
Her type is more of an Isla Fisher type in terms of looks. Can you imagine Isla Fisher with blond hair? I can’t because so much of her beauty is in her hair.
Isla used to be blonde a few years ago, actually! This is her in one of those Scooby Doo movies http://www.hotflick.net/flicks/2002_Scooby_Doo/2002_Scooby_Doo_201.jpg 🙂
If she has makeup on it’s ok but without lipstick it completely washes her out. I still prefer her as a brunette.
I absolutely loathe the blond hair on her, always have. She’d be stunning with red or brown hair.
Blond doesn’t work for everyone. It washes up many people.
Nature has a certain kind of balance , when people start trying to improve it the result is not always right.
I think this colour looks much better on her, the styling too. Before it always seemed like her hair were dirty. Gross.
Too bad Mark Ruffalo isn’t a winning candidate.. he’s really a great actor and human.
I think her best hair color was pink with a Gosling on her arm HaHa!!
Dress is awesome on her and it looks very unforgiving!
LOVE this color blue on her!!! and i really love her as a redhead. the cut of this dress tho….
This may be weird, but my favorite look ever on her is probably the blonde wig she wore in Mean Girls. Sure, the idea was to make her look like an evil Barbie Doll (and of course, she nailed the role), but I thought she wore it beautifully. That one and the pink streaks she once had!!
It’s not an ash blond, but rather a very light neutral blond. She pulls it off because she is so beautiful. She can wear her hair any color, and look gorgeous IMO. And I LOVE the blue dress.
I love it! I think she looks great. It makes her blue eyes POP. I just love her and I have since her iconic turn as Regina George in Mean Girls. I kind of hope that she surprises everyone and wins this weekend.
My fave is the strawberry blonde.
I agree with Celebitchy. As a Catholic myself, I think is very important for us to watch this film. We can’t close our eyes and ignore a horrible reality within the institution. The bastards who harm their most vulnerable believers must be punished and exposed.
I love Rachel but I’m not liking this colour, I think she looks better as brunette or redhead.
She really should go back to her natural hair color. She looks better brunette. Same as SMG. I don’t know why some women insist on dying their hair all the time. 99% people look better in their natural color anyway.
She had gorgeous hair in Wedding Crashers. That was my favorite look on her.
Helen Mirren can pull off that color. McAdams cannot.
This woman just doesn’t age!! She must be late 30’s by now and still looks about 15 years younger and always great!