19 A-list Women Who Have Shaved Their Heads

Kristen Stewart debuted her new shaved look last week, and said of the dramatic cut, "“It’s practical... [in upcoming move 'Underwater'] I'm not going to be able to have touch-ups once they put the helmet on my head."

Potentially the most famous woman to have gone for a buzz cut, Natalie Portman shaved her hair off for 'V For Vendetta' in 2006

Like mother like daughter! Demi's youngest daughter, Tallulah Willis, has also had a shaved head, this was back in 2015

She's now grown her hair out, but when Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o rose to fame in 2013, it was with this shorter look

Cate Blanchett shaved all of her hair off back in 2000 for her role in Heaven

For her role as Furiosa in Mad Max, Charlize also went for a buzz cut

In 2012, 'Sex and the City' star Cynthia Nixon went bald to play a cancer patient in the play, 'Wit'. "I thought it was kind of gonna be no muss-no fuss, but I have to shave it every day," she said of the look. "It's got kind of a five o'clock shadow, and you don't want to go on with that."

Of shaving her head back in 2009, Solange Knowles siad, 'I just wanted to be free from the bondage that black women sometimes put on themselves with their hair'

'Nothing Compares 2 U' singer, Sinead O'Connor, says that she shaved her head in a time when in was 'dangerous to be female,' adding, 'In some ways, you had to protect yourself straight off'

Amber Rose claims to have not changed her hair style in 15 years, staying true to the cropped and bleached look. Why? "I think that I'd definitely seen Sinead O'Connor's 'Nothing Compares 2 U' video," she explains. "I was inspired by her. And I grew up in Philly... Eve was really popular, and my friends said, 'Please don't do it, Amber, you're gonna look crazy.' And, of course, me being me, I rebelled against everyone and went straight down the middle at a barber shop. Fourteen years later, I still have it."

Samira Wiley is known for her role as Poussey Washington in 'Orange Is The New Black', and has had a closely cropped look since she rose to fame

Karen Gillan is known for her long red hair in 'Dr Who', but she shaved it all off to play Nebula in Marvels' 'Guardians of the Galaxy'

Actress Brianna Hildebrand rocked a shaved head for her role in 'Deadpool'

We can't do a gallery of women who have shaved their heads without mentioning Britney Spears. In 2007 she shaved all of her hair off publicly amid a "breakdown", which eventually led to the hospitalisation of the singer, as well as being placed under her father's conservatorship, which she is still under