When’s the last time Nicole Kidman didn’t wear a wig in public?

Industrious movie star Nicole Kidman was all over the news Sunday for her appearance at the Cannes Film Festival but not because she looked amazing as usual on the red carpet or because she turned into another daring Oscar-worthy screen performance No Kidman was scrutinized for another reason for which she has become famous As Vulture once revealed she is a Wig Actress a performer who is absolutely committed to wearing every manner of wigs at any chance she gets whether it s for an acting role or for a community appearance CANNES FRANCE MAY Nicole Kidman attends the Kering Women In Motion Awards and Cannes Film Festival Presidential Dinner at the th annual Cannes Film Festival at the Place de la Castre on May in Cannes France Photo by Monica Schipper Getty Images Unfortunately Kidman also has become known for wearing wigs that call attention to themselves and not invariably in a good way Kidman wears wigs so much that it s become hard to remember when fans last saw her without a wig and caught a glimpse of her natural hair Kidman s latest wig definitely called attention to itself on Sunday while she walked the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival s Kering Women In Motion Awards Page Six revealed that her strawberry blond hairpiece possibly blended into her natural hair stood out because it was a decidedly different color than strands of her real hair The lace front of the wig cap also was clearly visible in close-up photos of her otherwise looking glamorous in a red Balenciaga gown NEW YORK NEW YORK MAY Nicole Kidman attends the Met Gala Celebrating Superfine Tailoring Black Style at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May in New York City Photo by Dia Dipasupil Getty Images Earlier this month The Perfect Couple star sparked speculation that she also was wearing a wig at the Met Gala when she turned up in a two-toned pixie hairstyle with long side bangs framing one side of her face Of class it s par for the lesson for actors to don wigs and hairpieces for different roles It s often part of the costume Historically balding male stars from Humphrey Bogart to Frank Sinatra felt they needed to cover up hair loss while female stars might not have time to grow out their hair for a role or they yearned to minimize the hair damage that can come from dyes or permanents WESTWOOD CA DECEMBER L to R Actresses Julianne Moore Meryl Streep Nicole Kidman pose for a photograph at the world premiere of Paramount Pictures The Hours at Mann s National Theater on December in Westwood California The film opens in limited release on December Photo by Robert Mora Getty Images Both female and male actors talk about how wearing a wig helps them slip into their characters though specific female stars have tried to prove their commitment to their art by going to the extreme of shaving their hair off That includes Florence Pugh for We Live in Time Charlize Theron for Mad Max Fury Road Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables and Demi Moore going back to GI Jane in Related Articles Dilbert creator Scott Adams I m dying from same cancer as Joe Biden Trump demands Bruce Springsteen be investigated in new late-night rant Foo Fighters dismiss drummer Josh Freese after two years of performances Mary Pickford s Santa Cruz hideaway Trump seems to threaten Bruce Springsteen s return to the U S No one can say that Kidman has never been committed to her roles but she seems to go for wigs even when it doesn t necessary to use a particular hairstyle for a character In Vulture documented roles in which clearly wore wigs going back to when she played a blonde femme fatale weather girl in the acclaimed dark comedy To Die For But is nearly half of her acting roles in film and TV series and the Vulture list doesn t include the obvious wigs and hairpieces she wore in the more latest The Perfect Couple A Family Affair and Babygirl The Vulture list genuinely noted there were only a meager shining lights in Kidman s wig collection with the lackluster quality of various of her hairpieces becoming memes of both fans and critics added Women com But those shining lights include the brunette hair pulled back into a bun along with the prosthetic nose that she used to hide her beauty while playing Virginia Woolf in The Hours for which she won her best actress Oscar There s also the thick wavy scarlet wig she wore in Moulin Rouge which approximates what fans remember of her natural hair