20 Stunning Celebrity Gender Swaps Just For The Sake Of It

From Robin Williams and John Travolta to Johnny Depp and Eddie Redmayne...man, there are plenty of Hollywood actors who have been happy to dress as women over the years.

And it works the other way too; think Cate Blanchett, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Hilary Swank, amongst others, who have embraced their male alter-egos.

Essentially, what we're saying, is the barriers to gender bending appear to have been broken down, or at least are being overcome by those prominently in the public eye, and rightly so.

But what if other leading stars decided to regularly adopt a more gender specific persona contrary to their you know, gender...?

Well the creatives from our DesignCrowd community have imagined male leads made-up with earrings and lippy, as well as actresses with more stubble than could be ignored on the red carpet.

Here are some of our most appealing, and unnerving, alterations...You decide which are which...

Lady of the House

Gender Bending Hugh Laurie

Artwork by mcbane


Dolly Bean

Gender Bending Rowan Atkinson

Artwork by Underworth

Donald finally lets his hair down

Gender Bending Donald Trump

Artwork by Moukha

Jessica Fletcher in a Playboy role

Gender Bending Hugh Hefner

Artwork by DGartistry

The name's Betty, Betty Bond

Gender Bending Sean Connery

Artwork by bottomsup

Wo-Men in Black

Gender Bending Tommy Lee Jones

Artwork by spankylarue

Pretty Woman

Gender Bending Richard Gere

Artwork by Underworth

Dirty Harriet

Gender Bending Clint Eastwood

Artwork by MALindsey

J-Lo could handle herself back on the block

Gender Bending Jennifer Lopez

Artwork by The__Dude

A right royal mix-up

Gender Bending Prince Charles

Artwork by ElsinCaspa

The un-usual suspects

Gender Bending Kevin Spacey and Kim Basinger

Artwork by sugarcane

Jared Aniston

Gender Bending Judi Dench and Jennifer Aniston

Artwork by camee

Pure Fiction

Gender Bending Samuel L. Jackson

Artwork by Finkazoid

Keeping those legs toned is Mission Impossible!

Gender Bending Tom Cruise

Artwork by bikejump

Geraldine Depardieu

Gender Bending Gerard Depardieu

Artwork by PixJockey

O Sister, Where Art Thou?

Gender Bending George Clooney

Artwork by silberto67

Anthony Hopkins adopts the full Dame

Gender Bending Judi Dench and Anthony Hopkins

Artwork by underworth

The softer side of Wolverine

Gender Bending Judi Dench and Hugh Jackman

Artwork by underworth

Poor Ron would get jealous

Gender Bending Judi Dench and Daniel Radcliffe

Artwork by rrobos

Keira has a few hairs out of place

Gender Bending Judi Dench and Keira Knightley

Artwork by underworth

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Written by Kevin Bradford on Friday, January 22, 2016

Kevin Bradford is a content editor at DesignCrowd with a background in journalism and digital production. Experienced in both writing and videography, he loves combining his skills to create captivating content across all multimedia channels.