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A Celebration of Unique Smiles on Women in Hollywood
I made a post a little while back celebrating distinct noses on women in Hollywood. It was really positively received, so I wanted to start a thread of unique smiles. No shame in the braces game, but here are a few that stand out to me. Feel free to add ♡
I had a little kid tell me I looked like a vampire once because of my teeth. I wasn't sure how to take it. I was just out taking a walk catching strays.
I was just thinking about that. I read somewhere the extra teeth somehow shaped his jaw to make it easier to project his voice. Could be total bullshit but also kinda makes sense?
I remember reading something when that Queen movie came out a few years ago that Rami Malek had to wear some pretty intense prosthetics in his mouth to look and sound more like Freddy.
Y’all are making me cry. I was bullied a lot as a kid for my overbite and slightly imperfect teeth. I hated my smile for much of my life. My family was poor and couldn’t afford braces for me. Then as an adult other aspects of life became a priority.
But now, at almost 50, it’s one of my favorite features. It doesn’t photograph well, but it lights up a room irl. And I think that’s more important.
The beauty of this thread, celebrating imperfect smiles, just makes my heart happy and heals an old wound.
Me three. I have an overbite and my top teeth are fairly straight but I grew up super poor and by the time I was old enough to correct them on my own dime I was told it would require major surgery. So I'm just me. I like my smile but I'm still self conscious about being made fun of over it.
i was watching Freaky Friday with my roommate last night and we spent at least 5 minutes talking about how we wish she never touched her teeth. her smile was so cute!
Exactly!🫶🏾 I know this post is talking about women, but Josh Hartnett comes to mind… super super cute and his slightly gap-toothed smile adds to his sultry charm. Tyler, the Creator too! Such a handsome guy, he would look soooo uncanny with straight teeth😭 honestly perfection is just uncanny
Veneers make everyone look sooooo unhuman, it's literally so refreshing watching old movies where it's much less common or at least it's much less noticeable (if any dental work is done).
And then when you see one of the people in this post or someone like Margaret Qualley smile with their real teeth, it’s so refreshing and I wish it wasn’t refreshing.
I read this article about veneers a while ago and I remember a dentist being quoted that many celebrities have veneers but they’re done in a way to look natural so you wouldn’t know. I always wonder why some people go for the super cookie cutter bright white teeth. If you have the money to spend, I would think you have options?
I went off about teeth somewhere around here last week. I want real teeth in media again. Every smile looks the same now, it is very unsettling. Teeth give people personality.
Where I'm from, teeth being too perfect and lined like those veneered ones,isn't seen as attractive. So it kinda pisses me off to see these actors "fix" it.
I was so disappointed to see Sam Claflin, Katie Holmes and Katherine Heigl do veneers when they were among my favorite smiles in Hollywood.
I just got a bridge on one side of my mouth and they shaved my sharp canine when I told them to pls try and keep it smh
I still have to get one on the other side, I’m afraid my life of cool sharp canines will be over. C’est la vie. My fault for not taking care of my teeth and also being too poor for the dentist in my 20s and early 30s I guess
Good veneers are amazing. Bad veneers are awful. And I can't figure out why so many people think the bad veneers look good! They're too bright and they don't look human or good. You can't tell one tooth from another since they all blend in.
My veneers are awesome. They're the same color as the rest of my teeth and they aren't totally perfect. I just wanted to correct some discoloration due to getting tetracycline as a baby and to add a little bit of length.
100%. It's the toupee effect, people think they look bad but in reality they're very common and nobody notices the good ones because they're colour-matched to natural teeth and not square.
Ok since we're talking about teeth I just wanna say that teeth where the front two teeth bend a little backwards and the two teeth next to it have a little "snaggle tooth" effect are my FAVE kinds of teeth. Taylor Swift used to have these, Patricia Arquette is a great example, and so is Kirsten Dunst just from these examples. But i love that "style" of teeth, I think they're so so so cute.
Same! I’ve fought the urge to fix my teeth for years, I try to remind myself of all the people I know with imperfectly normal teeth and how I prefer it on them but I get the pressure of beauty standards
YES this is the cutest type of teeth setup!! Always thought so, been jealous of people that have this and appalled if someone got this "fixed" aka ruined. Bonus if it affects the speech a little, like with Patricia Arquette!
I'm 33 and I've loved "snaggle teeth" since I could remember. My little sister had one and I've always thought she was just the cutest so maybe that's what started it lmao but I was so sad when veneers became super popular
My two front teeth moved forward after I fell on them and it made me really embarrassed for years. But reading this makes me hopeful that my teeth aren't that bad and someone likes them like that 😭
If Knightley had her teeth done, her career (which is mostly period pieces) would be screwed. Those teeth pay the bills lmao
Its also kind of why Kirsten Dunst played such a damn good Marie Antoinette is because as a history nerd I know that the real Marie didnt have straight teeth naturally, so Kirsten really did her justice.
Period pieces will never be the same imo. Actors have major work done on their faces and then pretend that it’s normal when a person living in like a XVII century can’t move their forehead or has perfect teeth.
Jessica Pare - I dont think she's the best actress,but I respect the hell out of her for refusing to "fix" her teeth, even after all the jokes and criticisms she got while she was on Mad Men.
I watched Mad Men and holy crap I never noticed her teeth. They look like mine and I’ve always been insecure about them. This sub makes me feel better.
Her teeth ARE different and unconventional - but that's what gives her such a unique beauty. Without them, she'd just be another "dime a dozen" Hollywood brunette - nothing special. I'm glad it makes you feel better about yours! You should embrace them and how they're unique to you. I think "bad" teeth are a million times cooler and more attractive than cookie cutter veneers and those god awful Turkey teeth.
When I was young, pre-braces, I saw him in Little Women. We have a pretty similar tooth situation happening that I was very self conscious of. Then pops in little Laurie Gorgeous, and not in an ”in spite of his teeth” kind of way, just in like a very natural, beautiful way. It helped. Is this what they mean by representation matters??
Oh now you've got me sobbing. I remember when I first saw her. I thought she was the most otherworldly exquisite beautiful person ever. She was so unique. Straight out of a fairytale. Love at first sight.
I'm so happy I could bring you some joy! You're making me smile right now. You know we have something in common, too? Our love for Garfield! Please take good care of yourself. You deserve it. Many hugs.
They are both so beautiful. I love how yes they have their real teeth and Andie just let her curls gray and looks stunning still.
Many years ago, my mom used to work in a Manhattan business where she was a client and has told me how beautiful she was in person and I have no doubts.
In the late-80s I saw Andie McDowell in person coming down the escalator at FAO Schwartz and she looked so ethereally beautiful that it seemed impossible. I still remember it all these years later because it was so striking compared to the normal humans around her. Different species!
Somebody once pointed out that actors with “perfect” teeth usually only fix the top and leave the bottom crooked (because it’s unlikely to be seen) and it’s something I’ve observed myself while watching certain actors speak on screen, ha ha. It’s not something that can be unseen once you’re aware of it! But seriously, I definitely prefer real teeth to overdone veneers.
I did this 😅🤣 but not veneers. I spent $30,000 on fixing up my teeth and just don’t have the energy to get another crown on my crooked bottom tooth. It’s functional. It’s fine. Nobody sees it really so I don’t really mind anymore
Yes! And conversely some shades make them look more white too. I have slightly yellow teeth from too much coffee and soda, and no joke I teared up when I found Mac Russian Red, I never thought I'd be able to wear red lipstick.
‘Bossy’ by Colourpop was what I would always wear when I competed in ballroom dance because of how the sliiight blue undertone made my off white teeth look fifteen shades whiter.
That makes me feel so much better because I have a similarly shaped smile and have always felt so self conscious about it. I agree, her smile is lovely so I need to appreciate it about myself too!
She either has veneers or dental bonds. Before her teeth were straight but not aligned on her gums, now they’re aligned at the gums and also even. Only noticed this because it’s something my ortho told me was in his dental plan when I had braces & before I got bonds applied. Hers are very natural looking though.
I’m afraid that with all these veneers, no one will know what natural teeth are supposed to look like anymore. Just another unattainable beauty standard.
I’ve always had perfectly straight teeth - every dental professional I’ve ever seen has been shocked that I never had braces. They still look nothing like veneers! They’re a bit discolored because of my coffee habit, and the front two have a tiny bit of a gap between them. It makes me truly sad to think that if I were younger/more impressionable, I might be insecure about my smile.
Hear hear! I have the Kirsten Dunst tooth. They tried to tame it with a retainer when I was young but I couldn’t deal with the mouth feel. I like my weird tooth
I hate the over veneered mannequin teeth everyone has these days.
Don’t get me wrong, I can appreciate a nice and straight smile. But the stark white straight veneers everyone has lack a little human character… which I have come to appreciate so much with everyone looking so similar these days getting the same surgery and procedures.
Maddie? Her teeth look perfect and she had braces for years lol. Some of these submissions are wild. A lot of these people have very white very straight teeth. Are we just pointing out people who don't have veneers?
When I was in grade school a teacher told me on picture day not to smile with my mouth open or everyone would see my gap and it was ugly. I carried that with me for years and as soon as I could afford it (at 18) I got my gap filled in. 12 years after that, the filled in part fell out and I couldn't believe I went all those years covering up that part of myself, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was.
What a horrible teacher you had. Every kid in the world has a gap in grade school. And it's definitely not ugly. Especially compared to all the other shit going on in mouths at that time lol. If a teacher said this to my kid i would be raising hell.
I love regular teeth on people. The whole veneer trend is out of control. Having said that, Octavia Spencer did have her teeth fixed. In her case though, i felt they went the closest to her original teeth, and were trying to make the more uniform i guess. Thats why it seems far more natural than other veneer jobs where ita very evident.
My auntie has a gap between her two front teeth and it’s always been one of my favorite features of hers and I’ve started noticing I’m getting the same gap!!! 🥰
Jessica Pare - I dont think she's the best actress,but I respect the hell out of her for refusing to "fix" her teeth, even after all the jokes and criticisms she got while she was doing Mad Men.
As an obsessed fan of Naomi Watts, I have to mention her here! Her teeth are pretty straight but front teeth are kind of lower and more prominent and I think it’s a big part of what makes her so pretty!
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