Amy Adams is a really interesting example. As a natural blonde, she was only getting silly, dumb, mean girl roles. After going red, she had more substance and received more serious roles. Now she was the sweet/quirky girl. Yet her hair was light enough to still play mean girls. She went from copper to strawberry blonde when it helped.

All said and done, she never would have received her Junebug breakout role as a blonde.

Also, there are so many times where movies hire a blonde (or brunette) and do not want another blonde. Going red got her out of a really saturated category and helped her stand out as an actress.

In the beginning, you could see the seeds of Emma’s comedy. BUT the heaviness/seriousness of the brown hair did not allow it to shine through. The brown felt too heavy for Emma, and made her feel like she was trying too hard, since the hair/energy did not match.

When Emma goes red, it gives her just enough lightness and quirk to allow her comedy to finally shine through. It’s a dark enough red to match her seriousness, sexiness and hardness (versus Amy Adams is lighter, more innocent, and sweeter like I am) while again, lightening her slightly and allowing her comedy to shine.

I started out blonde, which worked well for me. My hair was light enough to do the sincere roles and mean girl roles that I was cast in frequently. My darker eyes give me a depth and authenticity that allows me to play serious roles. Meanwhile, the lighter hair gives me likeability and sweetness, and creates an urge to protect. The lightness also plays into my youth.

Brown gives me a seriousness that weighs my energy down and ages me up. It’s too serious and does not allow my sweetness or light energy to shine through. It also fades into the background and puts me into an even more saturated category. In Atlanta, females in their 20s with long brown hair is the single most saturated acting category.

My hope is that by going a light copper, I will lean into/highlight:

• My lighter energy

• My likeability, nativity and sweetness

• My skin tone and features.

• The sweet/genuine/naive girl roles + mean girl roles

• Plus, statistically unstack me from the saturated brown hair category + give me a more cinematic look.

"The minute I went red, it was like, 'quirky' instead of flirtatious and dumb. It was really fascinating to see just one element of yourself change people's perception and that became a very powerful tool for me, even in my acting," she said in 2016, according to Allure.

Woll appeared on "True Blood" with red hair until the show's end in 2014, though she had started dyeing her hair red years before. "As a fair skinned blonde, I disappeared into the background. I've always been a loner, so I suppose dyeing my hair red was a way to say, 'I'm here, I exist, I'm a human being and you can't just push me aside,'" she told Elle in 2009.

Sarah Hay is red for the ‘other/trouble’ girl, went brown for the quiet, scared, fragile main character virgin.

Esmé Bianco blends in as a brown, is rather forgettable and feels the network serious office role. As a red-hair she stands out, is more mischievous/ playful sexy and not as “quiet” or low energy as brown. Red gives her vitality, energy.

Nicole LaLiberte is more serious (and forgettable) as a brown. Red, she stands out, is stronger, has more agency and more edge.

Rose Leslie fades with brown; is more washed out and tired. The red brings energy and light to her face; makes her eyes pop.

Blonde = Less agency, ‘pretty' girl,’ dumb and shallow, the ditz.