10 actors who played opposite gender roles flawlessly (With Pictures)

5. Hilary Swank

As if the well-chiselled face was not enough, Hilary Swank has the most gorgeous light brown hair that she sports in pixie cuts to loose romantic curls, and a lovely warm skin colour. Altogether, she is one attractive young lady who, for the sake of her character, did not hesitate to cut off her mane, and took bending gender norms up a notch with her portrayal of a trans boy Brandon Teena in Boys Don’t Cry, a 1999 movie exploring gender roles, biological sex and sexuality, based on true incident. Swank lived a month as a man to understand her character better, and was hugely appreciated.