Cersei's ruthless glower and strawberry blonde hair are enough to rival any Disney villainess. But becoming the ultimate evil queen takes a lot of hard work.

Off screen, Headey's hair is dark and noticeably shorter. To transform the actress into the most-feared woman in the Seven Kingdoms, the makeup team has to cover her arm and shoulder tattoos, and she wears a blonde wig similar to Clarke's.

Alex Dunphy is your stereotypical glasses-wearing, book-reading smarty-pants on "Modern Family."

A few seasons in, we had a sneaking suspicion hair and makeup were behind Winter's never-ending awkward phase. And we were right. In real life, there's nothing nerdy about Winter's look. The star has completely grown up before our eyes, sporting red carpet looks her glam TV sister, Hayley, would surely approve of.

Jackie Peyton's low maintenance hair and makeup routine is much more realistic than, say, the characters on "Grey's Anatomy" or "ER."