Who hasn't seen Anya Taylor-Joy's gorgeous red curls in The Queen's Gambit? Or maybe seen the long brown hair in Split? Though her white-blonde ethereal hair feels very much a part of her brand, we have seen her with other hues. This though? This we'd hedge our bets is as new and as shocking to you as it is to us. Three words: Jet. Black. Bob.
Donning this Mia Wallace Pulp Fiction-worthy bob, Anya has dived head first into this sexy gothic alter ego and it is such a serve. The inky black 'do is feathery and choppy in the ends, gently turned in and finishing among a thick layer of pearls. Her trusty hairstylist Gregory Russel finished with an intentionally clumsily cut micro-fringe, it's seriously cool.
MUA Georgie Eisdell has steered away from matching the look with the expected gothic cool tones and pale skin. Instead, she has a pale gal take on a sunny glow, heavy dark eye makeup (exclusively on only the top lashes), and a fiery orange-red lip, with nails by Kim Truong. The result? Well, it's taking gothic down a sexy Italian La Dolce Vita/90s D&G vibe and it looks so good on her.
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This look couldn't be more different from her signature waist-skimming platinum elf princess-like hair, proving there isn't a hair shade she doesn't suit. This jagged black short 'do is the kind of hair transformation we live for.
Elena Chabo is Cosmopolitan UK's former beauty writer, working on everything from buzzy celeb news and trending beauty, to sincere first-person reviews and engaging video content for social media. She also creates meatier features and expert-led how-to guides, for print and online. Her passion for Black beauty, textured hair, and the ways beauty interacts with culture, society, identity and relationships, quickly took over her writing career and led her into beauty journalism. Following an MA in Magazine Journalism in 2017, she cut her teeth across various roles at Stylist Magazine, before taking on a Digital Writer role at Good Housekeeping. It was here that beauty took centre stage and she launched and ran the site's first stand-alone beauty section. Remaining at Hearst, she joined the Cosmo beauty team in 2022. Find her on LinkedIn.
![jodie turner smith new bob met gala new york, new york may 05: jodie turner smith attends the 2025 met gala celebrating superfine: tailoring black style at metropolitan museum of art on may 05, 2025 in new york city. (photo by dimitrios kambouris/getty images for the met museum/vogue)](https://cdn.statically.io/img/hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod/images/gettyimages-2213610212-688772f19e73e.jpg?crop=0.500xw:0.750xh;0.257xw,0.0204xh&resize=360:* "Jodie Turner-Smith new bob The 2025 Met Gala Celebrating "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style" - Arrivals")
