10 Actors Who Changed Their Entire Image In One Movie

6. Sandra Bullock - The Blind Side

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Sandra Bullock is a staple of modern cinema, having appeared across all genres and styles and thrived in them all. She is often the leading lady, the key figurehead of a film that brings it all together and Bullock has more than enough charisma, skill and range to keep audiences coming back. However, most people do not realise how she started out.

Despite being a lead actress now, when she started out, Sandra Bullock was the cute side character. In films such as Demolition Man, Speed and Me and The Mob, she was always cast for as the love interest. She delved deeper into this role and began a string of irrelevant chick flicks and rom-coms, becoming the stereotypical straight-laced romantic lead.

But then Sandra Bullock appeared in The Blind Side, where she played Leigh Anne Tuohy, an adoptive mother of a homeless teen who finds a natural talent for football. She won an Oscar for her performance and spring-boarded into a new era, appearing in major successes such as Gravity, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Oceans 8 and Bird Box. In one role, Bullock proved herself to be more than the rom-com lead and could deliver depth and emotion to her roles.

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