15 celebrities with heterochromia (two different coloured eyes)

15 celebrities with heterochromia (two different coloured eyes)

People recognise celebrities for different reasons. Some identify them for their acting talents, others for their charitable work, and many more for their dazzling looks. While beauty is relative from one person to the next, many fans are obsessed with celebrities with heterochromia iridum.

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Heterochromia iridum is a term that describes a condition in which one eye is of a different colour to the other. It occurs in humans and specific breeds of domesticated animals. A person can have either sectoral or complete heterochromia.

In sectoral heterochromia, part of one iris has a different colour from the rest. In complete heterochromia, one iris is a different colour from the other.

15 celebrities with heterochromia

Some celebrities can have one hazel eye and the other dark brown. You can also find many more with one blue and one green eye. Here is a list of 15 celebrities with heterochromia.

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1. Benedict Cumberbatch

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Benedict Cumberbatch is famous for playing Sherlock Holmes in the TV series Sherlock since 2010. He is an English celebrity with heterochromia iridum, which appears to be both central and sectoral. The condition is responsible for the change in his eye colour.

Whenever he is on stage or acting, his eyes change from green to blue, and sometimes to gold, depending on the light. However, his eyes are a mix of both blue and green colours. It is also the reason why he has a brown freckle on his right eye.

2. Christopher Walken

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Christopher Walken is an actor known for his quintessential roles in movies. He has a nervy charm that skews sinister in a flash and has excelled at playing the lines of a villain, sociopath, and nutcase.

Perhaps the reason for taking on psychologically unstable individuals is because of his partial heterochromia. His eyes are blue with inner rings, but people also notice one hazel and one green eye. However, the world will never know whether his two different-coloured eyes are the source of his strange charisma on set.

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3. Demi Moore

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Demi Moore is an American actress and producer known for being part of the famous Brat Pack. People Magazine once selected her as one of the Most Beautiful Women in the world. She is recognised not only because of her beauty but her eyes.

The actress, who played Madison Lee in the action comedy film Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, has one green and one hazel eye. She has central heterochromia since each of her eyes is of the same two colours.

4. Kate Bosworth

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Kate Bosworth is an American actress and model best known for playing a surfer in the sports film, Blue Crush. Despite her successful performances in movies and TV shows, many people recognise her for two different-coloured eyes. She has one blue eye and the other blue and hazel.

When you look at her for the first time without getting closer, you may think one of her eyes is half-brown and the other half-blue. Despite her unique looks, she has been wearing colour contacts throughout her acting career because casting directors prefer matching eyes when filming.

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5. Henry Cavill

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Henry Cavill is not only famous for being Superman, but also for being one of the most charismatic actors in Hollywood. His handsomeness and charm reflect in his eyes.

The relatively unknown British actor has sectoral heterochromia in his left eye. When you look closely at his eyes, you will notice the upper right part is brown, while the rest is blue. But while on set, he wears contact lenses as it was in The Witcher.

6. Jane Seymour

15 celebrities with heterochromia (two different coloured eyes)
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Jane Seymour has mesmerised people with her delicate eyes since she was born. Her heterochromia is hereditary, and this is the reason she has two different-coloured eyes. The British-American actress, Emmy Award winner and former Bond Girl has one green and one brown eye.

Her eyes are a feature of her appearence that many of her fans continue to admire since the early 1970s when she played Solitaire in the James Bond film series, Live and Let Die.

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7. Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers is an Irish actor known for playing Elvis Presley in the 2005 biographical mini-series, Elvis. He is one of the many celebrities with heterochromia, whereby his right eye is blue, and his left eye is partially blue and hazel. His appearance is the reason he became a series regular in the action-fiction TV series, Vikings.

Jonathan has also worked as a model. He has modeled for Club Monaco and was the face for the Versace men's collection in Autumn/Winter 2006 and Spring 2007.

8. Josh Henderson

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Josh Henderson achieved fame when he played John Ross Ewing III in the 2012 prime time television soap opera, Dallas. He also starred as Austin McCann in Desperate Housewives and Kyle West in The Arrangement.

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Josh is one of the many actors with heterochromia, whereby he has two contrasting eye colours that are not as noticeable. The American actor has total heterochromia. One of his eyes is blue, while the other appears green.

9. Kiefer Sutherland

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Kiefer Sutherland at The BRIT Awards. Photo: Gareth Cattermole
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Kiefer Sutherland has been a star in both movies and TV shows. Although he has had many successful starring roles in films like A Few Good Men and The Lost Boys, people know him as Jack Bauer regardless of the movie or series where he makes an appearance.

The 24 actor has sectoral heterochromia. His two eyes are a mix of two different colours. A close look at him will reveal that his eyes are a mix of blue and green colours.

10. Mila Kunis

15 celebrities with heterochromia (two different coloured eyes)
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Mila Kunis has become a household name on television, thanks to her successful role in the television series, That '70s Show. Unlike other celebrities whose heterochromia is hereditary, the American actress acquired her condition after suffering from chronic iritis, an eye injury that left her blind in one eye.

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She had a cataract that made her eyes appear in two different colours. Her left eye changed to a green colour and her right eye to brown after undergoing a surgical operation.

11. Olivia Wilde

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Olivia Wilde was born with central heterochromia. From her glowing complexion to her perfectly tousled bob, Olivia is also an actress with different coloured eyes. Unlike other celebrities, it is challenging to know the exact colours of her eyes.

Her eye colour keeps changing depending on the current light conditions. But a glance at her will reveal she has grey-blue iris and green inner rings. Her fascinating eyes have made her one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood, and she was once PETA's Sexiest Vegetarian in 2010.

12. Robert Downey Jr

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Robert Downey Jr. is an American actor best known for his critically-acclaimed performances in Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man, and Chaplin. While he is undoubtedly charming, one part of his body that makes him good looking is his shiny eyes.

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Many people may not notice his two different-coloured eyes because he prefers to wear sunglasses. But Robert Downey Jr. has partial heterochromia, with each eye showing chocolate-brown flecks.

13. Simon Pegg

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Simon Pegg has played some of the most successful supporting characters in films. He starred as Montgomery Scotty Scott in Star Trek (one of the best adventure films) and Benji Dunn in Mission Impossible. Many of his fans follow him because he is charming and funny. But his eyes have also made him one of the sexiest men in Britain.

The English actor has sectoral heterochromia, whereby his eyes are partially brown and blue. Sometimes they also appear to be blue-grey, but his right eye has a flash of brown.

14. Virginia Madsen

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Virginia Madsen has played many successful roles both on TV and in films that have given her the reputation of an excellent actress who can adapt to any part.

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She was born with heterochromia, responsible for the green colour in her right eye and brown colour in her left eye. Even at 59 years in 2020, her crystal green eyes have made her a knockout and a naturally beautiful woman.

15. Wentworth Miller

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Wentworth Miller is one of the most famous people with heterochromia. But unlike others, it is not easy to pinpoint the colour of his eyes. The Prison Break hero appears to have blue-hazel eyes. In other cases, people see him with ice-blue eyes.

His condition is unique because his eyes change in different lighting conditions. That is also the reason one of his eyes is blue and the other is green. Many have also noticed his right eye is pale-green and the left eye is hazel.

People with two different-coloured eyes have a condition called heterochromia iridum. Some may have one hazel eye and the other dark brown or one blue and one green eye. Examples of celebrities with heterochromia are Benedict Cumberbatch, Mila Kunis, Olivia Wilde, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jane Seymour.

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