Curtain bangs: 28 celebrities that promise to inspire your first (or next) fringe cut

curtain bangs at the baftas

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Curtain bangs: 28 celebrities that promise to inspire your first (or next) fringe cut

By Stylist Beauty Team

2 months ago

5 min read

Made famous by Goldie Hawn and Brigitte Bardot, the throwback cut is a stratospherically popular option again.


Few haircuts have permeated recent mainstream culture in such a huge way as the curtain bang (although our current obsession with bob hairstyles is definitely coming a close second). So it’s unsurprising that curtain bangs had a major red-carpet moment at the 2025 Baftas, with celebrities from Pamela Anderson to Camila Cabello proving just how effortlessly polished this low-maintenance trend can look.

A contemporary iteration of the style Farrah Fawcett, Goldie Hawn and Brigitte Bardot made famous throughout the 60s and 70s, curtain bangs are (as the name suggests) a fringe that separates like a curtain being pulled open. They’re sometimes also referred to as a ‘gringe’ – which, quite simply, is a shortened way of saying ‘grown-out fringe’ – which sounds weirdly chic, no?

Draped across the forehead, curtain bangs – or a gringe – can be customised to suit your face shape and hair type. Whether you choose longshort, heavy or cut into to create lightness and fluffy volume is totally down to your own personal preference. Then, when it comes to the all-important styling, curtain bangs can be rolled towards the face or swept away. They can be curly, straight, coily or wavy, proving that this really is one of the most universal of styles. 

If you’re tempted to try them or just want some inspiration, we’ve rounded up the best curtain bangs spotted at the Baftas, along with even more iconic takes on the style from celebrities over the years. Consider these famous faces to be the ultimate inspiration. 


Curtain bangs at the 2025 Baftas

curtain bangs at the baftas

Camila Cabello

Camila Cabello’s heavy curtain bangs are the perfect complement to balance out her layered lob cut. 


curtain bangs at the baftas

Stacy Martin

For something longer, we love Stacy Martin’s piecey curtain bangs – perfect if you’re growing out a fringe or are too scared to commit. 


curtain bangs at the baftas

Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson’s wispy fringe is timeless and can be pushed to the side to create curtains or worn full for a soft finish. 


curtain bangs at the baftas

India Amarteifio

India Amarteifio’s curtain bangs are that perfect length where you can just about tuck them behind your ears if they start getting annoying. 


curtain bangs at the baftas

Mimi Keene

Mimi Keene’s curtain fringe elegantly frames her face, cascading into her longer length hair. 


The best celebrity curtain bangs inspiration

Daisy Edgar-Jones

From Daisy Edgar Jones’s press tour for Twisters, it’s all the photos of her relaxed curtain bangs (like this one from her hairstylist Bryce Scarlett) that we’re obsessed with. 


Gabrielle Union

File Gabriella Union’s curtain bangs under the ultimate hair inspiration. The long, draped curtain bangs, the glossy just-past-the-shoulders cut – everything about this hair is perfect, perfect, perfect.


Curtain Bangs Carey Mulligan Met Gala 2022

Carey Mulligan

Resplendent on the 2022 Met Gala red carpet, Carey Mulligan wore what’s shaping up to be the casual cut of the summer – lightweight, feathery layers with gently sweeping curtain bangs. 


Kelly Rowland

Queen of my heart, Miss Kelly wears her curtain bangs rounded and voluminous, curling gently back towards the rest of her dark, caramel-highlighted hair. 


Anne Hathaway

Subtle and swept, Anne Hathaway’s curtain bangs are wonderfully reminiscent of that photo-reveal in The Princess Diaries. Although, we can confirm these were not the work of chaotic (but loveable) Paolo. 


Kaley Cuoco

Kaley Cuoco has some of the best curtain bangs in the biz – fluffy and feathered with just enough weight to make a statement. Laid-back and effortless, just the way we love it.


Priyanka Chopra Jonas

Shiny and lustrous, Priyanka Chopra Jonas’ curtain bangs have tons of lift at the root and exceptionally finely feathered and lightly highlighted ends. 


Jennifer Lopez

You can always count on JLo to serve as a serious source of hair inspiration, and the combination of length, tousled layers and grown-out fringe here is coming with us to our next hair appointment.


Curtain Bangs

Yara Shahidi

Proof that curtain bangs look glorious on curly and coily hair textures, Yara Shahidi’s frame her face, the longest tendril reaching down to just below her cheekbone. We love.


Jameela Jamil

A deep curtain bang, Jameela Jamil’s curtain bangs are heavier drapes, sitting low over her eyebrows and forehead, separated only at the bottom of the join. 


Hilary Duff

Slightly longer, Hilary Duff’s curtain bangs blend in with her face-framing layers. A good length if you’ve never cut any sort of fringe before, it’ll help you get used to having shorter pieces of hair near your face.


Ciara

A great example of how curtain bangs can transform up-do hairstyles as well, Ciara’s elongated bangs are wider through the top and middle before tapering into wispy, artfully cut points.


Camilla Cabello

Camilla Cabello’s been on the curtain bang hype for a while and it’s clear to see why – they suit her down to the ground. Shorter bangs, they’re cut to sweep the line of her outer eye at the longest point, before travelling up and over her brow bone. Thick and rounded, they’re a classic for a reason.


Selena Gomez

She does curly, she does straight – the thing that stays the same, her curtain bangs. A serial re-inventor, Selena Gomez regularly changes up her look, from slicked-back buns to swept ponytails and perfectly undone curly curtain bangs. 


Sarah Hyland

Curtain bangs aren’t just for longer hair styles, either. Actor Sarah Hyland’s chic, nape-length bob is accented with a low-key curtain bang, separated on an angle.


Sandra Oh

Shorter and more choppy, Sandra Oh’s curtain bangs partly rest high on her forehead and are partly swept away from her face within the body of her hair.


Daisy Edgar-Jones

Daisy’s wispy, multi-length curtain bangs are choppy and fine, seen here carefully waved and tousled at the Baftas.


Bel Powley

She’s about to star in the TV adaptation of Dolly Alderton’s Everything I Know About Love and Bel Powley’s elongated curtain bangs are the stuff of dreams. Cut to drape into her face, they finish just above her chin. Low-maintenance and laid-back. Perfect. 


Zooey Deschanel

A key member of the curtain bangs movement, Zooey Deschanel’s classic fringe is fluffy and flicked, the ends directed from the centre of her face out to either side.


Ava Phillippe

A doppelgänger for her talented mum, Ava Phillippe’s pink curtain bangs and jumbo ringlets are whimsically ethereal.


Matilda Djerf

The person in the photos shown to hundreds (if not thousands) of hairstylists by people wanting curtain bangs: Matilda Djerf. A Scandi lifestyle influencer, her heavily feathered hair and 70s-esque curtain bangs are a large part of why the cut has taken off in such a huge way. 


Hailee Steinfeld

A claw clip and curtain bangs. Does it get any better? According to singer Hailee Steinfeld, no, it doesn’t.


Millie Bobby Brown

A sleek, consolidated way to wear curtain bangs, Millie Bobby Brown kept her curtain bangs shiny and flyaway-free at the Baftas. 


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