8 Talented and Beautiful Hollywood Stars Who Put Aside Their Egos For Unattractive Roles (4 of 5)

Rooney Mara as Lisbeth Salander in “The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo”

When you see Mara as the pale, androgynous Lisbeth Salander with the funky hairdos and black, gothic-inspired clothing in “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” it’s hard to believe she played the chick in “The Social Network” that rejected Mark Zuckerberg and thereby “inspired” him to start Facebook (it’s actually a widely-debunked myth, if you care to know).

Jennifer Aniston as Claire Bennett in “Cake”

Aniston single-handedly inspired a hairstyle in the 1990s named the “Rachel” after her famous character in “Friends,” and through the 2000s and 2010s she appeared as the love interest in a slew of rom coms, but she also has a dramatic side, as demonstrated in the 2014 movie “Cake” where she plays former attorney Clair Bennett, who struggles with drug addiction as a result of the physical and emotional pain that resulted from surviving a car accident that took her son. The movie didn’t fare well at the box office, but she received plenty of accolades.