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

Sandra Bullock as Harper Lee in “Infamous”

The highly popular Bullock has had a durable career that spans more than three decades and from 2010 through 2014 was even the highest-paid actress in Hollywood. Although typically radiant and feminine, she decided to go a different route by accepting the role of Harper Lee, the author of “To Kill a Mockingbird,” in the 2006 movie “Infamous.” Let’s put it this way: the cigarette-smoking Lee, who never married, had amazing talent as a writer, but was never going to be mistaken for a beauty pageant contestant.